OAPT C O N F E R E N C E
Thurs May 12 to Sat May 14, 2011		 McMaster University

Workshops

Click on the title for a description of the Workshop, together with links to resources provided by the presenter.

 

Session A: Friday 8:55 - 10:15
No. Title Presenter Room
  Extraordinary Physics in Ordinary Systems Dr. Kari
Dalnoki-Veress 		MDCL 1110
Session B: Friday 10:45 am - Noon
01 Engineering With Electricity and Magnetism Micah Stickel 1016
02 Interdisciplinary approach to teaching physics. Stan Jerzak

3016
03 Creating and Using Mini-Clips in the Physics Classroom. Shawn Bullock

3015
04 The Large Hadron Collider: The Start of a New Era or the End of the World? Dr. Cliff Burgess 3304
05 The Art of the Demo Duncan Foster 3017
06 Smarter Science: an inquiry-based framework (gr 1 to 8) Mike Newnham 1116
Session C: Friday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
07 Smarter Science: an inquiry-based framework for grades 9 to 12 Mike Newnham 1116
08 McMaster Engineering:
A. Nuclear Energy in the High School Curriculum
B. Solar Cells: how to get Energy from the Sun		 Dr. Adriaan Buijs Dr. Rafi Kleiman 3304
09 My Experiments with Physics Education Research Chris Meyer

1110
10 Computational Physics Dr. James Wadsley BSB 244
11 Ray Optics Dr. Jason Harlow 3015
12 Planetarium Show (Grades 6-8) Rob Cockcroft BSB B149
Session D - Friday 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
13 Two Sides of the Same Coin: Fun with Motors and Generators Micah Stickel 1016
14 Inquiry Physics Laboratories for Life Sciences Students Dr. Cecile Fradin , and Dr. Duncan O’Dell 1110
15 Social Networking - Learning Beyond the Classroom Graham Whisen 3017
16 Everyday Einstein: The GPS and Relativity Lisa Lim-Cole 3016
17 Planetarium Show (Grade 9-12) Rob Cockcroft BSB B149
18 Alice & Bob in Wonderland (gr 6-8) Dr. Richard Epp 1116
  Forgotten Fundamentals of the Energy Crisis Albert Bartlett 1110
Session E - Saturday 9:00 am - 10:15 am
19 The Physics Challenge - Cooperative Group Problem Solving Chris Meyer

1016
20 Integrating New Literacy in Physics Graham Whisen & Stephen Lippa 3017
21 Large Hadron Collider & Particle Physics Dr. Damian Pope 1116
22 The Physics of the Nervous System Dr. Deda Gillespie and Dr. Dan Goldreich 1115
23 Building Bridges: Making the connection between Physics and Engineering John Atherton 3016
24 Using Whiteboards to promote self-explanation Glenn Wagner 3015
Session F - Saturday 10:30 am - 11:45 am
25 Teaching Physics Through Concept Contests Caroline Burgess and Dr. Karen Hughes 3015
26 Everything is About Physics Dr. Anjuli Ahooha 1016
27 This workshop has been cancelled.   3016
28 Kinesics and Para-Language – The power of Body Language in the High School Physics Classroom John Caranci 3017
29 Curved 4-D Spacetime for grade 9 Astronomy (and grade 12 physics) Roberta Tevlin 1115
30 YouTube Physics James Ball 1116
  11:45 - Noon: Closing Remarks: Dave Doucette and Roberta Tevlin

BSB = Burke Science Building, which is building 11 on the campus map.
MDCL = Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning & Discovery and Atrium. All lecture rooms are here, unless stated otherwise.