March Meeting Nebraska Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers March 24,2012 Doane College Crete, Nebraska Room 152, Lied Science and Mathematics Building 9:00 Registration – pay your 2012 dues ($20.00); talk to friends while drinking coffee and eating donuts 9:30 What’s happening in physics at Doane College? – Mark Plano Clark & Chris Wentworth 10:00 The Modeling Instruction Method - Tom Brestel and Judy Stucky. Learn about this successful teaching approach from two Nebraska practitioners. 10:45 Break 11:00 Using Toys to Teach Physics – Shareshop* 12:00 Lunch – through the line at Perry Campus Center cafeteria ($5.50). Sit in the West Dining Room. 12:30 Business Meeting 1:30 Using Tracker for Video Analysis Projects– Chris Wentworth. Get some hands-on experience with this open source application. 2:30 Contributed Talks * If you have a demo or experiment involving toys and wish to do a brief (~5-8 minutes) overview, please contact Chris Wentworth (chris.wentworth@doane.edu). We need volunteers. Directions to Doane College FROM I-80: Take exit 388 South 14 miles (Hwy. 103) to Hwy. 33. Right 2 miles to Boswell Avenue. Follow Boswell Avenue south to 13th St. FROM LINCOLN: Take Hwy. 77 south approx. 12 miles to Hwy. 33. Take Hwy. 33 west 14 miles to Boswell Avenue. Turn left on Boswell to 13 St. FROM THE WEST: Hwy 6 and Hwy. 34 to Hwy. 33 (junction between Friend and Dorchester). Follow Hwy. 33 through Crete (13th St.), up the hill to Boswell Avenue. Campus Map  MapQuest Map