By Marina Milner-Bolotin on June 5, 2010
Canadian Association of Physicists Congress will meet in Toronto during the second week of June. Division of Physics Education (DPE) has 6 parallel sessions, a full High School Teachers’ Day, an inaugural New Faculty Workshop and new 5 special Teaching Awards for Ca nadian High School Physics Teachers and a CAP Undergraduate Excellence in Physics […]
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By Marina Milner-Bolotin on June 3, 2010
If you are wondering how to make physics relevant to your students, do not hesitate to browse a new resource created at the Department of Physics at the University of British Columbia called “C21 Physics Teaching for the 21st Century“. This is a short excerpt from it: Your resource to make physics teaching relevant to […]
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By Marina Milner-Bolotin on May 26, 2010
Dear BCAPT members! 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 workshops, social events, excellent talks, an amazing demo show, excellent science stores […]
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By Marina Milner-Bolotin on May 22, 2010
One of my former students (thank you, Keith) recently reminded me of a radio show that will be of interest to science teachers and to anybody who is curious about the outside world. I like it very much and try not to make sure to listen to every episode. The show is also available online […]
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By Marina Milner-Bolotin on May 22, 2010
Perimeter Explorations This series of in-class educational resources is designed to help teachers explain a range of important topics in physics. Perimeter Explorations is the product of extensive collaboration between international researchers, Perimeter Institute’s outreach staff and experienced teachers. Each module has been designed with both the expert and novice teacher in mind and has […]
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By Marina Milner-Bolotin on May 22, 2010
The Big Little Science Centre (BLSC) was started in February 2000 by a retired Kamloops physics teacher, a long-term BCAPT and AAPT member, an experienced science educator and a person whose efforts in improving physics and science teaching in BC made him respected and revered all across the province – Mr. Gordon R. Gore. The […]
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By Marina Milner-Bolotin on May 21, 2010
Special Invitation from Educational Technology Teacher: I’m writing from Ed Tech Teacher, an educational technology professional development provider dedicated to helping teachers use technology to create active, student-centered learning communities. I’d like to invite your members and associates to join Tom Daccord for a free-of-charge webinar: “Online Activities in the Science Classroom” on May 26, 2010. The […]
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By Marina Milner-Bolotin on May 20, 2010
American Association of Physics Teachers has played a significant role in my professional and personal life for over a decade. I became a member of the TX section of the AAPT while being a graduate student at the University of TX (1999). I was invited to come to the section meetings and often brought my […]
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By Marina Milner-Bolotin on May 18, 2010
This is an event for science educators where we have the opportunity to 1. Showcase something that we have done that is worth sharing with other educators (don’t be shy … you have awesome stuff or I wouldn’t be trying to convince you to share) 2. Engage in professional development that is different than the […]
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By Marina Milner-Bolotin on May 13, 2010
Watch It Live This Saturday! ************************************ For the first time, sessions of the Investigating Our Practices (IOP) conference at UBC Facutly of Education will be streamed live online. The half-day IOP conference is organized each year by UBC’s Faculty of Education and the BCTF to give practicing teachers, university educators, graduate students, and student teachers […]
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