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Past Workshops

2014-2015 School Year

March 29, 2015
1.  Qualitative  Energy for Middle School Science  --  Joe Kremer
 
2. Black Box Modeling (Rony Yarden) & Balanced Forces and Center of Mass via Circus Arts   (Dan Berkley)

March 8, 2015
1.  Teaching and Learning Special  Relativity  -- Noah Segal
        Instructional Materials
2.  Turning Che-misery into Che-mastery  (electrochemistry and acid base)s -- Keith  Sheppard

February 21, 2015
1. Making in the Maker Space -- Eric Walters and  James Dec
2. Design your own Measuring Apparatus -- Stephen Lewis

January  11, 2015
Light and Waves -- Prof. Richard Steinberg, CCNY 
  
December 6, 2014 
  1.  Chemistry: Stoichiometry,  A Modeling ApproachDonghong Sun, Tammy Gwara, & Patricia Bauer
2. Visual Python Programming  for Physics and Chemistry - Nathan Finley

November 16, 2014 
  1.  Introduction to Computer Programming - Patrick Wanninkhof & Zhanna Glazenburg
2.   Standards Based Grading: Implementation Strategies - Patricia Bauer & Joe Kremer

November 1, 2014 
  Introduction to Electrical Circuits  -- John Roeder
AP Physics - Recent Changes & Kinematics and Dynamics of Rotation - Jesus Hernandez & John Eggebrecht

September 14, 2014 
 1. Physics: Graphical Approaches for Momentum and Energy -- Kelly O'Shea
   2.  Chemistry: A Modeling Approach to Periodicity & Bonding -- Donghong Sun, Tammy Gwara 

September 14, 2014 
    Accelerated Motion Lab Make-n-Take & Intro to Modeling – Mark Schober & Howard Spergel
    Standards-Based Grading -- Elizabeth Dowdell & Steve Carpenter
        
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2013-2014 School Year
June 8, 2014 Graphical Solutions for Forces & Kinematics - Kelly O'Shea (Trinity School, Manhattan) & Michael Pustie (West Deptford HS, NJ)
May 18, 2014 Arduino Programming - Dov Kruger (Ad Astra Education) & Megan HL Zacks (Yeshiva University High School for Boys, Manhattan) 
April 27, 2014 Motivation and Meaningful Whiteboarding: Nurturing reflection and a need to know in class discussions - Joseph Kremer (Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn & Patrick Wanninkhof (Fordham School of the Arts)
April 23, 2014 Big Shot Camera - A Platform for STEM Education - Prof. Shree Nayar (Columbia School of Engineering)
April 1, 2014 The Karlsruhe Physics Course and Modeling - Corrado Agnes & Joel Rosenburg
March 2, 2014 Creating Models for Refraction of Light -- Mark Schober and Kofi Donnelly
January 25, 2014 A Modeling Approach to the Gas Laws - Donghong Sun and Tammy Gwara 
December 8, 2013 Adventures in Programming: Visualizing Physical and Math Systems - Nathan Finney and Fernand Brunschwig
November 10, 2013 Great Teaching Ideas from Mars and Maker Faire - Patrice Young Narayanan and Zhanna Glazenburg
October 20, 2013 Danielson's Framework - Modeling Physics and Chemistry: Energy Unit - J. Pravin Kumar and Seth Guinals Kupperman
Oct. 5, 2013 What is mass? How to teach it? Workshop and Make-and-TakeKofi Donnely and Lucas Walker
Sept. 27-28, 2013 Regional AAPT Section Meeting (NJ, NY, NE) in Poughkeepsie. PTNYC will be contributing the Accelerated Motion Apparatus Workshop and make-n-take
August 25, 2013 Starting the Year Off Well: Communicating with Students, Parents and Colleagues

July 22 - August 9SUMMER WORKSHOPS

2012-2013 School Year
June 9, 2013 Making sense of how students make sense of physics - Richard Steinberg, City College, CUNY
May 19, 2013 AP Physics B Redesign(2014): New Curriculum Framework & Measuring Planck's Constant with Simple Equipment - Jesus Hernandez and J. Pravin Kumar
May 4, 2013 Modeling and mentoring in Middle School - Nancy Cande and S.Guinals-Kupperman
Apr 6, 2013 Models of Light - Kofi Donnelly
Mar 10, 2013 Using video experiments to help students construct, test and apply physics concepts - Prof. Eugenia Etkina, Rutgers University
Feb 23, 2013 Physical Computing with Arduino - Paul Bianchi
Jan. 20, 2013 Modeling Approach to DC Circuits - Frank Noschese 
Dec 1, 2012 The IPad as a Mobile Learning Tool - Eric Walters of Marymount School of NY
Nov 18, 2012 Modeling Approach to Chemistry: From Observable Changes to the Particle Model of Matter -- Donghong Sun
Oct 27, 2012 Use of Google Docs & Apps in the Science Classroom - Andrew Stillman and Greg Benedis-Grab
Oct 14, 2012 (afternoon): Reunion of Summer Mechanics Modeling Workshop - Mark Schober, Craig Buszka, and Fernand Brunschwig
Oct 14, 2012 (morning): Modeling Approach to Newton's Second Law - Mark Schober and Craig Buszka
Sept 22, 2012 Standards Based Grading - E. Bethea, P. Bianchi, S. Carpenter, S. Guinals-Kupperman, M. Holmes, D. Sun 

July 9 - 27, 2012 SUMMER WORKSHOP  - Physics Teaching Workshop - Modeling Instruction in Mechanics - Mark Schober, Craig Buszka, and Fernand Brunschwig

2011-2012 School Year
May 5, 2012  Standards Based Grading (This workshop was held as part of the EdCampNYC) -- E. Bethea, P. Bianchi, S. Guinals-Kupperman, F. Noschese, N. Pillischer
April 21, 2012 NY Hall of Science: Maker Space Workshop - Zhanna Glazenburg
Feb. 11, 2012 Video Analysis of Motion with Logger Pro - Pravin Jammula
Jan 7, 2012 Modeling Physics Education in VPython -  Nathan Finney 
Dec 3, 2011 Energy Workshop -  Fernand Brunschwig 
Nov 5, 2011 Discourse Management Workshop -  Seth Guiñals-Kupperman 
Oct 22, 2011 Curriculum Design & Interdisciplinary Content -  Matt DAmato & Vance Condie
June 25, 2011 An introduction to Modeling Cycle (Constant Velocity) - Fernand Brunschwig, Seth Guiñals-Kupperman, Mark Schober and Andrew Stillman