Events

Friday, March 9

5:45-6:45 Plenary: The Universe in HD, Surround Sound, and Smell-o-vision, or Gravitational Waves and the Future of Astronomy
Paul Baker
Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University

Demo Slam!
An hour of back-to-back amazing demonstrations to take to your classroom.
Jennifer and Ignacio Birriel
Morehead State University

Saturday, March 10

Plenary: Introductory Physics…With an Eye to Inclusion
Rachel Henderson
West Virginia University

Activity Session (half-day): Teaching Electrostatics and Potential Using Modeling Instruction
Joseph Mahler
Sayre School

Activity Session (90 min): LIGO in the classroom: activities and demos to bring gravitational wave science to the introductory student
Paul Baker
Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University

Activity Session (90 min): Teaching and Assessing Problem-solving for the 21st Century
Tom Foster
Foster Learning

Activity Session (half-day): Waves Lessons founded in NGSS Practices
Western Kentucky Physics Teachers Alliance

Activity Session (90-min): Using Active Learning Strategies in Large or Small Classrooms to Increase Student Engagement and Content Retention
Paul Miller, Nancy Spillane, and Michael Tilley
West Virginia University

Activity Session (90-min): Establishing Criteria for State-wide Acceptance of Transfer Credit of Introductory Courses
Galen Hansen
Fairmont State University