Conference 2018

Conference

2018

Physics At The Boundaries

Thank you to all the presenters, organizers, exhibitors, sponsors and delegates who made the 2018 conference a success!

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Conference Schedule

Thursday, May 10

Time	Description
5:00-7:30 pm	Registration
6:00-7:30 pm	Dinner
7:30-8:00 pm	Activity: Game Show (Student vs. Teacher Panel)
8:00-8:40 pm	Tours: First Year Labs, Medical Physics Lab, Meteor Lab, Tandetron Accelerator

Friday, May 11

Time	Description
8:00 - 10:00 am	Registration
8:45 - 8:55 am	Welcome and Introduction
8:55 - 9:45 am	Keynote Speaker - Paula Heron, Physics Education Group, U. of Washington: "Phys21: Preparing Physics Students for 21st Century Careers"

Time	Session Title	Presenter(s)
Session A 10:00 - 10:45 AM	How Can Philosophy Help in Teaching Mechanics?	Marie Gueguen, Doreen Fraser
	Improv for Scientists	Joanne O'Meara
	An Authentic Introduction to Interactions and Forces	Edward Gissing
	Beyond the Traditional Lab: Student Planned, Peer-Reviewed, Presented	Andrea McPhee

	Physics in the news as a vector for classroom engagement	Kelly Meissner
10:45 - 11:15 AM Break and Exhibitors Refreshment break sponsored by
Session B 11:15 - 12:15 PM	Indigenous Science and Ways of Knowing	Robert Cockcroft, Isha DeCoito, David Kanatawakhon-Maracle
	Colliding Adventures with Innovation Design How Zombies Changed My Classroom!	Lisa Cole Kelsey Lavigne
	Pre-packaged vs. make your own simulations: lesson learned Using Online Simulations to Improve Conceptual Understanding in Physics and Science	Tasha Richardson Saarah Broadbent
	Evaluating Excellent Estimations: Fermi Problems in the Classroom Advanced Curve Fitting in Excel	Greg Macdonald Eric Haller
	Integrating Google Quizzes into your teaching practice How To Use Video Calls Effectively to Enhance Your Teaching	Steve Fotheringham Brent Peltola
	Ten simple electrical circuits and demonstrations	David Gervais
12:15 - 1:30 PM	Lunch and Exhibitors
Session C 1:30 - 2:30 PM	Impact Earth	Parshati Patel
	Writing Assignments for Peer Review in a First Year University Physics Course: Initial Experience Introducing Units through Storytelling Making First Year Physics Fun	Eugene Wong Tony Martinez Ben Davis-Purcell
	We Are All Made of Stardust	Nathan Chow
	Hands-on Physics Culminating Projects (session full)	Sandy Evans Nassi Raffiee
	Computer and Mobile App Simulations for Physics - Student Engagement and Inquiry Momentum, Energy and Rocket Engines	Matthew Craig John Berrigan
2:30 - 3:00 PM	Break and Exhibitors
Session D 3:00 - 4:10 PM	Maker Space Activities: Coding, Computational Thinking, and Maker Space Tools and Activities in Schools Bringing the Maker Movement into Your Classroom	Immaculate K. Namukasa, Derek Tangredi, Brendan Roy, Shawn Macintosh, Asha Banks, and the Computational Thinking Team at Western Joanne Moniz, Amber Crooby (Western Engineering Outreach)
	Incorporating Robotics with Grade 9 Electricity	Terry Brown
	Physics of Stunt Action	Dave Doucette
	Quantum cryptography to teach quantum mechanics	Martin LaForest
	Hands-on Gravitational Waves	Dave Fish
	A New Way to Teach Motion and Force: Models, Metacognition, and Mathematical Sense-Making	Chris Meyer

4:15 - 4:30 PM	Great Giveaway
6:30 PM	Dinner (various restaurants)

Saturday, May 12

Time	Session Title	Presenter(s)
Session E 9:00 - 10:10 AM	Bridging Implicit Physics Boundaries with Inclusive Improv	Carolyn Sealfon, Nancy Watt

	Smartphones for Smart Physics	Sheldon Valeda
	Hands-On Fields for 12U Physics	Roberta Tevlin
10:10 - 10:20 AM	Break and Networking
Session F 10:20 - 11:30 AM	A pattern for 2 variable Physics experiments	Richard Taylor
	Let Gravity Assist You	Milica Rakic
	Analyzing Cool Physics Videos!	Andrew Moffat
	Designing Educational Games & Simulations	Robert Prior
11:30 - 12:00 noon	OAPT General Meeting Everyone Welcome!

Physics At The Boundaries

Thank you to all the presenters, organizers, exhibitors, sponsors and delegates who made the 2018 conference a success!

Conference Schedule

Thursday, May 10

Friday, May 11

Saturday, May 12

Session Descriptions

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