By Marina Milner-Bolotin on July 19, 2010
The Summer 2010 AAPT Meeting is a success! Lots of exciting talks and events. I am very happy to see so many physics teachers from British Columbia. Vernier Sponsored a lot of exciting event including the visit to their location and an amazing demo show. It is very exciting to see so many physics teachers […]
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By Marina Milner-Bolotin on July 9, 2010
If you haven’t decided yet if you are going to attend the AAPT National Meeting next week, think again. This is a unique opportunity to have the best physics teachers in North America and in the world meeting in our back yard. The drive to Oregon is only 4.5 hours and you Portland is certainly […]
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By Marina Milner-Bolotin on July 9, 2010
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first laser Date: Tuesday, July 13 Time: 8:00 pm Location: UBC Life Sciences Centre Auditorium #2, 2350 Health Sciences Mall Cost: FREE Come join Dr. Paul Corkum as he takes us through the revolutionary laser technology that can make light flashes fast enough to photograph the atoms and electrons […]
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By Marina Milner-Bolotin on July 1, 2010
Dear BCAPT members! Congratulations with the successful end of the year and Happy CANADA DAY!!! The BCAPT Executive Committee wanted to make all members aware of a wonderful professional development and just very fun event coming up this July. The AAPT is having its Summer National Meeting in Portland, Oregon on July 17th-21st. There are […]
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By Marina Milner-Bolotin on July 1, 2010
BCAPT Executive Board meets about 8 times a year in person and many more times virtually. The last meeting during the year is the best of them all. We invite all the Executive Board members (past and present), their families and guests to meet each other, to share ideas about BCAPT’s future and to have […]
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By Marina Milner-Bolotin on June 25, 2010
A High Energy Pro-D Opportunity focusing on Nuclear and Medical Physics! Conference and Workshops for Secondary Science Teachers (suitable for Science 10, Science & Tech 11, & Senior Biology, Chemistry and Physics) Date: Friday, October 22, 2010 Place: TRIUMF – Canada’s National Laboratory located at UBC Time: 8:30 am Registration fee: – INSTRUCTIONS for PayPal […]
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By Marina Milner-Bolotin on June 25, 2010
Joining BCAPT has never been easier and you can do it while spending an amazing summer holiday anywhere in the world or even while preparing for the next school year and reading an amazing book in your back yard! We are working on setting up a Paypal account, such as you will be able to […]
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By Marina Milner-Bolotin on June 12, 2010
During the CAP Congress in Toronto Committee on Women in Physics (CEWIP) organized a special event featuring Prof. Ursula Franklin from the University of Toronto. Despite her age (almost 90 years old), Prof. Franklin engaged us in a discussion on science, the role of women in science and the future of science and science education […]
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By Marina Milner-Bolotin on June 11, 2010
Great news! Lawrence M. Krauss will present a special lecture at UBC’s Chan Centre on July 4th. DO NOT MISS IT!!! This announcement came from Marcello Pavan from TRIUMF: Greetings everyone, Please pass along this notice of an upcoming public lecture to your colleagues and students. On Sunday July 4 at 4pm at UBC’s Chan […]
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By Marina Milner-Bolotin on June 11, 2010
CAP 2010 Congress has been a huge success. More than 855 Canadian physics teachers, physics students, physicists, astronomers, chemists and physics educators attended the Congress. The Division of Physics Education (DPE) had 5 regular parallel sessions, participated in a poster session, organized a very successful education workshop and the inaugural workshop for the new faculty […]
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