To sign up for periodic email announcements about our workshops and other events please fill out THIS ONLINE FORM. Please pass this link on to any new Physics teachers in your building.
BELOW IS THE ARCHIVED MAIN PAGE FOR THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR AS OF AUGUST 2021
Here are two FREE virtual professional development opportunities summer 2021:
Friday July 23, 2021: AAPT High School Physics Teacher Camp - FREE!!
This AAPT camp is a self-organizing opportunity for teachers of high school physics classes to discuss topics such as inquiry labs, standards-based grading, video analysis, and computer-based labs. The registrants will determine the topics. There will also be a chance to share something about your teaching with a small group. More information and registration can be found at the AAPT High School Physics Teacher Camp website.
Physics with Phone Sensors - FREE!!
Session: June 28 – July 2, 2021 | Time: 8:30am–2:30pm
Session: July 12 – July 16, 2021 | Time: 8:30am–2:30pm
by Dave Rakestraw at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
SLAPT hosted Dave’s physics with phone sensors workshop in fall 2020 (on waves, electricity, and magnetism). Dave is back again this summer and he will be leading a FREE, in-depth, 5-day virtual workshop on physics with phone sensors. Registration is still open for June and July. More information and registration can be found at the LLNL Teacher Research Academy website.
Are you interested in a long-term Physics sub position from October-December at Liberty High School in Wentzville? If so, please contact Narelle Deatherage, narelledeatherage@wsdr4.org
If you know of any other physics opportunities or job openings, please continue to share on the Facebook group.
Be on the lookout for some activity/planning meeting in August from this group. And please let me know if you’re interested in being the SLAPT president ;) My email: ekramer@parkwayschools.net
All the best,
Elegan Kramer
former SLAPT president
Below are the events that took place in the 2020-2021 school year. It is an embedded Google Doc. Click HERE for the direct link if the embed doesn't display.
Workshops and other events hosted and sponsored by other organizations:
American Modeling Teachers Association (AMTA): Modeling™ Instruction, under development since 1990 under the leadership of David Hestenes (Emeritus Professor of Physics, Arizona State University), corrects many weaknesses of the traditional lecture-demonstration method, including fragmentation of knowledge, student passivity, and persistence of naive beliefs about the physical world. Unlike the traditional approach, in which students wade through an endless stream of seemingly unrelated topics, Modeling ™Instruction organizes the course around a small number of scientific models, thus making the course coherent. It applies structured inquiry techniques to the teaching of basic skills and practices in mathematical modeling, proportional reasoning, quantitative estimation and technology-enabled data collection and analysis. Each summer, Modeling™ workshops are held all over the country. In 2014, almost 1200 teachers took one of the 75+ workshops in 20 states. The content areas of the workshops (depending on location) are mechanics (physics I), E&M, CASTLE, waves, light (physics II), chemistry I and II, biology, physical science, and we are proud to now offer workshops especially geared to middle school science teachers! On the website of the American Modeling Teachers Association (AMTA) we have a list of workshops that will be offered this coming summer, --- the information is subject to change so check the site every so often to see if now your state offers a Modeling™ workshop:
AMTA 2021 Summer Modeling Workshops: Click Here for 2021 Summer Modeling Workshops by State
Virtual 2021 Workshops: Click Here for 2021 Virtual Summer Workshops
American Modeling Teachers Association AMTA) main page: http://modelinginstruction.org
June xx-xx, 2021 - Nuclear Science & Engineering for Secondary Science Teachers A Three Credit Hour Faculty Development Course on the University of Missouri- Columbia Campus
As of March 24, 2021 no course has been announced for 2021 - check link below for any updates
Date: June xx-xx, 2021
Time: Daily 8a.m. - various
Location: Various on campus sites at University of Missouri, Columbia - including visits to area energy sites.
This will be the 39th year Mizzou has offered this course and related energy events. Several SLAPT members have attended in the past and have many a postive comment about it. Seats are limited, so inquire soon. Please visit the website linked here for details, application, and points of contact. https://www.murr.missouri.edu/education/nuclear-science-engineering-for-secondary-science-teachers/
Join the American Association of Physics Teachers
Why should you become a member? It's easy, and there are nice tangible benefits: you will receive both Physics Today and either the Physics Teacher or the American Journal of Physics (your choice) in addition to online access to the magazines. AAPT sponsors contests, awards, pre-college and college teacher training programs, programs for physics students, two national meetings each year, facilitates collaborations between all sorts of physics teachers, and provides grants to sections.
Perhaps more importantly, though less tangibly, is that AAPT is our professional organization, and that membership is a professional responsibility. AAPT supports what we do, recruits and trains new teachers, voices our concerns to legislators, and boosts the prestige of our profession.
Additionally, our new AAPT section status gives SLAPT greater visibility and recognition in the national physics teacher community. Our involvement in AAPT through membership and participation in national meetings will further boost the strength and quality of service SLAPT provides to our members.
Click HERE to go to AAPT's online registration site.
.........
