 | C
O N F E R E N C E 22 May - 24 May 2008 |
Program
| Thursday
22 May 2008 - Pitman Cafe | |||
| 5:00 - 7:00 | Registration - | Link | |
| 5:00 - 6:55 | Welcome Barbecue | ||
Session
One -Pitman Cafe- Chair: James Ball | |||
| 7:00 - 7:05 | James Ball, President, OAPT | Welcome to the Conference | |
| 7:05 - 7:20 | Marina Milner-Bolotin | Favorite Demonstrations | |
| 7:20 - 7:25 | James Ball | Thank you. Introduce next speaker | |
| 7:25 - 7:40 | Glenn Wagner | Favorite Demonstrations | |
| 7:40 - 7:45 | James Ball | Thank You. Introduce next speaker | |
| 7:45 - 8:00 | Rolly Meisel | Favorite Demonstrations | |
| 8:00 - 8:05 | James Ball | Thank You. Introduce next speaker | |
| 8:05 - 9:00 | Tetyana Antimirova Pedro Goldman | Physics Education Research | |
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Wine & Cheese | ||
| Friday
Morning 23 May 2008 | |||
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Session Two - Pod 250- Chair: TBA | |||
| 8:15 - 8:45 | Vendors. Coffee/Juice/Snacks | ||
| 8:45 - 8:50 | Pedro Goldman | Ryerson Welcome | |
| 8:50 - 9:40 | Dan MacIsaac & Kathleen Falconer | Reformed Teacher Observation Protocol: how video analysis of teaching practises leads to better student understanding. | |
| 9:40 - 9:45 | Thank you. Introduce next speaker. | ||
| 9:45 - 10:25 | Michael Kolios | Ultrasound (30 Mb) | |
| 10:25-10:30 | Thank you. | ||
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Vendors. Coffee/Juice/Snacks | ||
| 11:00 - 11:05 | Introduce next speaker | ||
| 11:05 - 11:45 | Vlad Toronov | Imaging the Brain with MRI (8 Mb) | |
| 11:45 - 11:50 | Thank you. Introduce next speaker. | ||
| 11:50 - 11:55 | Nick Keehn | Grade 11 Physics Contest Update | |
| 11:55 - 12:05 | James Ball | OAPT Update | |
| 12:05 - 12:30 | Vendors | ||
| 12:30 - 2:00 | Lunch in the Pitman Cafe | ||
Tours | |||
| 2:00 | Meet to organize Tours in the Pitman Cafe | ||
| 2:30 - 5:00 | Tour 1 | Behind the Scenes at the Rogers Centre | |
| 2:30 - 5:00 | Tour 2 | CNE - Wind Turbine; Solar Panels; Eco Condo | |
| 2:30 - 5:00 | Tour 3 | Enwave deep water cooling | |
| 2:30 - 5:00 | Tour 4 | Ryerson Research Labs | |
| 5:00 - 6:00 | Free Time | ||
| 6:00 - 7:00 | Pitman Cafe | Cocktails | |
| 7:00 - 8:30 | Banquet | ||
| 8:30 - 9:30 pm | Katharine Hayhoe | Climate Change: What's Real and What's Not | |
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Saturday 24 May 2008 | |||
| Session
Three - Chair: TBA | |||
| 8:15 - 8:45 | Coffee | ||
| 8:45 - 9:45 | Workshops: Session 1 | ||
| 9:45 - 10:45 | Workshops: Session 2 | ||
| 10:45-11:00 | Coffee | ||
| 11:00 -12:00 | Workshops: Session 3 | ||
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Pitman Cafe | Intoduction to Panel Discussion: High School to University Transition | |
| 12:15 - 1:00 | Lunch and Informal Panel Discussion | ||
| 1:00 - 1:30 | Panel Discussion Wrap Up | ||
| 2:05 - 2:10 | Introduce next speaker | ||
| 2:10 - 2:55 | John Berrigan | A Trip to Mars | |
| 2:55 - 3:00 | Thank you. Introduce next speaker | ||
| 3:00 - 3:35 | Jim Hunt | An optical toy from the sixteenth century | |
| 3:35 - 3:45 | James Ball | Thanks for coming. The Great Giveaway. | |