2012 Summer Physics Teacher Academy
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California, Riverside
Physics Building, Reading Room 3035
- Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC)
- JPL annual invention challenge
- Kidwind competition official site and a video clip
- PhET: Interactive Simulations
- California Science Teacher Association
- Pretty Good Physics (resources for teachers)
- Optics Discovery Kit from Edmund Optics
- Files from Kevin Dwyer (famous physicists, flying pig lab, physicists valentine cards)
Schedule
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| Monday, June 25 | |||
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| 7:45am | Coffee | ||
| 8:00am | Opening | ||
| 8:30am | Physics Refresher | Classical Mechanics | Prof. Richard Seto |
| 11:00am | Research Lecture | Condensed Matter Experiment | Prof. Douglas MacLaughlin |
| 12:00am | Lunch | ||
| 1:00pm | Research Lecture | Condensed Matter Theory | Prof. Vivek Aji |
| 2:00pm | Research Lecture | High energy physics | Prof. Richard Seto |
| Tuesday, June 26 | |||
| 7:45am | Coffee | ||
| 8:00am | Physics Refresher | Thermal Physics | Prof. Umar Mohideen |
| 10:00am | Research Lecture | Astrophysics | Prof. Gillian Wilson |
| 11:00am | Research Lecture | Astrophysics | Prof. Bahram Mobasher |
| 12:00am | Lunch | ||
| 1:00pm | Research Lecture | Condensed Matter Experiment | Prof. Marc Bockrath |
| 2:00pm | Research Lecture | High Energy Experiment | Prof. Keneth Barish |
| Wednesday, June 27 | |||
| 7:45am | Coffee | ||
| 8:00am | Physics Refresher | Oscillations and Waves | Prof. Vivek Aji |
| 10:00am | Research Lecture | Condensed Matter Experiment | Prof. Jory Yarmoff |
| 11:00am | Research Lecture | High Energy Experiment | Prof. Stephen Wimpenny |
| 12:00am | Lunch | ||
| 1:00pm | Physics Play Lab | AC circuits | Prof. Leonid Pryadko |
| Thursday, June 28 | |||
| 7:45am | Coffee | ||
| 8:00am | Physics Refresher | Electricity & Magnetism | Prof. Allen Mills |
| 10:00am | Physics education | Prof. Ward Beyermann | |
| 11:00am | Demo exchange | ||
| 12:00am | Lunch | ||
| 1:00pm | Lab Research Experience | Nanoelectronics | Prof. Roland Kawakami |
| Nanoelectronics | Prof. Marc Bockrath | ||
| Biophysics | Prof. Umar Mohideen | ||
| Antimatter | Prof. Allen Mills | ||
| Friday, June 29 | |||
| 7:45am | Coffee | ||
| 8:00am | Physics Refresher | Geometrical Optics | Prof. Harry Tom |
| 10:00am | Research Lecture | Casimir forces (Theory) | Dr. Jeffrey Wagner |
| 11:00am | Research Lecture | Condensed Matter Theory | Prof. Leonid Pryadko |
| 12:00am | Lunch | ||
| 1:00pm | Hands-On Tutorial: Careers in Physics | Prof. Harry Tom | |
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Last modified: Sat Jun 30 23:31:29 PDT 2012