NSTA Regional Meeting
October 18, 2007
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Detroit, MI

Presider: Alan M. Gibson
Adams High School
1496 Rochingham Drive
Rochester Hills, MI 48309
248-651-1726 fziksman@yahoo.com

1. 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. - Presentation
   Lindsay Brooke, SAE International, Troy, MI 
   Hybrids, Hydrogen, Diesels, Gas—Why Tomorrow's Auto Engineers Need You 
   Join Lindsay Brooke, senior editor of SAE Magazines and world-renowned author on topics related to the auto industry, as he discusses the latest trends.
   
   
2. 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 a.m. - Workshop
   Bradley S. Ambrose, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
   Charles Henderson, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
   How Can Physics Education Research Help Me Teach More Effectively?
   In this workshop, teachers will be introduced to the growing field of Physics Education Research (PER). The workshop facilitators, two nationally recognized leaders of the field, will discuss how PER is carried out, the kinds of questions that have been and are being tackled by the research, and how results from this research inform ongoing efforts to improve student learning of physics. Participants will gain firsthand experience with selected teaching materials developed on the basis of PER.
   
   
3. 12:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Workshop
   Ernie Behringer, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
   Energy Use in the 21st Century—Bringing It Home           
   Participants will receive an overview of historical energy use and have an opportunity to collaboratively create energy futures for the nation. This big picture will be brought home through consideration of residential energy use. Participants are strongly encouraged to bring their own laptop computer that can run Microsoft® Excel.
   
   
4. 2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. - Presentation
   Jeffrey Conn, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
   Ernie Behringer, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
   Kevin T. Dehne, Delta College: Saginaw, MI
   Perry R. Godwin, Lansing Community College: Lansing, MI
   Demonstration Show
   Well-planned and executed demonstrations can be a good way to maintain student attention and interest in a physics course. Physics Education Research has shown that there are right ways and wrongs ways to do physics demonstrations. By engaging students in the demonstrations, the potential for learning can be greatly enhanced. Michael Faleski, president of the Michigan Section of AAPT, will host this session that features demonstrations by members of a number of Michigan institutions.
   
   
5. 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Workshop
   Mary E. Kubitskey, University of Michigan
   Participants Make and Take
   Simple equipment for use in the physics laboratory and classroom can be constructed rather than purchased. Participants in this session will build physics equipment that can be used for demonstration or in the laboratory. Members of the Detroit Association of Physics Teachers will be assisting.

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