ÿþ<html><head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-16"> <title>SEPS AAPT</title> <style type="text/css"> <!-- a {color: "#000066"} a:hover {color: "#cc0000"} --> </style> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <!--THIS TABLE CONTAINS THE ENTIRE PAGE--> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <!--CELL FOR THE LOGO IMAGE AND PAGE TITLE--> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <!--TABLE CONTAINING LOGO IMAGE AND PAGE TITLE--> <table width="720" border="0" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <td> <!--LOGO IMAGE--> <img src="aapt_logo.gif" height="130" width="134" border="0"> </td> <td> <!--PAGE TITLE--> <font face="Verdana" size="5" color="#000066">Southeastern Pennsylvania Section of the<br>American Association of Physics Teachers</font> <br> <br> <!--MOTTO--> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><i>An organization to bring together high school and college physics teachers and other professionals working in science education</i></font> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--END HEADER TABLE--> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="150" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <font size="1"> <center> <!--START MAIN TABLE OF CONTENTS--> <table width="140" bgcolor="#000066" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr><td> <table width="140" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff"> <font face="verdana" size="2" color="#000000"> <p> <b> Home<br><br> <a href="http://www.physics.upenn.edu/aapt/Past_Events.html">Past Events</a><br><br> <a href="http://www.physics.upenn.edu/aapt/photos.html">Photo Gallery</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.physics.upenn.edu/aapt/officers.html">Local Chapter Officers</a><br><br> <a href="http://www.aapt.org/">National AAPT</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.njaapt.org/">New Jersey AAPT</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.aaptcps.org/">Central PA AAPT</a> <br><br> Special Programs: <br> <a href="http://www.physics.upenn.edu/%7Epssa">PSSA</a><br><br> <a href="http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7Esokoloff/chaut1.htm" target="new">Active Learning Workshop at Dickinson, June 19-21</a></b></p></font> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <!--END MAIN TABLE OF CONTENTS--> <br> <br> <!--START PHYSICS REFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS--> <table width="140" bgcolor="#000066" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr><td> <table width="140" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#efefef"><font face="verdana" size="2" color="#000000"> <b>Physics Reference Websites</b></font> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff"> <font face="verdana" size="2" color="#000000"> <b><a href="http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/contents.html" target="new">NIST Reference Data</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://arxiv.org/" target="new">E-Print Archive</a></b></font> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <!--END PHYSICS REFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS--> </center> </font></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <center> <table width="600" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"> <font face="verdana" size="3" color="#cc0000"> <b>News, Recent Events, Upcoming Events, and Announcements</b> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br> *** There is one new <a href="#jobs">job</a> announcement for the 2012-2013 academic year. ***</font></p> <hr noshade="noshade"> <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_166735829132" target="_blank"><img src="Images/fb_logo.gif"></a> Visit our Facebook page!</font></p> <hr noshade="noshade"> <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b></b></font></p><center><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>Call for Student Poster Abstracts at the National AAPT Meeting</b></font></center> <p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The 2012 National AAPT Summer Meeting will be held in Philadelphia July 28 - August 1. Graduate and undergraduate students are invited to submit abstracts for posters to be presented at the meeting. Abstract deadline is June 15.<br><br>Click <a href="http://www.princeton.edu/~csealfon/aapt.htm" target="_blank&quot;">here</a> for more information. </p> <hr noshade="noshade"> <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b></b></font></p><center><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>National AAPT Meeting in Philadelphia</b></font></center> <p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The <a href="http://www.aapt.org/Conferences/sm2012/" target="_blank&quot;">2012 National AAPT Summer Meeting</a> will be held July 28 - August 1 at the University of Pennsylvania. Click <a href="http://www.aapt.org/Conferences/sm2012/registrationpage.cfm" target="_blank&quot;">here</a> for registration information, and <a href="http://www.aapt.org/Conferences/sm2012/workshops.cfm" target="_blank&quot;">here</a> for a list of workshops.<br><br> </p> <hr noshade="noshade"> <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b></b></font></p><center><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>2012 Spring Meeting at St. Joseph University </b></font></center> <p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The Spring Meeting, "Growing Your Physics Program", was held March 30 and 31 at St. Joseph University. Friday evening featured a delicious meal and our guest speaker, Robert C. Hillborn, who spoke on "How to Grow Your High School or Undergraduate Physics Program." Saturday morning's program included two invited talks, several contributed papers and demonstrations, and the annual SEPS AAPT members' meeting. After lunch, the members attended one of two workshops. <br><br>Click <a href="http://www.physics.upenn.edu/aapt/spring2012summary.pdf" target="_blank&quot;">here</a> for a detailed summary of the meeting. </p> <hr noshade="noshade"> <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b></b></font></p><center><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>2011 Fall Demo Night at Malvern Prep</b></font></center> <br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Fall Demo Night was held Friday, October 7 at Malvern Prep School. Click <a href="http://www.physics.upenn.edu/aapt/2011demonight.pdf" target="_blank&quot;">here</a> for a summary of the event and Barry's demo. Click <a href="http://www.physics.upenn.edu/aapt/fall2011photos.html" target="_blank">here</a> to see some photos.<p></p> <hr noshade="noshade"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"> <b></b></font></p><center><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>2011 Spring meeting at University of the Sciences</b></font></center> <br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The 2011 Spring meeting was held at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, on Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2. <br><br> <b>Friday, April 1</b><br> After registration and dinner in the STC Atrium, we gathered for the invited talk, "Human vision and the nature of light" given by Prof. Phillip Nelson, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Phillip Nelson introduced and elaborated on the remarkable fact that the human eye contains receptors capable of detecting a single photon. Through an array of captivating visuals, Dr. Nelson illustrated that it has become possible to measure the tiny currents from individual rod and cone cells as they are stimulated with flashes of light, from this, be able to measure their complete spectral response curves hence quantifying Thomas Young's 3-color theory.<br><br> <b>Saturday morning</b><br> After a continental breakfast, the SEPS AAPT meeting resumed in the Pharmacology Toxicology Center at the University of the Sciences. Drs. D. Nyamjav and Sergio Freire, University of the Sciences introduced the topic, Nanotechnology. These talks were designed to provide a brief overview of Nanoscience and technology, the challenges, the successes and breakthroughs, and how it can affect our daily lives or the future. After these guest speakers had finished, two parallel sessions on contributed papers and demonstrations took place. One of the parallel sessions further developed nanotechnology; the other one focused on a variety of high school physics concepts and demonstrations. Click <a href="http://www.physics.upenn.edu/aapt/spring2011papers.html" target="new">here</a> for a list of contriputed papers.<br><br> <b>Saturday afternoon</b><br> Following lunch and the SEPS AAPT business meeting and prize giveaways, the Spring Meeting resumed at the STC building, with two workshops held simultaneously. There was a nanotechnology workshop hosted by Drs. Julie Nucci and Jim Overhiser from Cornell University including two short activities based on the nanoscale and powers of ten followed by participants simulating a topographic scanner; an AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy) lab developed by the CNS Institute for Physics Teachers. The second workshop given by Barry Feierman (Westtown School) and Bill Berner (University of Pennsylvania) was on probeware; offering hands-on participation on the use of a variety of Vernier and Pasco probes. Click <a href="http://www.physics.upenn.edu/aapt/Probeware.ppt">here</a> to download a PowerPoint presentation from the probeware workshop.<br><br> Click <a href="http://www.physics.upenn.edu/aapt/spring2011photos.html" target="new">here</a> to see a selection of photos from the meeting. </font><p></p> <hr noshade="noshade"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"> <b></b></font></p><center><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>2010 Fall Demo Night</b></font></center> <br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The annual SEPS AAPT Demo night was hosted this year at Pope John Paul High School, Royersford by the SEPS Vice-President, Mary Sevon. The evening began with a delicious dinner where new and veteran members of the SEPS networked. We had quite a few new members who had attended the "Teaching Physics for the First or Fifty First Time" workshop held at La Salle on Saturday, October 9, 2010 in attendance at Demo night. <br><br> A variety of demonstrations ranging from mechanics to light were shared by seven members of SEPS. The "Law of Inertia" demonstration was a simply constructed apparatus which could be used to show the relationship between period and mass. A clip from the National Geographic documentary on the humming bird was used to introduce and discuss physics' concepts of sound, loss of energy, and iridescence. An array of experiments using lasers, "lights you can't see," was shown to the group; one in particular was using an infrared laser to burst an inflated black balloon inside an inflated transparent balloon. <br><br> The evening ended at around 9:00 pm, and SEPS members had quite a few new ideas to take home to the classroom. A big thank you goes to Mary Sevon for putting this very successful evening together. </font><p></p> <hr noshade="noshade"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"> <b></b></font></p><center><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b><a name="jobs">Job Openings</a></b></font></center> <br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">There is one current job announcement, for a full-time Lab Coordinator at West Chester University. Click <a href="http://www.physics.upenn.edu/aapt/jobs.html">here</a> for details. The position in Central Bucks School District has been filled. If you know of a job to be posted, please send the information to mtakats -at- ursinus.edu.</font><p></p> </font></font></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <br> <br> <table width="600" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#cc0000"> <b>AAPT/SEPS Membership</b> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#efefef"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Please join us or renew your membership by mailing $10.00 to: </font><font face="verdana" size="1"> <center> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br> Art Zadrozny<br> Treasurer SEPS/AAPT<br> 1229 Gail Rd<br> West Chester, PA 19380<br> email: artzadrozny -at- gmail.com </font> </center> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <br> We have Spring and Fall meetings, demo nights, and can provide lots of information and tips on teaching and physics. </font></font> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <br> <br> <table width="600" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#cc0000"> <b>Contact Information</b> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#efefef"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> To get on the email list, contact Fran Poodry (fpoodry -at- speakeasy.net). <br><br>If you change your email address, please write to <a href="mailto:sepaaapt@aol.com">sepaaapt@aol.com</a> to inform us. <br><br> To pass on your info or suggestions, please contact webmasters H. Slogoff (slogoff -at- physics.upenn.edu) or Martha Takats (mtakats -at- ursinus.edu)<br> <br> </font> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <br> <br> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <font face="verdana" size="1"> Design by <a href="mailto:lty2@cornell.edu">LTY</a> last update 7/6/10 MT </font></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </body></html>