Physics Workshops

Physics Workshops for Two-Year College and High School Instructors

A Project of Lee College (TX), Estrella Mountain Community College (AZ) and the National Science Foundation
ATE Program for Physics Faculty
This project is supported in part by grants (#0603272 and #1003633) from the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) through the
AdvancedTechnological Education Program (ATE) of the National Science Foundation.

This Project will provide a series of three-day, intensive focused, hands-on professional and curriculum development workshops/conferences and follow-up activities for physics teachers in TYCs and HSs. These workshops and conferences are aimed at teachers who serve students involved in technology-based or technician careers. There will be four workshop/conferences per year held at various TYCs with special incentives to encourage teams of HS and TYC teachers. This project is builds upon and earlier physics workshop project that held 61 workshops over 15 years.

Educators from TYCs HSs, and colleges/universities, which include implementation leaders, and developers from buisness and industry will lead these workshops. They will deal with effective integration, technology implementation, and learning strategies in areas such as micromputer-based laboratories, digital video, computer simulations, conceptual tasks and tools, web and internet activities, group work, assessment of learning, and physics related technician education. Click here to read what particpants can hope to gain from attending a workshop/conference.

For information on a particular workshop select the workshop from the pull down menu below.

Good News... We have been funded for another three years of workshops.

New workshops posted along with application that reflects updated schedule.

Workshop Schedule

Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2010 Programming Tools for Introductory Physics (PTIP) Workshop (Thurs.-Sat.) at Southeast Community College in Lincoln, NE. Click here for more information.

Nov. 4-6, 2010 Simulation Tools for Introductory Physics (STIP) Workshop (Thurs.-Sat.) at Lee College in Baytown, TX. Click here for more information.

General information about both workshops including costs, travel and schedule can be downloaded here.

Application

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Past Workshops

Major Projects updated with information on past and current major projects

PWEN (project newsletter)

Tools for Introductory Physics. NEW resources for teaching.

Click here for TYC Physics Information.

Click here for Annual Reports on the grant