Agenda for the Spring 2002 TYC-21 Region 11 meeting

Friday Evening April 5

Conference Center Dining Room

6:00 - 7:00 Social Hour - Taco Soup, snacks and drinks in the Dining Room

7:00 - 8:00 Grant Proposal presentations by Michael Lovett and Chad Davies in the Conference Room

8:00 - 9:00 Discussion of ideas for activities and grant proposals. Dividing into groups to work on different ideas or grant proposals. Various places

9:00 - ? Coffee, Brownies, Ice Cream and Discussion in the Dining Room.

 

Saturday Morning April 6

6:30 - 7:30 Breakfast - Breakfast Casserole, biscuits, jelly, fruit & drinks- and Registration of new people in the Dining Room .

7:45 - 8:00 Welcome and Introductions in the Conference Room.

8:00 - 9:00 Adaptation and Implementation of Case Studies in your Classroom by P.K. Raju and his student Clay in the Conference Room

9:00 - 10:00 Development of a Trig-based Physics course with more applications to medicine by Chad Davies n the Conference Room

10:00 - 11:00 Collaboration groups working on different ideas or grant proposals- various locations

11:00- 11:15 Break.

11:15 - 12:00 Sharing events from each group in the Conference Room

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch in the Dining Room. Sandwiches, chips & dip, potato salad, baked beans, & drinks

 

Saturday Afternoon April 6, 2002

1:00 - 3:00 Sharing Sessions in the Conference Room.

David Lawing - Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstration

Chad Davies - Update on the Student Attitude Survey

Ali Yazdi - Job-Based Problems for Technical Students

Imad El-Jeaid - Calculation of Rotational Inertia for various objects.

-Using PASCO equipment to demonstrate conservation of momentum

Alex Dickison - The Status of Introductory College Physics / 21st Century

Don Bryant - Comments on using P. K. Raju's Case Studies Method in teaching Physics

3:00 - 3:30 Blueberry Crunch & Ice Cream while Planning the Fall 2002 meeting in the Dining Room.

3:30 - 4:00 Evaluation in the Conference Room.

4 - 6 PM Break

6 - 7 PM Supper in the Dining Room - Lasagna, garlic bread, salad & drinks

7:00 - 9:00 PM Solidifying plans for collaborations, actually putting together grants

9:00 - ? Leftover snacks , discussions, and maybe stargazing

Possibilities

Plan Activities on the Coosa River for Saturday afternoon/evening.

Look at the stars through CACC's 12 inch LX200

Sunday Morning April 7, 2002

6:00 - 9:00 AM Eat Breakfast and depart for home.