Name: CSAAPT Fall 2023 Semi-Virtual Meeting
Start: 2023-10-21T05:30:00-04:00
End: 2023-10-21T18:40:00-04:00
Location: Physical Sciences Complex, University of Maryland, College Park

CSAAPT Fall 2023 Semi-Virtual Meeting

Saturday, October 21, 2023 - 5:30 AM

Monday, October 16, 2023
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Friday, October 20, 2023
Saturday, October 21, 2023

8:00 AM Breakfast
Breakfast
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM
Room: PSC Lobby

8:40 AM

8:40 AM - 8:45 AM
Room: PSC Lobby
8:45 AM Morning Session 1
Morning Session 1
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: PSC Lobby
Contributions

8:45 AM Physics Options at Wiley - Sean Willey (Wiley)
9:00 AM Break
Break
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
Room: PSC Lobby
9:05 AM Morning Session 2B
Morning Session 2B
9:05 AM - 9:50 AM
Room: PSC 2136
Contributions

9:05 AM Scaling and Dimensions in Physics: Bridging Growth, Form, and Evolutionary Biology in Undergraduate Classrooms - Kausik Das (University of Maryland Eastern Shore)

9:20 AM Elementary Approaches to RLC Circuits - Carl Mungan (U.S. Naval Academy)

9:35 AM A Computer Project to Teach Orbital Motion - Phuc Tran (Brightpoint Community College)
Morning Session 2C
Morning Session 2C
9:05 AM - 9:50 AM
Room: PSC 3150
Contributions

9:05 AM Decolonizing Physics: facing and reshaping the dominant Western narrative of physics - Elissa Levy (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology)

9:20 AM Building the Quantum Workforce K-12 through Undergraduate Education - Jessica Rosenberg (George Mason University)

9:35 AM Fate of a gambler: A cautionary tale for cavalier applications of the central limit theorem. - Royce Zia (Virginia Tech)
Morning Session 2A
Morning Session 2A
9:05 AM - 9:50 AM
Room: PSC Lobby
Contributions

9:05 AM Teaching Quantum Computing: An approach accessible to high school and beginning college students - Alice Flarend (Bellwood Antis High School) Robert Hilborn (AAPT)

9:20 AM Pirate Treasure Maps (and other vector addition teaching activities for High School Physics students) - Russell Youmans (Annandale HS, Fairfax County Public Schools)

9:35 AM Using Computational Thinking in the Physics Classroom with STEMcoding - James Newland (Bellaire High School/University of Houston)
9:50 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
9:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: PSC Lobby
10:10 AM Morning Session 3B
Morning Session 3B
10:10 AM - 10:55 AM
Room: PSC 2136
Contributions

10:10 AM Physics for Pre-health - Fostering Student Motivation - Jency Sundararajan (University of Virginia)

10:25 AM Interferometry Using Very Affordable Radio Horn Telescopes - John Makous (Concord University)

10:40 AM Observing the Velocity Triangle - Lewis McIntyre
Morning Session 3C
Morning Session 3C
10:10 AM - 10:55 AM
Room: PSC 3150
Contributions

10:10 AM Computer Programming in the Physics Classroom - Lilian Clairmont (Appomattox Regional Governor's School)

10:25 AM Transforming STEM Graduate Student Teaching: The Gateway2STEM Workshop - Nishchal Thapa Magar (George Mason University)

10:40 AM The World Is Your Lab! - Tatiana Stantcheva (Northern Virginia Community College)
Morning Session 3A
Morning Session 3A
10:10 AM - 10:55 AM
Room: PSC Lobby
Contributions

10:10 AM Exploring the use of Open Educational Resources in Physics - Nancy O'Neill

10:25 AM A primer on Heisenberg's matrix mechanics - James Freericks (Georgetown University)

10:40 AM Quantum Education in K12 and College: Findings and Recommendations - Emily Mercurio (University of Maryland, Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation)
10:55 AM Break
Break
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM
Room: PSC Lobby
11:05 AM
11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
Room: PSC Lobby
Contributions

11:05 AM Understanding our Changing Climate with Physics and Machine Learning - Maria Molina (University of Maryland College Park)
12:05 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:05 PM - 1:05 PM
Room: PSC Lobby
1:05 PM
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM
Room: PSC Lobby
Contributions

1:05 PM Do You See What I See?: Smartphones as Visualization Tools - Rebecca Vieyra (PhET Interactive Simulations/Vieyra Software) Chrystian Vieyra Cortés (Vieyra Software)
2:05 PM Break
Break
2:05 PM - 2:10 PM
Room: PSC Lobby

2:10 PM

2:10 PM - 2:35 PM
Room: PSC Lobby
2:35 PM Afternoon Session 1B
Afternoon Session 1B
2:35 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: PSC 2136
Contributions

2:35 PM Beyond Representation: Data to Improve Equity in Physics and Astronomy - Rachel Ivie (AIP)

2:50 PM Impostor Phenomenon in UMD Physics Graduate Students - Zach Steffen (UMD)

3:05 PM Investigating the Lived Experiences of Underserved Students in STEM during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Phenomenological Study - Tonisha Lane (Virginia Tech)
Afternoon Session 1C
Afternoon Session 1C
2:35 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: PSC 3150
Contributions

2:35 PM Making Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Resonate With Students - Dedra Demaree (Blue Ridge School)

2:50 PM Science as Final form Ideas vs Science as Practice —Teaching High School Physics in Space Weather Studies - Ronald Freeman (Space Operations and Support Technical Committee AIAA)

3:05 PM Integrating Quantum Science into the K-12 Classroom via Engaging Activities - Maajida Murdock (Morgan State University)
Afternoon Session 1A
Afternoon Session 1A
2:35 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: PSC Lobby
Contributions

2:35 PM Two-Year College Physics - OPTYCs at One Year - Kris Lui (AAPT - OPTYCs)

2:50 PM NASA Space Grant Opportunities for Physics Educators in the Chesapeake Section - Nathan Harshman (American University)

3:05 PM Virginia Space Grant Consortium STEM opportunities for High School Students - rudo kashiri (Virginia Space Grant Consortium)
3:20 PM

3:20 PM - 3:35 PM
Room: PSC Lobby

3:35 PM Break - Transfer to Toll Physics Building, Room 1410
Break - Transfer to Toll Physics Building, Room 1410
3:35 PM - 3:50 PM
3:50 PM Demo Share-a-thon
Demo Share-a-thon
3:50 PM - 5:40 PM
Room: Room 1410
Contributions

3:50 PM Quantum Levitation - William A. Tobias (University of Virginia)

4:05 PM Determining the End Correction of a Cylindrical Helmholtz Resonator using a Homemade Spectrum Analyzer - John Paulenich

4:20 PM Six Center of Mass Demos - Jennifer Groppe (The Maret School)

4:35 PM Color Mixing - Gordon Gainer (Prince George's County Public Schools)

4:45 PM d, v, and a for Falling Putty Knife - Gordon Gainer (Prince George's County Public Schools)

5:00 PM Momentum Transfer and Conservation Demonstrations for High School Physics Classes - Elizabeth Kennedy (Highland School)

5:15 PM Levitation with Standing Waves - Patrick Stanley (University of Delaware)

5:25 PM Ballon Races - Brad Miller (Spotsylvania County Public Schools)
5:40 PM

5:40 PM - 5:45 PM
Room: Room 1410