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The 1998 AAPT High School Physics Photo Contest is open to any high school student. Photos must be 8x10, in black and white or color. A paragraph (<250 words) describing the physics involved in the photo must be included. Photographs will be judged by physics teachers attending the summer AAPT meeting in Lincoln, NE. Vernier Software supplies the prizes. For more information, contact Ann M.W. Brandon, Joliet West High School, 401 N. Larkin Ave., Joliet, IL 60435.

Workshops

Leadership Modeling Workshops

Exceptionally motivated high school physics teachers nationwide who wish to contribute to science-teaching reform are invited to apply for the final series of NSF-funded Leadership Modeling Workshops. Workshops will be held for four weeks in each of the next two summers at Univ. of MD (June 29 - July 24), Univ. of Central FL (June 29 - July 24), or Univ. of CA at Davis (July 6 - 31) in 1998 and 1999. Participants will receive a $1200 stipend, plus travel, housing and meal allowance. Graduate credit is available. Teams okay.

Seventy-five teachers will learn the modeling method of instruction, which corrects weaknesses of the traditional lecture-demonstration method, including the fragmentation of knowledge, student passivity, and the persistence of naive beliefs. MBL and/or CBL™ techniques are used. For information, contact Reba Wilson, Box 871504, Dept. of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1504; (602) 727-6199 or by e-mail at: reba@asu.edu http://modeling.la.asu.edu/modeling.html.

Oceanology for Educators

A three-day workshop titled Oceanology for Educators will be offered June 24-26 at Schaefer Oceanology Wet Lab in Marion, MA. Among the workshop activities, they will do water quality testing using our sensors. For information, contact Susan Nourse at 617-628-5000 x 5394, snourse@emerald.tufts.edu.

Workshop Science

Workshop Science is a new physical science course now being developed. It is similar in style to the Workshop Physics curriculum that many of you use. The authors would like to do additional classroom testing of the unit on energy. This unit uses several of our sensors, including our CO₂ Gas Sensor. For information, contact Priscilla Laws, Physics Department, Dickinson College, P.O. Box 1773, Carlisle, PA 17013, lawsp@dickinson.edu.

T³ ™-Teachers Teaching with Technology™

The Teachers Teaching with Technology (T³ ) organization provides an excellent way to learn more about the use of graphing calculators in science and math through national conferences and hundreds of summer workshops. Eighteen CHEM/BIO and 32 Connecting Math and Science workshops will be held in various cities across the country. For more information, contact Teachers Teaching with Technology,

P.O. Box 650311, MS 3908, Dallas, TX 75265, (888) 2-TCUBED, t-cubed@ti.com.

We will be demonstrating the use of Vernier hardware and software in the classroom at the following locations during 1998. Join us for an evening in which you can learn how to integrate our data-collection software, interfaces, and sensors into your classroom. These workshops are free of charge.

September 10: Rochester, NY
September 21: Providence, RI
September 24: Philadelphia, PA
September 28: Norfolk, VA
September 29: Cleveland, OH
October 6: Columbia, SC
October 12: Tallahassee, FL
October 22: Baton Rouge, LA
October 27: Houston, TX
October 29: Dallas, TX