Fall 2010

Aug. 28

Graduate student colloquium
8:30am-2:00pm, 2.224 Welch Hall

Graduate students

Sep. 3

Welcome

N/A

Sep. 3

Happy Hour
5:00pm Crown and Anchor

N/A

Sep. 10

Texas high school physics: standards and assessments

Jill Marshall

Sep. 17

Hands on research in complex systems summer schools

Harry Swinney
Bruce Rodenborn
Chieze Ibeneche

Sep. 24

Tips and tricks of the trade:
Teaching suggestions according to Prof. Joe Redish

Nathan Erickson

Oct. 1

Standards Based Grading in Physical Science 304

Erich Gust

Oct. 8

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Charlie Eppes and Randy Olson:
Case studies in communicating science effectively

Alex Barr

Oct. 15

Writing science opinion for the Daily Texan

Emily Grubert

Oct. 22

Texas APS/AAPT Fall Meeting
Oct. 21-23, UT San Antonio

N/A

Oct. 23-24

Austin Science Festival
10:00am - 5:00pm, Austin Convention Center

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Oct. 29

Science and the media: Building a symbiotic relationship

Lee Clippard

Nov. 5

A 'tutorial' approach to introductory physics

Katie Hinko
Mark Baumann
Dan Carney

Nov. 12

Confessions of a converted lecturer
10:30am, Texas Union Sinclair Suite (UNB 3.128)

Eric Mazur

Nov. 12

Peer instruction: A brains-on workshop with clickers
2-4pm, Texas Union Sinclair Suite (UNB 3.128)

Eric Mazur

Nov. 19

Qualitative understanding of magnetism at three levels of expertise

Francis Stefani

Nov. 26

Thanksgiving - No Meeting

N/A

Dec. 3

Happy Hour
5:00pm Crown and Anchor

N/A