| Time |
Title |
Speaker/Contact
Info |
| 8:00 |
Welcome |
Shannon Mayer, University of Portland |
| 8:10 |
Interfacing
the Lego RCX to the
Outside World |
John Larkin, Whitworth College |
| 8:30 | Do
you see? Improving Visibility in Physics Demonstrations |
Brett Carroll, Green River
Community College |
| 8:50 |
The
Do's and Don'ts of Demos |
Dean Hudek, Brown University |
| 9:50 |
Treasurer's Report |
Sharon Rosell, Central Washington
University |
| 10:05 |
Break |
|
| 10:25 |
Favorite Demonstrations after 25
years of Using Computers in Physics Teaching |
David Vernier, Vernier Software
and Technology |
| 11:25 |
Angular Momentum, Torque, and
the Balancing Bird |
Jeffrey Bierman, Gonzaga
University |
| 11:45 |
The
Kelvin Generator |
Donald Schnitzler, Linfield
College |
| 12:05 |
Lunch Break |
Board
of Directors Meeting |
| 2:00 |
The 1-D Step in 2-D -- Where
Quantum
Mechanics, Classical Mechanics, and Classical Optics Agree |
Brian
Houser, Eastern Washington University |
| 2:20 |
A Geophysicist's View of
Mt. St.
Helens and the Asian
Tsunami |
Robert
Butler, University of Portland |
| 3:20 |
Break |
|
| 3:40 |
Controlling Chaos in a Simple Electronic Circuit | Richard Wiener, Pacific
University |
| 4:00 |
Einstein:
The Sage of Princeton
versus the Scientist as a Young Man |
Michael Janssen, University of
Minnesota |
| Time |
Title | Speaker/Contact
Info |
| 8:10 |
Knowledge and Attitudes of
Introductory Science Students |
Jim
Hamm, Big Bend Community
College |
| 8:30 |
Three and a Half Things to do
with Microscope Slides |
Robert Ruotsalainen,
Eastern Washington University |
| 8:50 | Important
Guidelines for the
Demonstrative Physicist |
Wolfgang Rueckner, Harvard
University |
| 9:50 |
Tops, Rattlebacks, and Tippe Tops |
Eric Kincanon, Gonzaga
University |
| 10:10 |
Break |
|
| 10:30 |
James
Gerhart Lecture: Coordinating the Universe |
Stanley Micklavzina,
University of Oregon |
| 11:30 |
Psi meets Y: Methods from the "particle-in-a-box" problem applied in forensic genetics | Dennis Garvey, Gonzaga University |
| 11:50 |
Demonstrating
Chaos with Sprott
Circuits |
Michael
Braunstein, Central Washington University |
| 12:10 |
Galileo and His Time: An
Inquiry-Based Course for Non-science Majors |
Lois Kieffaber, Whitworth
College |
| 12:30 |
Stellar Photometry, Spectroscopy, and Astrophotography in the Introductory Astronomy Course | Tom
Olson and Steven Tufte, Lewis and Clark College |
| 12:50 |
PNACP elections |
Steve Hoffmaster, Gonzaga
University |