2011 Workshop Talk | 1:01:45 | 7-12, Science
Summary
While laboratory experiments in biology routinely capture studentsÍ imaginations, traditional workbook experiments in physics can be very frustrating. Equipment tends to work poorly, equipment costs can be high, students have a hard time understanding the artificial equipment, and students often are not enthusiastic about the dreary experiments. In this workshop we will review a number of novel experiments that do not use traditional physics lab apparatus. These activities are fun and memorable, generally inexpensive, and are technically rigorous. Experiments appropriate for students in both ninth and twelfth grade will be presented.
Speaker
After receiving his BS in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University, John D. Mays spent 14 years in industry in engineering and engineering management in the areas of electrical, controls, and telecommunications systems Vocationally drawn toward the eld of education, Mr Mays acquired an MEd in secondary education from the University of Houston in 1989, and subsequently completed 36 hours of graduate study in physics at Texas A&M Shortly after joining the faculty at Regents School of Austin in 1999, John began work on an MLA at St EdwardÍs University, which he completed in 2003 John served as the Math-Science Department Chair at Regents School of Austin from 2001 until 2009 when he became director of the Laser Optics Lab at Regents He founded Novare Science and Math in 2009, and is the author of numerous student science texts and teacher resources Now working full time as writer, publisher, and consultant, John continues to teach students part time at the Laser Optics Lab at Regents
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The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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