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Commercial Workshops

      • PASCO scientific: Untangling Basic Circuits

      • CW10
      • Mon 01/08, 11:45AM - 12:45PM
      • by Sackett Brett
      • Type: Commercial Workshop
      • Students are often confused when learning the basics of circuits because they cannot directly observe the phenomenon, or they become lost in the tangle of wires. There is a simpler way for students to not only learn the basics of circuits, but also gives them the freedom to easily explore their own circuit designs to gain a deeper understanding of the physics concepts. Get hands on with new technology to discover a better way to teach circuits! We will be giving away a complete Modular Circuits Set!
      • Varafy Corporation

      • CW13
      • Mon 01/08, 3:00PM - 4:00PM
      • by Biegler Werner
      • Type: Commercial Workshop
      • The Varafy Free-Body Diagram (FBD) Assessment application is a learning and assessment tool for Physics and Engineering. Students studying Physics or Engineering are required to understand how to interpret forces acting on an object and illustrate their understanding by drawing a force diagram or free body diagram. This can be at times a challenging concept for students to apply their thinking. Other than resorting to seeing the correct FBD image, there exists no digital tool today for students to use for practicing their knowledge. The key benefits of the Varafy FBD Assessment application are: • Web-based easy to use Student facing user interface • “How to’s” gifs provided • Adjustable grading rubric (including sensitivity) for vector (location, direction, angles, labels, head/tail) points (location) and moments (location) • Detailed feedback provided to student to guide their thinking • Can be applied for either practice or assessment purposes • FBD is authored in Varafy’s Content platform which allows for 1,000s of unique iterations of the same problem to be generated with a click of a mouse
  • Expert TA

      • Expert TA: When Was The Last Time You Really Thought About How Your Students Do Homework?

      • CW08
      • Sun 01/07, 12:30PM - 1:30PM
      • by Morton Jeremy
      • Type: Commercial Workshop
      • Advancements have been made in online homework that are transforming the way students learn. Unfortunately, the internet has also made it easy for students to cheat online. Today, using an app on their smartphone, a student can upload a picture of their Physics homework and a solution is posted within 15 minutes (even for a paper-based question handed out in class). You can't solve a problem like that without sophisticated technology. Expert TA addresses these negative aspects of the changing educational landscape, while continuing to build advanced tools designed to help students learn Physics. Did you know that we: a) have automatically graded Vector and Free Body Diagram questions, complete with feedback and partial credit, b) have data-mined every incorrect answer ever submitted, and had experts write specific and Socratic feedback for the top 20 most common wrong answers for each question, c) provide “IBM Watson” style analytics about each class, d) web crawl solution-sharing sites to remove our problems, and e) have an Academic Integrity suite designed to keep students off those sites in the first place? Is your homework system doing everything it can for you and your students? Have lunch with us and see what’s out there.
      • Expert TA: Honorarium-Based Focus Group Opportunity

      • CW12
      • Mon 01/08, 10:30AM - 11:30AM
      • by Morton Jeremy
      • Type: Commercial Workshop
      • Expert TA is seeking your feedback in order to evaluate our current platform and guide future development. We are offering $50.00 Amazon gift cards as incentive for participation in this session, which involves the completion of a focus group survey. Expert TA is an online homework provider for introductory algebra and calculus-based physics courses. Our key features include interactive free body diagram drawings that are automatically graded (including for proportionality), advanced symbolic question types, and instructor-authored feedback for the most common student mistakes, as determined by an ongoing incorrect answer data-mining process. We work alongside physics instructors when developing new features and tools, and would love your thoughts about our existing features, as we seek to expand our offering further. We value your input, as Physics Education professionals, regarding what additional features could be most helpful. Examples of topics to be discussed: a) Modifying our FDB drawing foundation to handle Ray Diagrams and Extended FBDs for objects experiencing rotation and b) What real-time analytics/statistical metrics are most helpful to you. Please join us and tell us how we can build the best educational tool for physics instructors and students.
  • PASCO scientific

      • PASCO scientific: How Much Physics Can You Do with the Wireless Smart Cart?

      • CW09
      • Mon 01/08, 10:30AM - 11:30AM
      • by Sackett Brett
      • Type: Commercial Workshop
      • PASCO's Wireless Smart Cart is the new must-have tool for the physics lab!Join us to get hands-on with the Smart Cart and experience Kinematics, Dynamics, Work & Energy, Impulse and Momentum experiments without wires or interfaces. The Smart Cart provides real time wireless measurements of Position, Velocity, Acceleration along all axis, Force, and 3 dimensions of angular velocity. The fully sensor-integrated Smart Cart means less equipment to manage and set up, while providing the most economical single piece of lab instrumentation for physics. The Smart Cart really is the dynamics cart you are looking for! We will be giving away a free Smart Cart!
      • PASCO scientific: Essential Physics Equations and Simulations

      • CW11
      • Mon 01/08, 1:00PM - 2:00PM
      • by Sackett Brett
      • Type: Commercial Workshop
      • We all want students to understand physics, not memorize problem solving steps. Join us and play with essential interactive equations and simulations that span physics from Newton's Laws to the atom. Interactive equations are powerful teaching and learning tools that bridge between math and science. You probably can't get an alpha source in your classroom, but our Gold Foil simulation is the next best thing. The Essential Physics simulations are 100% HTML 5 and run on any device including Chromebook™, Android™, Mac®, iPAD®, Windows®, and even phones - without any installed software! Attendees will receive free trial access to the whole collection of simulations and interactive equations.
  • Pearson

      • Pearson: College Physics: Explore and Apply 2nd Edition: Help Students Learn Physics by Doing Physics

      • CW07
      • Mon 01/08, 12:30PM - 1:30PM
      • by Etkina Eugenia
      • Type: Commercial Workshop
      • The lead author of College Physics: Explore and Apply, Eugenia Etkina, will discuss how she employs an active learning approach with her students and how the changes in the second edition of College Physics address the needs of the changing world. She will show how the written text, Active Learning Guide, and Mastering Physics can engage students in practicing science while learning physics. A myriad of new experiments and innovative problems will motivate your students to learn physics and help them succeed on revised assessments - such as AP exams and the MCAT. Come and learn about the exciting developments in the whole learning system and receive a signed book by the authors! Come and learn about the exciting developments in the whole learning system and receive a signed book from the authors!
  • Perimeter Institute

      • Perimeter Institute: Cutting-Edge Physics

      • CW02
      • Sun 01/07, 2:30PM - 3:30PM
      • by Pope Damian
      • Type: Commercial Workshop
      • Join us as we take a look at the very coolest physics news items over the past year and what is coming next! This session will explore a variety of cutting-edge science subjects for teachers that are looking for current, real-world science connections in their classroom. Uncover what's happening in our world RIGHT NOW, and where we are at the cusp of the next major discovery! Kelly Foyle
      • Perimeter Institute: Spicing Up Classical Physics with Modern Examples

      • CW04
      • Mon 01/08, 12:30PM - 1:30PM
      • by Pope Damian
      • Type: Commercial Workshop
      • Are YOU tired of using the same examples to illustrate concepts in classical physics year after year? Are you looking for ways to expose your students to modern physics without taking extra time? This session will show you that what you do every day, can easily be applied to new, interesting concepts in modern physics! We’ll discover how to use dark matter in lessons about circular motion, and how to incorporate an introduction to quantum when teaching about waves. Come see how modern physics can be explored within a classical curriculum in these easy-to-adapt, hands-on activities! Kelly Foyle
  • Perimeter Institute

      • Perimeter Institute: Teaching Astronomy to Grade 9 Students

      • CW01
      • Sun 01/07, 1:00PM - 2:00PM
      • by Pope Damian
      • Type: Commercial Workshop
      • Astronomy is one of the most fascinating topics in all of science. This session will discuss a new classroom resource for introducing high school freshman (i.e. grade 9 students) to a range of astronomical topics including stars and stellar evolution, the Milky Way galaxy, exoplanets, and the Big Bang theory. It includes numerous hands-on activities, teaching tips, and a professionally produced classroom video. Kelly Foyle
      • Perimeter Institute: Black Holes

      • CW03
      • Mon 01/08, 11:00AM - 12:00PM
      • by Pope Damian
      • Type: Commercial Workshop
      • Black Holes are fascinating objects that capture the imagination of students everywhere. In this workshop we will explore the basic Physics behind Black Holes, the latest observational evidence for them, some of their more exotic features, such as time slowing down and we will introduce some classroom resources that you can take back with you to bring this awesome topic into your classroom. Kelly Foyle
  • Vernier Software & Technology

      • Vernier: Introducing Pivot Interactives from Vernier

      • CW05
      • Sun 01/07, 11:00AM - 12:00PM
      • by Poodry Fran
      • Type: Commercial Workshop
      • Pivot Interactives is a customizable online-video environment that is a superb complement to hands-on experiments with Vernier sensors. Students are quickly engaged by these high-production-quality videos of hard-to-implement phenomena, which are a powerful supplement to hands-on experimentation. Explore the possibilities with us! David Vernier John Gastineau
      • Vernier Solutions for Physics and Chromebooks

      • CW06
      • Sun 01/07, 12:00PM - 1:00PM
      • by Poodry Fran
      • Type: Commercial Workshop
      • Bring your Chromebook (or use one of ours) and learn how easy it is to connect sensors and collect and analyze data. Explore the free Graphical Analysis 4 app data collection. David Vernier John Gastineau

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