Commercial Workshops

• CogBooks

  • • CogBooks - Personalizing Introductory Physics Instruction with Machine Learning

    • CW02
    • Sun 01/19, 12:00PM - 1:00PM
    
    

    • by Priya Jamkhedkar, Nic Rebne

    • Type: Commercial Workshop
    • Physics faculty at Portland State University in partnership with CogBooks have developed introductory physics courses that improve student learning outcomes while decreasing the amount of students who drop or fail. Please join us for a discussion on adaptive learning and improved outcomes in introductory physics courses. The CogBooks courseware is built using dynamic content with engaging and interactive assessment items. The CogBooks adaptive learning platform leverages the power of machine learning to personalize the support for individual students making their study more effective and efficient. Faculty receive automatic grade transfers into their LMS grade book as well as key insights from CogBooks dashboards to better understand student progress and performance. These courses are available for adoption as is or can be modified and tailored to meet your course sequence. Come see why CogBooks adaptive learning is miles beyond the static textbook and homework solution.

• Expert TA

  • • Expert TA

    • CW01
    • Sun 01/19, 12:00PM - 1:00PM
    
    
    • by Jeremy Morton
    • Type: Commercial Workshop
    • We all want the same thing. We want well-crafted materials students can learn from, engaging exercises that help them master the concepts, and we want them doing the work themselves rather than looking up answers online. Expert TA was founded as an online homework company, and for the past seven years has been trusted and used departmentally at hundreds of major universities. Expert TA has now developed learning resources such as a physics video series comprehensive enough to be used as lecture replacements for the flipped-classroom. To supplement our own learning materials, Expert TA works with select University and Institutional partners like OpenStax to develop a diverse collection of custom educational resources that can be leveraged directly from within the Expert TA system. After students review these learning resources, they gain ownership of concepts by working problems themselves. Our independent library is designed to reinforce the problem-solving process. It includes an abundance of multi-step questions that involve symbolic answers, as well as engaging question types like our interactive Free Body Diagrams. Based on a six-year data-mining initiative, students receive specific and meaningful feedback for their incorrect answers as they work. We understand that no matter how great your educational exercises are, they aren’t meaningful if students are cheating. Because of this, we have made academic integrity a core consideration for all of the tools we develop. Join us for lunch to learn more.

• PASCO scientific

  • • PASCO scientific: Advanced Circuits Made Easy: Modular Circuits

    • CW03
    • Mon 01/20, 11:30AM - 12:30PM
    
    

    • by JJ Plank, Dan Burns

    • Type: Commercial Workshop
    • PASCO's new Advanced Expansion Kit and new wireless AC/DC function generator module combine to complement the existing Modular Circuits Kit so that students can now explore more complex circuits without tangled wires! In this workshop we will use the newwireless AC/DC module and expansion kit to build and analyze RC and LRC circuits. We'll also build and explore a simple transistor amplifier circuit to detect and analyze the infrared signals from a remote control. At the end of the workshop we will give away a complete Modular Circuits Kit including a Wireless AC/DC Module.

  • • PASCO scientific: Advanced Optics: Computer-Based Diffraction and Interference Experiments

    • CW04
    • Mon 01/20, 1:00PM - 2:00PM
    
    

    • by Dan Burns, JJ Plank

    • Type: Commercial Workshop
    • Join us in this workshop for a hands-on look at PASCO's new Wireless Diffraction System used to perform labs and lecture demonstrations on diffraction and interference. The wireless design and smooth scanning transit of the system allows students to study many interference patterns with high precision during a single lab period. In the workshop we will explore differences in interference patterns caused by changing slit width, slit separation, number of slits, and changes due to differences in laser wavelength. At the end of the workshop we will give away a Wireless Diffraction System.

  • • PASCO scientific: Beginner to Advanced Mechanics Using PASCO's Smart Cart, Smart Fan, and Other Accessories

    • CW05
    • Mon 01/20, 2:30PM - 3:30PM
    
    

    • by Dan Burns, JJ Plank

    • Type: Commercial Workshop
    • PASCO's award winning Wireless Smart Cart and Smart Fan Accessory enable students to investigate mechanics using real-time data collection with no strings attached! The wireless Smart Fan Accessory gives students the freedom to use constant and variable thrust in any mechanics experiment, from beginner applications to advanced. In this workshop we will explore the unique functions of the combined Smart Cart and Smart Fan Accessory while collecting force and motion data using PASCO Capstone software. We will also spend time exploring some of PASCO's other accessories for the Smart Cart such as the new Ballistic Cart Accessory, new Smart Cart Vector Display, and sense and control functionality! At the end of the workshop we will give away a Smart Cart with a Smart Fan Accessory.

• Spreadsheet Lab Manual LLC (SLM)

  • • Spreadsheet Lab Manual LLC (SLM)

    • CW06
    • Mon 01/20, 12:30PM - 1:30PM
    
    
    • by Michael McConnell
    • Type: Commercial Workshop
    • Spreadsheets are widely used, versatile and programmable. Students can automate the performance of calculations with simple commands making them ideal for learning how to analyze data by building models. Compared to hand-held calculators, a spreadsheet model increases a student's computational power by many orders of magnitude. This makes learning in STEM more efficient, interactive and intuitive as students gain fluency and skills necessary to succeed in higher education and future careers. Spreadsheets have standardized layout, cell referencing and formula writing conventions, and virtually every function fundamental to data analysis uses the same language across all leading brands. Skills are in-demand and the foundation for computer and data fluency. This workshop experience engages teacher participants with SLM pedagogy for spreadsheet modeling applications that are NGSS aligned on top of adding value to the Physics curriculum. Participants will explore their choice any of the following quantitative spreadsheet models simulating (1 & 2 dimensional) freefall motion with drag force, dynamic heat transfer using Newton's Law of Cooling, and quantitative simulation of variable mass and drag rocket flight. Objective: Utilizing Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets to perform numerical modeling methods. Participants are permanently licensed for classroom use of instructional materials for their chosen topic. Bring a laptop, tablet or Chromebook that can run Excel or Sheets.

• Vernier Software & Technology

  • • Introducing Pivot Interactives from Vernier

    • CW07
    • Sun 01/19, 11:00AM - 12:00PM
    
    

    • by Fran Poodry, John Gastineau

    • Type: Commercial Workshop
    • Pivot Interactives is a customizable online-video environment that is a superb complement to hands-on experiments with Vernier sensors. Students are quickly engaged by these high-production-quality videos of hard-to-implement phenomena, which are a powerful supplement to hands-on experimentation. Explore the possibilities with us!

  • • Vernier Video Analysis on Chromebooks, Computers, and Tablets

    • CW08
    • Sun 01/19, 12:00PM - 1:00PM
    
    

    • by Fran Poodry, John Gastineau

    • Type: Commercial Workshop
    • Bring your Chromebook (or use one of ours) to quickly and easily analyze videos in our new Video Analysis app for ChromeOS, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android. If you like, bring your own video on a USB flash drive. Sample videos will be provided, as well as a few items for making your own video during the workshop.