Special Events

• • • Disney Springs

    • Tue 01/21, 6:30PM - 11:30PM
    
    
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    • Type: Event
    • Buses will depart on the hour and run a continuous loop from the hotel to the venue from 6:30pm – 11:30pm with final pickup at 11pm from venue. Bus location: Convention Center Porte-Cochere

• AAPT Tweet-up

  • • AAPT Tweet-up

    • SPEC55
    • Sat 01/18, 4:00PM - 5:30PM
    
    
    • Jerri Anderson
      
    • Type: Event

• Communicating Across Difference: Strategies for Navigating Complex Contexts

  • • Communicating Across Difference: Strategies for Navigating Complex Contexts

    • BF
    • Sun 01/19, 4:00PM - 5:30PM
    
    
    • Jennifer A. Sandoval
      
    • Type: Event
    • This workshop focuses on interpersonal and instructional communication contexts walking participants through essential conceptualizations of equity, inclusion, and diversity. This session focuses on increasing self-awareness in order to equip attendees with equity minded competence for the workplace and the classroom. Topics include understanding power and privilege and intersectional identity in order to navigate communication effectively in spaces of difference. Participants will learn how to practice calling out and calling in as well as how to become an accomplice in situations where they can leverage their privilege to amplify others experiences.

• Communicating Across Difficulty: Navigating Identity and Conflict

  • • Communicating Across Difficulty: Navigating Identity and Conflict

    • CL
    • Mon 01/20, 11:30AM - 1:00PM
    
    
    • Jennifer A. Sandoval
      
    • Type: Event
    • This session specifically addresses the unique challenges of being an effective conflict manager when identify difference in involved. We will engage in discussion about how the notion of “civility” has been used to silence communities of color. Discussion will also highlight ways to expand understandings of our scripts and cultural expectations about conflict in order to be more effective across difference. Participants will walk through challenging real-life scenarios and work to increase their ability to navigate the discomfort of conflict and difficult conversations.

• Digikit Resources

  • • Digikit Resources

    • TL01
    • Sun 01/19, 9:00AM - 10:00AM
    
    
    • Mark Hannum
      
    • Type: Event
    • Come join us to look at new innovative resources from NASA and AAPT for your classroom.

  • • Digikit Resources

    • TL02
    • Mon 01/20, 1:30PM - 2:30PM
    
    
    • Mark Hannum
      
    • Type: Event
    • Come join us to look at new innovative resources from NASA and AAPT for your classroom.

• Early Career and First Timers Social

  • • Early Career and First Timers Social

    • SPEC10
    • Sun 01/19, 12:00PM - 1:30PM
    
    
    • Jerri Anderson
      
    • Type: Event

• Effective Undergraduate Departments - Curriculum, Inclusion, and Career Pathways

  • • Effective Undergraduate Departments - Curriculum, Inclusion, and Career Pathways

    • SPS07
    • Mon 01/20, 1:30PM - 2:30PM
    
    
    • Brad Conrad
      
    • Type: Event

• Feedback Session

  • • Feedback Session

    • TL11
    • Mon 01/20, 4:30PM - 5:00PM
    
    
    • Mark Hannum
      
    • Type: Event
    • Come share your thoughts in person in a discussion about how AAPT K12 programs is and can better meet your needs.

• Field Trip tp Universial Walk

  • • Field Trip tp Universial Walk

    • Mon 01/20, 6:30PM - 11:30PM
    
    
    • 
      
    • Type: Event
    • Buses will depart on the hour and run a continuous loop from the hotel to the venue from 6:30pm – 11:30pm with final pickup at 11pm from venue. Bus location: Convention Center Porte-Cochere

• First Timers' Gathering

  • • First Timers' Gathering

    • SPEC02
    • Sun 01/19, 7:00AM - 8:30AM
    
    
    • AAPT Staff
      
    • Type: Event

• Flipping the Physics Classroom

  • • Flipping the Physics Classroom

    • TL08
    • Mon 01/20, 2:30PM - 3:30PM
    
    
    • Vanessa Logan Wentzloff
      
    • Type: Event
    • Flipping your classroom can save time, energy and help all students succeed. But how do you do this efficiently and effectively? Join Vanessa Logan Wentzloff, a teacher who has been flipping for 5 years in several different settings, and learn how to flip and why to flip and how to helps students at all levels, including how to flip AP classes.

• Game Room

  • • Game Room

    • SPEC12
    • Sun 01/19, 9:00PM - 11:59PM
    
    
    • AAPT Staff
      
    • Type: Event

• Get the Facts Out

  • • Get the Facts Out

    • TL03
    • Sun 01/19, 12:30PM - 1:30PM
    
    
    • Drew Isola
      
    • Type: Event
    • Join an exploration of unexpected trends in the data on educators in the United States while discussing perceptions of STEM teaching in society.

• Inclusive Communication 101

  • • Inclusive Communication 101

    • AH
    • Sun 01/19, 1:30PM - 3:00PM
    
    
    • Jennifer A. Sandoval
      
    • Type: Event
    • Language is dynamic and powerful, but consistently has tremendous impact on the lived experiences, especially for black, indigenous, people of color and other communities that experience marginalization and oppression. This session focuses on constructing a shared, inclusive vocabulary that is person-centered and uses the most contemporary best practices for equitable and inclusive language. Inclusive Communication 101 covers multiple modes of communication as well as culturally competent and equity minded practices for the intersection of race/ethnicity, sexual/romantic orientations, gender expressions and identities, and disability.

• Jim Gates Book Signing: : Proving Einstein Right: The Daring Expeditions that Changed How We Look at the Universe

  • • Jim Gates Book Signing: Proving Einstein Right: The Daring Expeditions that Changed How We Look at the Universe

    • SPEC68
    • Mon 01/20, 11:15AM - 11:45AM
    
    
    • Mike Hall
      
    • Type: Event
    • A thrilling adventure story chronicling the perilous journey of the scientists who set out to prove the theory of relativity–the results of which catapulted Albert Einstein to fame and forever changed our understanding of the universe. In 1911, a relatively unknown physicist named Albert Einstein published his preliminary theory of gravity. But it hadn’t been tested. To do that, he needed a photograph of starlight as it passed the sun during a total solar eclipse. So began a nearly decade-long quest by seven determined astronomers from observatories in four countries, who traveled the world during five eclipses to capture the elusive sight. Over the years, they faced thunderstorms, the ravages of a world war, lost equipment, and local superstitions. Finally, in May of 1919, British expeditions to northern Brazil and the island of Príncipe managed to photograph the stars, confirming Einstein’s theory. At its heart, this is a story of frustration, faith, and ultimate victory–and of the scientists whose efforts helped build the framework for the big bang theory, catapulted Einstein to international fame, and shook the foundation of physics.

• Lactation Room

  • • Lactation Room

    • LR01
    • Fri 01/17, 8:00AM - 10:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT Staff
      
    • Type: Event

  • • Lactation Room

    • LR02
    • Sat 01/18, 8:00AM - 10:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT Staff
      
    • Type: Event

  • • Lactation Room

    • LR03
    • Sun 01/19, 8:00AM - 10:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT Staff
      
    • Type: Event

  • • Lactation Room

    • LR04
    • Mon 01/20, 8:00AM - 10:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT Staff
      
    • Type: Event

  • • Lactation Room

    • LR05
    • Tue 01/21, 8:00AM - 10:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT Staff
      
    • Type: Event

• Land Acknowledgment

  • • Land Acknowledgment

    • SPEC02
    • Sat 01/18, 8:00PM - 8:10PM
    
    
    • AAPT Staff
      
    • Type: Event

• Local Teacher Gathering

  • • Local Teacher Gathering

    • TL10
    • Sun 01/19, 1:30PM - 3:00PM
    
    
    • Mark Hannum
      
    • Type: Event
    • Join a discussion of innovative techniques and topical discussions from local Orlando teachers.

• Meet-up for Members and Supporters of LGBTQ Community

  • • Meet-up for Members and Supporters of LGBTQ Community

    • SPEC09
    • Sun 01/19, 12:00PM - 1:30PM
    
    
    • AAPT Staff
      
    • Type: Event

• Meeting of the Members

  • • Meeting of the Members

    • COM21
    • Sun 01/19, 8:30PM - 10:00PM
    
    
    • Mel Sabella
      
    • Type: Event

• Outreach - Effective Practices for Undergraduates

  • • Outreach - Effective Practices for Undergraduates

    • SPS06
    • Mon 01/20, 11:30AM - 12:30PM
    
    
    • Brad Conrad
      
    • Type: Event

• PERTG Town Hall Meeting

  • • PERTG Town Hall Meeting

    • SPEC88
    • Tue 01/21, 7:30AM - 8:30PM
    
    
    • PER PER
      
    • Type: Event

• PTRA Information Session

  • • PTRA Information Session

    • TL04
    • Mon 01/20, 11:30AM - 12:30PM
    
    
    • Mark Hannum
      
    • Type: Event
    • Come to learn more about the Physics Teacher Resource Agents (PTRA). Hear from members as they share their passions and experiences in this group.

• Quiet Room

  • • Quiet Room

    • QR01
    • Fri 01/17, 8:00AM - 10:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT Staff
      
    • Type: Event

  • • Quiet Room

    • QR02
    • Sat 01/18, 8:00AM - 10:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT Staff
      
    • Type: Event

  • • Quiet Room

    • QR03
    • Sun 01/19, 8:00AM - 10:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT Staff
      
    • Type: Event

  • • Quiet Room

    • QR04
    • Mon 01/20, 8:00AM - 10:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT Staff
      
    • Type: Event

  • • Quiet Room

    • QR05
    • Tue 01/21, 8:00AM - 3:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT Staff
      
    • Type: Event

• Resistance & Resilience: How we show up for ourselves when we are the only__ in the room

  • • Resistance & Resilience: How we show up for ourselves when we are the only__ in the room

    • DK
    • Mon 01/20, 3:30PM - 5:00PM
    
    
    • Jennifer A. Sandoval
      
    • Type: Event
    • For years white women and people of color have been told the best way to respond to the stress of managing institutions not created for them is self-care. While some forms of self-care can be important, it is not enough for finding ways to engage our organizations in ways that feel authentic and honest. This session focuses on cultivating a practice of resilience, on constructing communities of care, and finding ways to enact resistance to practices that are used to disempower and often silence us in our organizational structures.

• Retired Physicists Luncheon

  • • Retired Physicists Luncheon

    • SPEC07
    • Sun 01/19, 12:00PM - 1:30PM
    
    
    • AAPT Staff
      
    • Type: Event

• SEES Volunteer Training

  • • SEES Volunteer Training

    • Brad Conrad
      
    • Type: Event

  • • SEES Volunteer Training

    • SPS04
    • Sun 01/19, 10:00AM - 2:00PM
    
    
    • Brad Conrad
      
    • Type: Event

• SEES- Student Exploring Engineering and Science

  • • SEES- Student Exploring Engineering and Science

    • SEES
    • Tue 01/21, 9:30AM - 12:00PM
    
    
    • Brad Conrad
      
    • Type: Event

• SPS Undergraduate Awards Reception

  • • SPS Undergraduate Awards Reception

    • SPS
    • Mon 01/20, 5:30PM - 7:00PM
    
    
    • 
      
    • Type: Event

• SPS Undergraduate Meet & Greet

  • • SPS Undergraduate Meet & Greet

    • SPS05
    • Sun 01/19, 4:30PM - 6:00PM
    
    
    • Brad Conrad
      
    • Type: Event

• SPS: Zone 6 Meeting

  • • SPS: Zone 6 Meeting

    • SPS02
    • Sat 01/18, 10:00AM - 6:00PM
    
    
    • Brad Conrad
      
    • Type: Event

• STEP UP

  • • STEP UP

    • TL09
    • Mon 01/20, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
    
    
    • Mark Hannum
      
    • Type: Event
    • Join a fact exploration and discussion on the NSF grant STEP UP aiming to drastically increase the number of women in undergraduate physics through interventions in the high school classroom.

• Science is Elementary

  • • Science is Elementary

    • TL07
    • Sun 01/19, 3:00PM - 4:00PM
    
    
    • Justine Boecker Harren
      
    • Type: Event
    • Join a discussion about the challenges and success stories for elementary educators teaching science.

• The Question Formulation Technique

  • • The Question Formulation Technique

    • TL06
    • Mon 01/20, 10:30AM - 11:30AM
    
    
    • Matthew Bryant
      
    • Type: Event
    • Experience a mini-workshop with current Einstein Fellow Matthew Bryant on the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) and how it can get your students talking to each other, asking their own questions, and designing their own investigations.

• The Underrepresentation Curriculum

  • • The Underrepresentation Curriculum

    • TL05
    • Sun 01/19, 4:00PM - 5:00PM
    
    
    • Mark Hannum
      
    • Type: Event
    • The Underrepresentation Curriculum (http://underrep.com) is a free, flexible resource designed to help physics teachers bring conversations about science and society into their classrooms.

• Two-Year College Breakfast

  • • Two-Year College Breakfast

    • SPEC03
    • Sun 01/19, 7:00AM - 8:30AM
    
    
    • Nathan Quarderer
      
    • Type: Event

• Visit and Explore Kennedy Space Center

  • • Visit and Explore Kennedy Space Center

    • SPEC04
    • Sun 01/19, 8:30AM - 4:30PM
    
    
    • Toby Dittrich
      
    • Type: Event
    • Any visit to Florida would not be complete without taking a tour of the Kennedy Space Center in Cocoa Beach, just 45 minutes from Orlando. The AAPT tour of Kennedy Space Center leaves the hotel by bus at 830AM on Sunday January 19, arrives at Space Center at 930am, for entrance and an immediate 45 minute bus tour of the launch facilities and return to the main NASA Visitor Center. There are many, many very exciting things to do at the Visitor Center including: the new Astronaut Hall of Fame (from Project Mercury to the Space Shuttle Program, see where American astronauts are remembered and honored), Rocket Garden (Walk among giants to see rockets from NASA’s Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs. Guided tours available daily), Astronaut Encounter (Meet an astronaut during a live presentation at Universe Theater, included with daily admission. Bring your questions and your camera!), Moonscape (See the real Lunar Module 9 with a life-sized scene from the Apollo 11 Moon landing.), Lunar Theater (Relive the final few minutes leading up to the first words ever spoken from the surface of the Moon, “…the Eagle has landed.”), Hubble Space Telescope Theater (Learn about the successes, setbacks and spinoffs of Hubble Space Telescope, the first of NASA’s Great Space Observatories.), the actual unforgettable HUGE Saturn V Rocket (Every human who stepped foot on the Moon launched from Kennedy Space Center atop a Saturn V rocket. Learn about the power of this rocket and imagine what it was like to launch into space on this massive machine.) and MUCH, MUCH MORE! Our bus will leave the NASA Complex at 3:30pm to arrive back at the hotel by 4:30pm for the evening activities at the Conference. Please don’t miss this opportunity to experience the best that NASA has to offer in education and entertainment.

• Welcome Reception the Exhibit Hall

  • • Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall

    • SPEC01
    • Sat 01/18, 8:10PM - 10:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT Staff
      
    • Type: Event