30
Portland
Workshops – Saturday, July 13
All workshops are held at Portland State University, except W35 and
W40, which are held at Vernier Software & Technology
W01: Learn Physics While Practicing Science:
Introduction to ISLE
Sponsor: Committee on Research in Physics Education
Co-sponsor: Committee on Graduate Education in Physics
Time: 8 a.m.– 5 p.m. Saturday
Member Price: $85
Non-Member Price: $110
Location: SRTC 155
Eugenia Etkina, Rutgers University, Graduate School of Education, 10 Semi-
nary Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901;
David Brookes
Participants will learn how to modify introductory physics courses to help
students acquire a good conceptual foundation, apply this knowledge effec-
tively in problem solving, and develop the science process abilities needed
for real life work using Investigative Science Learning Environment (ISLE).
We provide tested curriculum materials including: The Physics Active
Learning Guide (30 or more activities per textbook chapter for use with
any textbook, including a new ISLE-based textbook) in lectures, recita-
tions, and homework; (b) a website with over 200 videotaped experiments
and questions for use in lectures, recitations, laboratories, and homework;
and (c) a set of labs that can be used to construct, test, and apply concepts
to solve problems. During the workshop we will illustrate how to use the
materials in college and high school physics courses to have an explicit
emphasis on using the processes of science and various cognitive strategies
consistent with the NGSS.
*Please bring your own laptop to the workshop. Make sure it has Quicktime installed.
If you do not own a computer, you will be paired with somebody who does.
W03: Real LHC Data for the Classroom
Sponsor: Committee on Physics in High Schools
Time: 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday
Member Price: $80
Non-Member Price: $105
Location: SB1 409
Kenneth Cecire, University of Notre Dame, Department of Physics, 225 Nieu-
wland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556;
Kris Whelan
Learn how to introduce students to particle physics with real data from
the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Assume the role of a student
and work through investigations that cover not only cutting-edge research
but also the very physics found in all high school curricula: momentum,
energy, electricity and magnetism, and more. Bring a laptop if you can — it
will help.
W04: AP Physics 1 and 2
Sponsor: Committee on Physics in High Schools
Co-sponsor: Committee on Teacher Preparation
Time: 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday
Member Price: $90
Non-Member Price: $115
Location: SRTC 113
Martha Lietz, Niles West High School, 5701 Oakton St., Skokie, IL 60077;
Connie Wells
Based on recommendations from an NRC report, the AP science courses
are being redesigned to incorporate more inquiry-based learning. The cur-
rent AP Physics B course will no longer be offered after 2014 and in 2015,
College Board will offer two new courses, AP Physics 1: Algebra-based and
AP Physics 2: Algebra-based. These courses will contain the majority of the
topics in AP Physics B, at the same level of mathematical complexity, but
with a focus on guided inquiry investigations and deep conceptual under-
standing. This workshop will introduce participants to the new curriculum
framework and other materials being made available to help prepare teach-
ers to provide instruction in the new courses.
W06: Tablets in the Physics Classroom
Sponsor: Committee on Research in Physics Education
Co-sponsor: Committee on Educational Technologies
Time: 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Saturday
Member Price: $68
Non-Member Price: $93
Location: SRTC 247
Ben Van Dusen, 990 37th St., Boulder, CO 80303-2142;
Susie Nicholson-Dykstra, Mary Beth Cheversia
During the first half of the workshop, attendees will gain hands-on experi-
ence learning the iPad basics. The workshop will begin with guidance
about how to set up a class set of iPads. After covering the basics, attendees
will use well-known iPad apps (including Edmodo, Pages, Keynote, and
Vernier Video Analysis) to create their own exemplar products to share
with students while integrating iPad technology into their classroom.
During the second half of the workshop, attendees will gain hands-on ex-
perience learning how to use a variety of different iPad apps while creating
professional, fun, and engaging products that they can use as exemplars in
their own classroom. Attendees will create screencast tutorials, stop-ani-
mation, and illustrated animations, mind maps, and digital lab notebooks.
Facilitators will not supply iPads for the workshop.
W07: Simple Experiments for Learning the Strategies
that Mirror Scientific Practice
Sponsor: Committee on Physics in High Schools
Co-sponsor: Committee on Teacher Preparation
Time: 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Saturday
Member Price: $63
Non-Member Price: $88
Location: SRTC 161
Gorazd Planinsic, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Phys-
ics, Jadranska 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia;
This is a hands-on workshop designed for teachers interested in using
Investigative Science Learning Environment (ISLE) system to engage
students in practical work that mirrors scientific practice and thus helps
them develop scientific habits of mind. Creation of successful practical
ISLE problems relies on finding suitable experiments. The key features
of such experiments are that they are simple and easy to build, that they
allow students to construct multiple explanations within the accessible
curriculum domain, and that they provide opportunities for the students to
actively experience how experiment and theory are interwound. Obviously
the requirements are tough and therefore it is understandable why such
experiments are not easy to find. In the workshop participants will be solv-
ing different problems based on simple experiments using ISLE approach.
Participants will work in rotating groups. At the end there will be a discus-
sion about the results.
W08: LivePhoto Physics: Video-based Motion Analysis
for Homework and Classroom
Sponsor: Committee on Educational Technologies
Time: 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Saturday
Member Price: $65
Non-Member Price: $90
Location: SRTC B1-82
Bob Teese, Rochester Institute of Technology, Physics Department, Roches-
ter, NY 14623;
Priscilla W. Laws, Aaron Titus, Maxine Willis
This workshop is for physics teachers who wish to explore the use of video-
based motion analysis in a wide range of applications including the teaching
laboratory, projects, and homework. Participants will learn how to make
digital video clips for analysis, as well as how to use video analysis for home-
work problems and in the classroom. We will discuss educationally effective
uses of video analysis being developed in the LivePhoto Physics project, the
Workshop Physics project, and in other settings. The software used in this
workshop is available for both Mac and Windows computers. Participants
in this workshop may find that some prior, hands-on experience with basic
