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Perimeter Institude of Theoretical Physics Presents
Full-day Workshops for Physics Teachers
Supply Coverage and Lunch Included
THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 30 | ||||||
| Time: | 9:00 - 3:00 | ||||||
| Place: | Perimeter Institute, 31 Caroline St. North, Waterloo, N2L 2Y5, room: TBD | ||||||
| Phone: | 519-569-7600 | ||||||
| Sign-up: | Email James Ball at: James.Ball@ugdsb.on.ca | ||||||
These full-day workshops will be packed with hands-on activities and minds-on discussions that will provide you with loads of ready-to-use lessons that will help support Unit A: Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration in grade 11 and 12 physics. It will explore such things as getting students to ask questions like scientists and to compare competing models. You will see how you can show them and why physics is important for students interested in medicine, law and business!
The workshop will focus on physics examples, but the resources contain lessons that are perfect for the grade 9 and 10 science courses and the grade 10 careers course. Each teacher will receive extra copies of each resource so they can share these with the non-physics teachers in their school.
Each participating teacher will be provided with supply coverage for the day and lunch. Spaces are limited, so contact the presenter to sign up today!
Link to Perimeter Institute materials page
Link to Perimeter Institute workshop page
James has been teaching physics and science for the past 22 years. One of the reasons that his students have been successful in physics is that they see how it is applied in the real world. Every year his physics teaching style evolves as the result of implementing physics education research. His focus is on having the students actively learning rather than listening to him lecture to them.
Mrs. Olga Michalopoulos teaches at Georgetown District High School where her creative approaches in engaging all students in the study of science in general and physics in particular. Her dynamism motivates all students to become involved in science well beyond the classroom, be it in solar car competitions, Grade 11 and Grade 12 physics contests, or a pilot project with the Canadian Space Agency that allowed students to engage via video conference with the Canadian Space Agency to learn about the physics and engineering of space flight. Olga is always at the creative edge of pedagogy, and is a genuine motivator of students in physics. In 2012 she received the 2012 CAP Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics (Ontario).
If you would like to attend, contact: James Ball