July 26–30, 2014
23
Free Commercial Workshops
CW01: PASCO Capstone: Simple and Powerful Data
Analysis for Physics
Location: STSS 131B
Date: Monday, July 28
Time: 12–1 p.m.
Sponsor: PASCO scientific
Leaders: Ann Hanks, Brett Sackett
Regardless of where your data comes from, come get hands-on with Cap-
stone and see how useful this software is for analysis. Easy data import and
powerful tools streamline data analysis for physics. See why Capstone is the
ultimate tool for the physics lab and classroom. See what is new and get a
sneak peak at what’s coming next. One lucky attendee will win a Capstone
site license.
CW02: Put Your Online Physics Lab Courses in Motion!
Location: STSS 530A
Date: Monday, July 28
Time: 12–1 p.m.
Sponsor: eScience Labs LLC
Leaders: Dr. Stephen Ray, Dr. Nicolas Benedict
Have you considered creating online science lab courses but struggled
to provide academically sound labs, hands-on experiences and support
accreditation standards? We will demonstrate and share a redesigned
physics lab curriculum for online students taking conceptual and general
physics courses. Participants will interact with the hands-on and engaging
eScience lab kits through demonstrations of highlighted physics labs. We
will discuss challenges of teaching online physics courses and incorporat-
ing a laboratory component. We will respond to those challenges as well as
perspective on the benefits to students. Participants will have an opportu-
nity to share perspectives, ask questions and explore issues.
CW03: Increasing Student Success and Retention Using
Comprehensive Peer-Reviewed, Customizable,
Open Education Resources
Location: STSS 432A
Date: Tuesday, July 29
Time: 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Sponsor: OpenStax College
Leader: Nicole Finkbeiner
Studies have shown that students are increasingly foregoing purchasing
textbooks and other required resources due to costs and accessibility. In
this workshop, attendees will learn about peer-reviewed open education
resources, including the free, peer-reviewed
College Physics
textbook, and
how faculty members across the country are increasing student success
and retention using these resources. Customizing
College Physics
with
OpenStax’s redesigned, user-friendly authoring and editing platform will
also be discussed.
CW04: PASCO Capstone: Simple and Powerful Data
Analysis for Physics
Location: STSS 131B
Date: Tuesday, July 29
Time: 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Sponsor: PASCO scientific
Leaders: Ann Hanks, Brett Sackett
Regardless of where your data comes from, come get hands-on with Cap-
stone and see how useful this software is for analysis. Easy data import and
powerful tools streamline data analysis for physics. See why Capstone is the
ultimate tool for the physics lab and classroom. See what is new and get a
sneak peak at what’s coming next. One lucky attendee will win a Capstone
site license.
CW05: Perimeter Institute: A New Spin on Classical
Physics
Location: STSS 131A
Date: Monday, July 28
Time: 12–1 p.m.
Sponsor: Perimeter Institute
Leaders: Dr. Damian Pope, Kevin Donkers
Are you looking for new and innovative ways to spice up classical physics
concepts and expose your students to hands-on, modern physics without
taking up extra time? This session explores how your everyday classical
physics lessons can easily be connected to interesting concepts in modern
physics including relating dark matter to circular motion, nuclear physics
using electric fields, and how to detect subatomic particles using conserva-
tion of momentum. All activities presented connect to the new NGSS
Standards.
CW06: Perimeter Institute: Hands-on Wave-Particle
Duality
Location: STSS 131A
Date: Monday, July 28
Time: 1:30–2:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Perimeter Institute
Leaders: Dr. Damian Pope, Kevin Donkers
The wave-particle duality is one of the deepest mysteries of quantum me-
chanics. Come explore hands-on activities that introduce students to this
vitally important concept in the quantum world. Perimeter’s The Challenge
of Quantum Reality classroom resource is developed in collaboration with
educators and PI researchers with connections to the new NGSS Standards.
CW07: Perimeter Institute: Beyond the Atom: Remodelling
Particle Physics
Location: STSS 131A
Date: Tuesday, July 29
Time: 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Perimeter Institute
Leaders: Dr. Damian Pope, Kevin Donkers
The discovery of the Higgs boson was one of the biggest physics announce-
ments of our generation. Join us as we explore concepts of momentum,
charge, and fields being applied to modern particle physics. Perimeter’s
Beyond the Atom: Remodelling Particle Physics classroom resource is
developed in collaboration with educators and PI researchers with connec-
tions to the new NGSS Standards.
CW08: Perimeter Institute: Cosmic Mysteries
Location: STSS 131A
Date: Tuesday, July 29
Time: 1–2 p.m.
Sponsor: Perimeter Institute
Leaders: Dr. Damian Pope, Kevin Donkers
Join Perimeter’s NEWEST workshop designed to help teachers and stu-
dents unravel the mysteries of space and the universe. This session shares
hands-on activities focused on the big bang theory, expanding universe,
black holes, redshift, cosmic microwave background, and more. Perimeter’s
Cosmic Mysteries classroom resource is developed in collaboration with
educators and PI researchers with connections to the new NGSS Standards.
