Time

Description

4:30-6:00 pm

Registration

6:00-7:30 pm

Dinner

7:30-7:40 pm

Welcome (OAPT and York U)

7:40-9:00 pm

Be the Engineer: Hands-on design process (York U)

9:00-11:00 pm

Social

Friday, May 12

Time

Description

8:00 - 8:45

Coffee and Exhibitors

8:45 – 9:15

Welcome and Discussion

Time

Session Title

Presenter(s)

Session A

9:30 - 10:15

Fusing Physics & Biology - Invited Talk

Tamie Poepping (U of WO), Chris Bergevin (York U), Sara Cormier (McMaster U)

Forensic Blood Analysis

Theresa Stotesbury (Trent U)

Want to Start a VEX Robotics Team?

Andrew Moffat

Math and Science in House Construction

David Gervais (STAO)

10:15 - 10:45

Break and Exhibitors

Session B 

10:45 - 12:15

Physics Games

Robert Prior

Harnessing Emotions to Help Students Learn

Chris Meyer

Renaissance Engineering

Quantum Interference and Computing - Invited Talk

Martin Laforest (IQC)

Knowledge Building: When Students Ask the Big Questions

Damian Pope and Glenn Wagner (PI)

12:15-1:30

Lunch and Exhibitors

Session C

1:30 - 2:45

Explore Engineering Experiences in the Classroom

Rebecca White (Engineers of Tomorrow)

Emotion in Learning and Problem Solving

Chandra Boon

Renaissance Engineering

Apps for Astronomy and Space Sciences

Chris Vaughan (RASC)

Hands-on Black Holes and Gravitational Waves - Invited Talk

Vjera Miovic, Matt Russo, Heather Fong

2:45 - 3:15

Break and Exhibitors

Session D

3:15 - 4:15

Sarah Gallagher (U of WO), Joanne O'Meara (U o Guelph), James Fraser (Queens)

Cooperative Groups Improve Problem Solving

Adam Mills

"Video Conferencing" and "Cosmic Ray Detectors"

Stacy Joyce (VROC),
Scott Menary (York U)

Gravitational Waves: The Sounds of Spacetime - Invited Talk

Cliff Burgess (McMaster U)

4:30 - 5:15

Passion Project & Capstone Project Displays

5:30 -

Dinner: Schulich Executive Dining Room, extra cost

After Dinner

On-site social

Saturday, May 13

Time

Session Title

Presenter(s)

Session E
9:00 - 10:00

Playing Around With Physics

Lisa Cole (DDSB) and Steve Alsop (York U)

Crazy Demos!

John Caranci (OISE)

Lasers and LEDs! Two Bright Ideas from Quantum Physics

Roberta Tevlin

10:00 - 10:15

Break and Networking

Session F
10:15 - 11:15

Affective Teaching for 9 and 10 Science

James Ball and Christine Hudecki

K'Nex in the Classroom 2: Hydraulics

Margaret Scora

Assessment is Learning

Chris Meyer

11:30 - 12:00

OAPT General Meeting Rm 213
Everyone Welcome!