CSAAPT Spring 2028 Semi-Virtual Meeting

The date April 1, 2028 is TENTATIVE.  

The color scheme of this page is that of Virginia Tech, which is also TENTATIVE.

This meeting is hosted by ...

with additional funding from

• Department of Physics and the College of Science at Virginia Tech 
• Departments of Physics at the University of Virginia
  
  

Overview:

The Spring 2028 Meeting of the Chesapeake Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (CSAAPT) will be held on Saturday, XXX, 2028 at ...

[A paragraph or two advertising our host institution]

No membership required!             
You do not have to be an AAPT or CSAAPT member to attend. We welcome participation of all physics/science teachers and students in the region (DC, DE, MD, VA and neighboring states) as well as anyone interested in physics education, or physics in general.

The semiannual CSAAPT meetings are a great forum to exchange ideas on novel teaching techniques and economical physics demonstrations, and to meet a fascinating cohort of physics education enthusiasts.

This meeting is semi-virtual. The in-person meeting venue will be at ...

Further details can be found on the Meeting Location page. The Meeting will be broadcast on Zoom so that people from afar (both presenters and attendees) can join in.  

Lodging Support!                            
We have limited funds to provide up to $XXX in lodging support to high school physics teachers. Please see the Travel & Lodging Info page for more details.

Program:

Invited Speaker:

Please see the Invited Speaker page for the title and abstract of the talk and the speaker's bio.

Contributed Talks and Demos:

We solicit contributions within the following parameters:

• 15-minute talk or demo (12 minute talk + 3-minute Q&A, both in-person and via Zoom)
                    
  Talk topic/demo can be anything pertaining to physics teaching
  
  
• To submit the title and abstract of your talk, please register first and then click on Call for Abstracts in the menu
  
  
• The deadline to submit your title and abstract for talks and demos is midnight of Sunday, XXX, 2028.   
   
• We plan to have a demo share-a-thon in the afternoon (no demo presentations in the morning). 
   
• Contributors of talks/demos will be issued certificates of presentation. These will be emailed to you after the Meeting.
    
  
  
  

Book Swap:

• If you have any physics related books (including textbooks) that you no longer need, please bring them to the meeting (5 books max). 
  
  
• In exchange, you can take home books others have brought in.
  
  
• If the books you brought remain untaken at the end of the meeting, please take them back with you.
  
  
  

Registration:

• In-person attendance:
  
  
  • Please use the in-person attendance registration form on the Registration page,  
    
    
  • The deadline to register for in-person attendance is midnight of Sunday, XXX, 2028. 
    
    
  • In-person attendees are requested the following registration fees to cover administrative and other costs:                                  
     
    • • Instructors/faculty of 2-year and 4-year colleges/universities, employees of institutions/organizations/companies : $??
      • K-12 Instructors, Retirees, Students, Guests : $??
      • 1st-time in-person attendees : $??          
         
  • You will earn a CSAAPT membership for the academic year 2025-2026 once the above registration fee is paid.
    
    
  • The registration fee is NOT payable upon registration.  A link for you to directly pay the registration fee online will be emailed to you after the registration deadline.  
    
     
• Remote Attendance:                                  
   
  • Please use theZoom attendance registration form on the Registration page.
     
  • The deadline to register for remote attendance is midnight of Friday, XXX, 2028.
    
    
  • There is NO registration fee for remote attendees.
    
    
  • Please note that the Zoom link for the meeting will not be made public and will only be emailed to registrants.  The Zoom link will be sent to you in a Zoom or calendar invite, so please pay attention to what you are receiving in your email.               
     
  • Once on Zoom, please change your Zoom name to your full name followed by your affiliation in parentheses, e.g. Jane Doe (Charlottesville High School). This is so that we can identify your presence for the purpose of issuing your certificates of attendance.                               
    
     
• Certificate of Attendance/Presentation:                                  
   
  • Certificates of attendance/presentation will be issued to both in-person and virtual attendees/presenters.                                  
     
  • If you need a certificate of attendance and/or presentation, please register your name exactly as it should appear on your certificate(s).  No nicknames or pseudonyms, please.                      
     
  • A detailed program in pdf can be generated by clicking on the "PDF" button at the top of the "Timetable" page (once the timetable is available).
    

Important Deadlines:

• Application for Lodging Support: Sunday, XXX, 2028
• Hotel room-block cutoff: XXXday, XXX, 2028
• Submission of talk and demo abstracts: Sunday, XXX, 2028
• Registration for in-person attendance: Sunday, XXX, 2028
• Registration for virtual attendance: Friday, XXX, 2028

Organizational Committee:

Muge Karagoz (CSAAPT President, University of Maryland College Park, MD)
Qi Lu (CSAAPT Vice President, Delaware State University, DE)
James Freericks (Georgetown University, DC)
Kris Lui (AAPT-OPTYCs, MD)
Carl Mungan (USNA, MD)
Jason Sterlace (James Madison University, VA)
Tatsu Takeuchi (Virginia Tech, VA)
Kent Yagi (University of Virginia, VA)