Call for Papers Spring 2016 Conference

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1 The American Association of Physics Teachers Central Pennsylvania Section Call for Papers Spring 2016 Conference April 8-9, 2016 Moravian College Bethlehem, PA Meet, connect and network with fellow physics educators Opportunities for students to present their research Plenary talk, presentations, posters, demonstrations Banquet dinner PTRA workshop Topics on all aspects of physics education

2 Preliminary Schedule Friday, April 8 th 8:00am 8:30am PTRA Registration 8:30am 3:00pm PTRA Workshop 4:00pm 6:00pm General Registration and Poster Session 6:00pm 7:30pm Banquet Dinner 7:30pm 8:30pm Keynote Address A Brief History of Flight, Dr. Terry Hart (open to the public) Saturday, April 9 th 8:00am 8:30am Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:30am 12:00pm Oral presentations (poster viewing during breaks) 12:00pm 2:00pm Lunch break and AAPT CPS Business meeting 2:00pm 4:00pm Oral presentations and demo show 4:00pm 4:30pm Wrap up and raffle drawing Keynote Address : A Brief History of Flight Dr. Terry Hart, Professor of Practice Department of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University The aerospace industry has seen incredible progress since the Wright brothers first flew. They could never have imagined that people would be permanently orbiting the Earth in our International Space Station 100 years later. Dr. Hart will share highlights from the history of those 100 years and talk about some of his experiences in the US Air Force as a fighter pilot and at NASA as a Space Shuttle astronaut. Terry Hart is a former NASA astronaut, US Air Force pilot, and successful telecommunications executive who joined Lehigh's faculty in He was aboard the STS 41-C Challenger, NASA's eleventh Space Shuttle mission, launched on April 6, His current research activities include Lehigh's NASA Hopper Spacecraft Simulator project.

3 Central Pennsylvania Section American Association of Physics Teachers Spring 2016 PTRA (Physics Teaching Resource Agents) AAPT-CPS Workshop NASA resources and Rocket Science 101 NASA has produced an abundance of information and educational materials for teaching about space. There is also a vast amount of information about airplanes and flight that often goes overlooked. The workshop will show you some of the resources that are available for teachers that are free. Many can be used to supplement your curriculum. There will also be an engineering activity for modifying a soda bottle into a water rocket. Participants should bring several empty soda bottles of different volumes to use in the engineering activity. Any size except for three liter is fine. A computer and memory storage device would also be useful. Workshop leaders: Pat Callahan ([email protected]) Dave McCachren ([email protected] ) Contact Dave or Pat if you have questions about the workshop. Where: Moravian College, Collier Hall of Science Room 105 Introductory Physics Lab When: Friday April 8 th, 2016 Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Cost: $75 per participant. Make check payable to AAPT-CPS Please let us know at least two weeks before the workshop so we can plan for materials. Please Kelly Krieble indicating that you will be attend and pay at workshop use PTRA in the subject line. Kelly Krieble Moravian College 1200 Main St [email protected]

4 Registration Form Please register no later than Friday March 25th. (If you register later we cannot guarantee room at Banquet or Workshop) Name: Affiliation: Title/position: Address: City/State/Zip code: Address is: Home, Work E mail: Phone (day): (evening): Are you a member of AAPT CPS (not required for attendance)? Is this your first time attending an AAPT CPS sponsored conference? (free one year AAPT CPS membership offered to first time attendees) Are you submitting an abstract (see next page)? Yes No Yes No Yes oral Yes poster Not this time Do you have a cool demo to show off (see next page)? Yes Not this time REMITTANCE: $ Banquet Dinners: $25.00/person ( self + guest(s) = total #) (please put zero amount if you do not wish to attending the dinner) $ Student Banquet Dinner: $15.00/student $ Conference Registration fee ($20.00 College professor, $15.00 HS teacher or retired, $0 for student) $ Total Amount (make check payable to Moravian College ) $ AAPT CPS Membership Dues: $7.00/person, free for first time attenders $ PTRA Workshop NASA Resources and Rocket Science 101 : $75/person $ Total Amount (make check payable to AAPT CPS ) I m sending the registration form now but wish to pay when I arrive at the conference I m mailing my payment by check together with my registration for now Mail or e mail form to: Kelly Krieble Moravian College 1200 Main St. E mail: [email protected]

5 Call for Abstracts Faculty members and students are encouraged to submit abstracts of papers on anything related to physics education, that might benefit your fellow educators. This may include (but is not limited to): - Teaching methodologies, - How to motivate and bring out the best of students, - Labs, - Equipment (e.g., how to save money by building it yourself), - Assessment, Lecture demonstrations, - Technologies (Apps, software, etc.), - New courses, - High school or college student research projects, - Class Activities, Please send abstracts to Kelly Krieble at [email protected] Indicate if you prefer oral or poster presentation Abstract Deadline for the Conference: April 4, 2016 Early submission is encouraged. Call for Demos If you have any cool demonstrations to show off, please let us know so that we can prepare the program. Both advanced high tech demos and build it yourself low budget demos are welcome. Students are encouraged to present! Please e mail [email protected] by April 4 th telling what demo you have and if you need any help with the setup.

6 Directions Address: Moravian College Collier Hall of Science 1200 Main St. From the north: I-81 South to I-380 South to I-80 East. Take exit 302 A off I-80 onto Route 33 South. Follow Route 33 to Route 22 West into Bethlehem. To continue, see directions from Route 22 below. From the south: Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-476 north) to Lehigh Valley exit 56. Follow 22 East to Center Street (Route 512). To continue, see directions from Route 22 below. From the east: I-78 West to exit 71; Route 33 North to 22 West; West on Route 22 into Bethlehem. To continue, see directions from Route 22 below. Or take 80 West to exit 304. Follow Route 33 South to Route 22 West in Bethlehem. To continue, see directions from Route 22. From the west: I-78 East to exit 51; Route 22 East into Bethlehem. To continue, see directions from Route 22 below. From Route 22: Exit at Center Street (Route 512); turn left off the exit ramp. Travel south for 2.4 miles and turn right onto Elizabeth Avenue at traffic light. Turn left onto Main Street; turn left at the next corner onto Locust Street; turn right into the College parking lot Please visit for campus maps. Collier Hall of Science is building 10 shown below. Parking lots are indicated by red letters

7 P Nearby Hotels Best Western Lehigh Valley Hotel & Conference Center 300 Gateway Drive Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, , US Historic Hotel Bethlehem 437 Main St Hyatt Place 437 Main St Hampton Inn & Suites Bethlehem 200 Gateway Drive Bethlehem, PA Holiday Inn Express & Suites 3365 High Point Boulevard Bethlehem, PA Comfort Suites University 120 W. Third St. Bethlehem, PA The View Inn & Suites 3191 Highfield Drive Bethlehem, PA Fairfield Inn & Suites 2140 Motel Drive Morningstar Inn 72 E. Market St Red Roof Inn Allentown Airport 1846 Catasauqua Road Allentown, PA Sleep Inn 327 Star Rd. Allentown, PA

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