Fwd: Professional development opportunity for high school physical science teachers, UW Oshkosh, October 28-29

[Brad Wysocki]

ATTN: Physics and Physical Science Teachers.  Great opportunity here for some PD.  Take a look at the website and consider taking advantage of this opportunity, especially the BIG SHARE session, being held with other Wisconsin share groups.  I've gone in the past and have not been dissapointed.  Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it his year, but maybe a few people from the area could go together.

If you are interested in attending reply to this message with that intention and maybe you could find a ride share.  

Brad Wysocki

Chemistry/Physics Teacher

Bloomer High School

http://www.bloomer.k12.wi.us/faculty/bwysocki/

http://bradwysocki.wordpress.com/

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mark Lattery <lat...@uwosh.edu>
Date: Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 12:13 PM
Subject: Professional development opportunity for high school physical science teachers, UW Oshkosh, October 28-29
To: bradley...@bloomer.k12.wi.us

Please join us this year for the annual Wisconsin Association of Physics Teachers meeting at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, October 28-29, 2016. For complete program information, visit us at:  http://www.wapt.org/2016-meeting/. Meeting highlights are given below. Many talks and workshops are given by Wisconsin physics and physical science teachers! 

On Friday night at 9 p.m. (after the plenary talk), we will be having our first ever "BIG SHARE", a joint meeting of Phox Valley, MAPS, and SPASH. Bring along your favorite teaching idea, homework problem, worksheet, lab, story, or whatever you'd like to share. Share for 10 seconds or 10 minutes. Family members are welcome and the event is completely FREE! 

If you would like to attend the rest of the WAPT conference (dinner, workshops, etc.) we would of course be delighted! Registration is $15 (http://www.wapt.org/2016-meeting/registration/). The preregistration deadline is this Friday, October 21. After the deadline, please register onsite. 

We look forward to seeing you next Friday!

Mark Lattery, 

WAPT Vice President and Program Chair.

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WAPT Fall 2016 Highlights

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Science and Innovation in Garage Physics [Talk]
Duncan Carlsmith, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Building an Inexpensive Optics Bench and Winning the 2016 Shell Science Lab Challenge Grant [Talk]
Edward Wyrembeck, Howards Grove High School

3D Printed Physic Tactile Objects for Science Accessibility [Talk]
Steven Sahyun, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

The Digital Newton [Talk]
Mark Lattery, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Online Homework; Is it for Assessment or Learning? [Talk]
Matt Evans and Erik Hendrickson, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Energy of Recurve and Compound Bows [Workshop]
Gary Baier, Green Bay East High School
Saturday, Oct. 29 (morning session)

Physics of Electric Guitars [Workshop]
Ryan Peterson, Brillion High School
Saturday, Oct. 29 (afternoon session)

Using Large Whiteboards to Introduce Constant Velocity Motion [Workshop]
Amy Root, Chippewa Falls High School

Teacher Preparation [Roundtable Discussion]
Jennifer Docktor, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 

High school teachers and university faculty discuss challenges and share successful strategies for physics teacher preparation. Some potential discussion topics include: recruiting and retaining future physics teachers, structuring coursework and field experiences, collaborating with schools of education, strengthening partnerships between universities and K-12 schools, and mentoring and induction of new teachers. We will also review recommendations and resources available from AAPT and PhysTEC (the Physics Teacher Education Coalition).

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Dr. Mark Lattery

Professor of Physics

Department of Physics/Astronomy

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Homepage: www.phys.uwosh.edu/lattery

Research page: www.lpeerg.com