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2003 US Physics_Team Training Camp - Tentative Schedule
All classroom activities are held
in the University of Maryland Physics Department Coaches' Office: 1304
A study lounge is in the Terrapin Room at the Quality Inn from 8:00
p.m. until 9:30 p.m.
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| Friday, May 16
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3:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m. |
Registration
Dinner
Orientation
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Terrapin Room – Quality
Inn & Suites
Terrapin Room – Quality Inn & Suites
Terrapin Room – Quality Inn & Suites |
Saturday, May 17
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7:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
3:20 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m. |
Breakfast
Class - Lab Intro
Lab 1
Lunch
Class I - Thermo, waves, modern, or special relativity
Break and Snack
Class II - Thermo, waves, modern, or special relativity
Dinner
Independent Study |
Quality Inn
Rooms 1201 & 1402
Rooms 4208 & 4220
Toll Lounge - Room 1204
Rooms 1201 & 1402
Rooms 1201 & 1402
Plato's Restaurant
Terrapin Room, Quality Inn |
Sunday, May 18
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7:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
4:20 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m. |
Breakfast
Class III - Thermo, waves, modern, or special relativity
Class IV - Thermo, waves, modern, or special relativity
Lunch
Frontier Speaker: Dr. Michelle Steen,
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
"Microchip Fabrication"
Exam 1
Break and Snack
Lab Practice
Dinner
Independent Study |
Quality Inn
Rooms 1201 & 1402
Rooms 1201 & 1402
Toll Lounge - Room 1204
Rooms 1201
Rooms 1201
Rooms 4208 & 4220
Terrapin Room, Quality Inn
Terrapin Room, Quality Inn |
Monday, May 19
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7:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
1:15 p.m.
3:40 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m. |
Breakfast
Class - Discussion Lab 1
Lab 2
Frontier Speaker: Dr. Jordan Goodman,
Chair, Physics Department, Univ. of Maryland
Lunch - Welcoming Reception
Class - Discussion (Exam 1) and Problem Set
Break and Snack
Exam 2
Dinner
Independent Study |
Quality Inn
Rooms 1201 & 1402
Rooms 4208 & 4220
Room 1201
Toll Lounge - Room 1204
Room 1402
Room 1402
Boston Market Restaurant
Terrapin Room, Quality Inn
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Tuesday, May 20
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7:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
2:15 p.m.
4:15 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m. |
Breakfast
Class - Discussion Lab 2
Lab 3
Class - Discussion (Exam 2)
Change clothes at hotel
Bus to DC - depart from Quality Inn, Lunch on Bus
National Academy of Science
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
Bus to Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill
Reception at Rayburn Building, Rep. Vernon Ehlers
Ceremony, Rep. Rush Holt
Bus to Quality Inn |
Quality Inn
Room 1402
Rooms 4208 & 4220
Room 1402
Proper dress attire and photo ID required
Einstein Statue
Private Tour
Room B-340
Room B-340
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Wednesday, May 21
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7:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
4:20 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m |
Breakfast
Class - Discussion and Problem Set
Lunch
Gary White - Director, Society of Physics Students
Exam 3
Break and Snack
Class - Discussion and Problem Set
Dinner
Independent Study |
Quality Inn
Room 1402
John Toll Lounge - Room 1204
Room 1402
Room 1402
Applebees Restaurant
Terrapin Room, Quality Inn |
Thursday, May 22
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7:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:30 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m. |
Breakfast
Exam 4
Class - Discussion and Problem Set
Lunch - Reception with physics graduates
Mystery Lab 1
Break and Snack
Mystery Lab 2
Dinner
Independent Study |
Quality Inn
Room 1402
Room 1402
Toll Lounge - Room 1204
Rooms 4208 & 4220
Rooms 4208 & 4220
Chipotle Restaurant
Terrapin Room, Quality Inn |
Friday, May 23
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7:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
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Breakfast
Class - Discussion and Problem Set
Frontier Speaker: Dr. Ellen Williams
Physics Professor, Univ. of Maryland
Scanning Probe Microscopes: The Beginning for Nanoscience
Lunch
Exam 5
Picnic
Frontier Speaker: Dr. Richard Berg, I.Q. Test
Physics Professor, Univ. of Maryland
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Quality Inn
Room 1402
Room 1201
Toll Lounge - Room 1204
Five-Hour Practice Olympiad Exam
Kriemelmeyer Park (behind Physics Bldg)
Lecture Hall |
Saturday, May 24
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7:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:30 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m. |
Breakfast
Exam 6
Class - Discussion and Problem Set
Lunch
Mystery Lab 3
Break and Snack
Mystery Lab 4
Dinner
Independent Study
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Quality Inn
Room 1402
Room 1402
Toll Lounge - Room 1204
Rooms 4208 & 4220
Rooms 4208 & 4220
Noodles Restaurant
Terrapin Room, Quality Inn |
Sunday, May 25
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7:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
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Breakfast
Exam 7
Questionnaires and Evaluation
Lunch
Dr. Theresa Kucera
"New Views of the Sun: Observations of the Sun from Space"
Astrophysicist in the Solar Physics Branch,
Goddard Space Flight Center
Representatives Announced
Pictures
Meeting - Coaches & Representatives
Picnic
Book Signing |
Quality Inn
Room 1402
Room 1402
Toll Lounge - Room 1204
Room 1201
Room 1201
Room 1304
Kriemelmeyer Park
Quality Inn |
Monday, May 26
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7:00 a.m.
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Breakfast and Check-out
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Quality Inn |
