Last updated November 14, 2001.
November 16-17, 2001
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Saturday Activities at a Glance
Virginia Commonwealth University
New Life-Science Building Corner of Cary and Harrison Street |
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Concurrent Sessions - Contributed
Papers
9:00 am- noon |
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| Session A: Introductory Physics Courses Room 250, 9:00-11:10 am |
Session C: Teaching Tips Room 251, 9:00 - 11:50 am |
Session D: Innovations in Physics Teaching Room 253, 9:00 - 11:15 am |
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| 9:00 | 1. Louis Bloomfield University of Virginia lab3e@virginia.edu How Things Work: Using Everyday Objects to Teach Physics to Non-Scientists |
10. Harold Williams Montgomery College at Takoma Park hwilliam@mc.cc.md.us Using GalaxySee Software in Introductory Astronomy Course Both Online and in a Traditional Class |
19. Michael Olex, student Virginia Commonwealth University molex77@yahoo.com Outreach Programs at VCU |
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| 9:20 | 2. Gregory MacDougall Virginia Beach City Public Schools, gmacdoug@vbcps.k12.va.us Defining High School Physics: What is the Standard? |
11. David Wright Tidewater Community College, tcwrigd@tc.cc.va.us A Child's View of Physics |
20. Jeff Liverman |
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| 9:40 | 3. Adam Niculescu Virginia Commonwealth University vnicule@mail1.vcu.edu Innovative Methods in Conceptual Physics |
12. Tanya D. Waterman St. Christopher's School watermant@stcva.org Put a Physicist in your Physics Curriculum |
21. Pascal Renault John Tyler Community College prenault@jt.cc.va.us Web-Delivered Physics Simulations and Learning Communities in Support of Science Education. |
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| 10:00 | 4. Gregory N. Derry Loyola College in Maryland gderry@loyola.edu Why Do We Teach Physics to Students Who Are Not Going Into the Sciences? |
13. Gregory MacDougall Virginia Beach City Public Schools gmacdoug@vbcps.k12.va.us Research on the Force Concept Inventory |
22. Scott Lansdale Randolph-Macon College slansdal@rmc.edu The Radio Telescope at the "Center of the Universe" |
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| 10:20 | 5. Ken Broun Tidewater Community College, Va. Beach tcbrouk@tc.cc.va.us Rethinking What We Think and Teach |
14. Robert Gowdy Virginia Commonwealth University rhgowdy@vcu.edu Continuous Quizzing to Promote Interaction in Large Classes |
23. William H. Ingham James Madison University inghamwh@jmu.edu Understanding the Spherical Pendulum with the Help of MATLAB |
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| 10:40 | 6. Patrick Goolsby, Peter Martin V irginia Commonwealth University pmartin@vcu.edu Developing a Team of Studio Instructors |
15. Marilyn F. Bishop Virginia Commowealth University bishop@gems.vcu.edu Visualization of Physics Using Mathematica |
24. Ayisha Fullerton Norfolk State University Ayisha1032@aol.com Pathways to Becoming a High School Physics Teacher--My Experiences at Norfolk State University |
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| 11:00 | 7. open | 16. John A. McClelland University of Richmond jmcclell@richmond.edu Bodies Accelerating Themselves in a Newtonian System |
25. S. Raj Chaudhury Norfolk State University schaudhury@nsu.edu Using Scientific Visualization Tools to Learn About Global Climate Change |
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| Session B: Physics Education Programs Room 250,11:20 - noon |
Session C: Teaching Tips continued |
Session E: Upper-level Physics Courses Room 253, 11:20 - noon |
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| 11:20 | 8. Stephen T. Thornton University of Virginia stt@virginia.edu Middle School Physical Science Teacher Education |
17. Frank Munley Roanoke College munley@roanoke.edu The Perfect and the Good in Physics Pedagogy |
26. Alison Baski Virginia Commonwealth University aabaski@vcu.edu Teaching Modern Physics to Engineers |
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| 11:40 | 9. Richard A. Lindgren University of Virginia ral5q@virginia.edu Master of Arts in Physics Education (MAPE) Program |
18. Larry Weaver Towson University lweaver@towson.edu Quantum Visualization |
27. Marilyn F. Bishop, Alison Baski |
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| Poster session:
Teaching Physics and Physical Science Through Technology Videoconference, Richmond and Abingdon, 10:30 - 11:50 am |
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| Richmond Cabell Library room B35 |
Abingdon Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Rm 234 |
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| P1. Betsy H. Ameen Swift Creek Middle School bameen@chesterfield.k12.va.us The Effect of Capacitance on the Period of Oscillation |
P4. Christy L. Hudson Mills Godwin High School dinoroc74@aol.com 4001 QUAD NOR GATE: A DOUBLE LED FLASHER The Effect of Capacitance on the Flash Rate of Two LED's |
P7. Cyndi Drozdowski Virginia High School cdrozdowski@bristolvaschools.org Amusement Park Phun |
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| P2. Robert H. Culbertson IV Thomas Dale High School rhciv@cartel.net The Effect of the Rotation Radius on the Acceleration of a Ball Rolling Down an Incline |
P5. Jonathan M. Wesner Falling Creek Middle School jonwesner@aol.com Determining the Best Household Materials to Make a Speaker From |
P8. Rita K. Key Galax High School rkey1115@yahoo.com Bernoulli, Wings and Flight |
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| P3. Mary Lou C. Hearn Nottoway High School milmount@aol.com Bernoulli's law - Building a Wind Ttunnel |
P6. Kathryn Ann Baird Russel Jr. High School Kathryn.baird@brun.k12.va.us Measuring the Wind Speed |
P9. David Sexton Galax High School dsex64@hotmail.com Metrics and Me |
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| Lunch
in room 155 NLSB 12:00 - 1:00 |
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| Business
meeting in room 155 NLSB 12:30 - 1:00 pm |
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| Exhibitors: AAPT -- Thompson Learning --Vernier Software --SMV -- TechSpin |
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| Session F: Exciting Current Research Room 250, 1:00 - 3:20 pm |
Physics Demos Room 155 NLSB,1:00 - 1:30 pm |
Workshops 1:30 - 3:30 pm |
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| 1:00 | 28. Purusottam Jena Virginia Commonwealth University pjena@vcu.edu Looking Beyond the Periodic Table |
D1: David Wright Tidewater Community College tcwrigd@tc.cc.va.us 3D Electric Pickle |
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| D2: Alison Baski Virginia Commonwealth University aabaski@vcu.edu The Spinning Bowling Ball |
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| 1:20 |
29. Chhanda Samanta
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D3: Alison Baski Virginia Commonwealth University aabaski@vcu.edu The Spinning Top |
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W3: Phun Fizzix W4: Roller Coaster Physics W5: Renewed crystal radio |
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| 1:40 | 30. David Ameen Virginia Commonwealth University dameen@vcu.edu Converting Light into Microwaves |
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| 2:00 | 31. Robert Gowdy Virginia Commonwealth University rhgowdy@vcu.edu The dawn of gravitational wave astronomy |
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| 2:20 | 32. G.P. Das Virginia Commonwealth University Computational Condensed Matter Physics: An Emerging Perspective in Research and Teaching |
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| 2:40 | 33. S. N. Khanna Virginia Commonwealth University snkhanna@vcu.edu Nano-magnetic Materials: Smaller is Stronger |
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| 3:00 | 34. Zachary R. Kostura James Madison University kosturzr@jmu.edu Planned Methods and Techniques for the Analysis of Surface and Electrical Properties of Bonder Tip Materials |
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| Session G: Integrating Research in the Undergraduate Experience |
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| 3:20 | 35. J. C. Moore, student Virginia Commonwealth University jcmoore@vcu.edu Successful Transition from Undergraduate to Graduate Research |
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