Alabama Section

Spring 2012 Annual meeting

Feb 24-25

Heritage Conference Center, Childersburg, Alabama

Jefferson State Community College in cooperation with Central Alabama Community College

Friday (pm)

6:00-11:00 Registration

7:00 – 8:00 dinner

8:00-8:30 “Physics Commercial Contest entries” Ms. Elizabeth Holsenbeck

8:30-9:30 “Show and tell” Participants

9:30-11:00 Social.

Saturday

7:30-2:00 Registration

8:00-9:00 breakfast

9:00-9:30 CACC Science Team (CACC Students)

9:30-9:45 “Pythagorean Triplets and Quartets” Duane Pontius

9:45:10:00 “Report from the National AAPT meeting” Stan Jones

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-10:45 “Demonstrating Simple Harmonic Motion with a Cell Phone” Alan Hargrave

10:45-11:15 "Physics Misconceptions" Justin Sanders

11:15-11:30 "Simulating Peak Oil" Mark Rupright

11:30-12:00 “Photoelectric effect demo/lab” Chuck Hanke

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:15 “All about WIKI” Ms. Elizabeth Holsenbeck

1:15-1:30 “Fun Fly Stick” Dan O’Halloran

1:30-2:00 “Brief History of Electromagnetism and Light on Stamps” Ali Yazdi

2:00-3:00 Section Business