Events

This page is a compendium of upcoming and recent education events listed by the ComPADRE collections. You can also view our Event Archive.

Upcoming Events

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2012 Physics Teacher Education Coalition Conference
February 3 - February 4, 2012
The 2012 PhysTEC Conference, focusing on New Paradigms for Physics Teacher Education, will be held in conjunction with the AAPT Winter Meeting, Feb. 3-4, 2012 in Ontario, California.

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AAPT Winter Meeting 2012
February 4 - February 8, 2012
The 2012 winter meeting will be held in Ontario California from February 4th to February 8th.

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Amusement Park Physics
February 4 - February 8, 2012
Workshop W28
National AAPT Meeting
Ontario, CA
February 5, 2012

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Using the ComPADRE OSP Collection to Support Upper-Level Physics Teaching
March 31 - April 3, 2012
Teaching and Learning Physics through ComPADRE Session
Invited Talk
APS April Meeting
April 1, 2012

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FFPER: Puget Sound 2012
June 21 - June 24, 2012
The second FFPERPS (Foundations and Frontiers of Physics Education Research: Puget Sound) conference will be held June 21-24, 2012, at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center in Diablo, WA.

The conference provides a forum for examining and articulating the current state of the PER field, exploring future directions, and discussing ways to pursue promising avenues of research.  The structure of the conference, based on that of the FFPER conference held in Bar Harbor, Maine, includes plenary talks, targeted sessions, contributed poster sessions, and substantial free time for informal interactions.

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Incorporating Computation and Modeling into Physics and Astronomy Teaching
June 25 - June 28, 2012
Workshop for New Faculty
ACP, College Park, MD
June 25-28, 2012

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From Ptolemy to Einstein: Using Computer Simulations in Astronomy
July 28 - August 1, 2012
Workshop W28
National AAPT Meeting
Philadelphia, PA
July 29, 2012

Recent Events

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PhysTEC Regional Conference of MSTI and CalTeach
February 2, 2012
Collaboration between CSU and UC on physics/chemistry teacher preparation will take place on February 2 in Ontario, CA

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The 2012 Fall meeting of the NC and Southern Atlantic Coast Sections of AAPT
November 18 - November 19, 2011
The North Carolina Section (NCS-AAPT) and the Southern Atlantic Coast Section (SACS-AAPT) of AAPT will hold a joint meeting at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, in Asheville, North Carolina on November 18-19, 2011.

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Using Tracker to Measure the Length of the Sidereal Day
November 18, 2011
Contributed Talk
Fall Meeting of the North Carolina Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers
UNC-Asheville
November 18-19, 2011

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Video Analysis with Tracker
November 18, 2011
Workshop
Fall Meeting of the North Carolina Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers
UNC-Asheville
November 18-19, 2011

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Incorporating Computation and Modeling into Physics and Astronomy Teaching
November 17 - November 20, 2011
Workshop for New Faculty
ACP, College Park, MD
November 17-20, 2011