STAV/AIP

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• 2015
• STAV/AIP
• Physics Teachers Conference

It is wrong to think that the task of physics is
to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns
what we say about Nature. Niels Bohr
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Program Changes

• Sessions cancelled
• D4

The more success the quantum theory has, the
sillier it looks. Albert Einstein - 1912
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Workshop A16 Synchrotron Tour

• Car Pooling for A14?
• To Those who have booked the
• A24 Synchrotron Tour, if you wish to car pool,
  meet at the front after this session.

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Karaoke Session C5

• Venues Three adjacent Banquet Rooms (See map)
• You are invited to move from room to room.
• The programs are

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Karaoke Session C5

• Banquet Room West (Change from newsletter)
• Satellites in Schools,
• Paul Butler, Lauriston Girls' School.
• VYPT video A highlights package from 2014
• Flipped Classroom and Light
• Spiros Liacos, Cheltenham Secondary College
• Physics Enrolments Past, Present and Future
• Dan O'Keeffe, AIP Ed Comm.
• See Physics News for details

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Karaoke Session C5

• Banquet Room Centre
• Physics Enrolments Past, Present and Future
• Dan O'Keeffe, AIP Ed Comm.
• Integrating CAD into the Astrophysics DS Milorad
  Cerovac, King David School.
• VYPT video A highlights package from 2014
• A proposal for a Physics Demonstration Library
• Kristian Grayson, Melb Uni.
• See Physics News for details

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Karaoke Session C5

• Banquet Room East
• Electronics with Yenka,
• Paul Cuthbert, University High School.
• Space Camp
• Paul Natoli, Ballarat High School.
• VYPT video A highlights package from 2014
• VCE Systems Engineering Colin Chapman, Caroline
  Chisholm Catholic College.
• See Physics News for details

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Wireless Access

• Connect to SSID guest-wireless
• Username ext-stav
• Password physics2015
• The number of users online is limited, so please
  log off when finished.
• Laptop locker keys Available at Registration.

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Sessions D7 E6Chief Assessors Report
Please Note The purpose of this session to
provide feedback to teachers on how their
students performed on last years exam. It is
not the place for comment on the exam or specific
questions. Such concerns should be directed to
the Examinations Branch, VCAA.
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Handouts

• Conference Program with Map
• AIP Newsletter
• Events for students and teachers
• What does the Committee do?
• Map of website vicphysics.org
• Conference folder
• Notepad and Evaluation slips
• Brochures

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AIP Travelling Scholarship

• The AIP Education Committee is offering a
  scholarship to support one teacher to attend an
  international Physics Teachers Conference during
  2014 and January 2016.
• The scholarship is worth up to 2000.
• Applications to AIP Ed Comm by 20th April.
• Check www.vicphysics.org/scholarship.html for
  further details and possible conferences.

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AIP Support for Beginning Physics Teachers

• Support for
• First Year Outs
• Those returning to Physics teaching
• Those asked to take on a Physics class
• Two Programs
• In-Service Program
• Mentor Scheme

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AIP Support of Beginning Physics Teachers

• 1. In-Service Program
• Day in-service Tuesday 31st March
• Venue Camberwell Grammar School.
• Cost None Travel support for country
  participants.
• For details and to apply go to
  www.vicphysics.org/support.html

One does not, by knowing all the physical laws as
we know them today,
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AIP Support of Beginning Physics Teachers

• Mentor Scheme
• The AIP Education Committee will fund several
  retired teachers to work with beginning physics
  teachers.
• They will be available for one meeting during
  each of Terms 1, 2, 3 and 4 and be available for
  regular phone and email contact.
• To apply www.vicphysics.org/support.html

immediately obtain an understanding of
anything much.- Richard Feynman
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Practical Activities Workshopsand Equipment Fair

• Full Day In-Service Monday, 30th March
• Venue Camberwell Grammar School
• Cost None. Travel support for country
  participants
• For details and to apply go to
  www.vicphysics.org/workshop.html

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Second Hand Equipment

• Schools that have requested equipment can pick up
  their labelled items from the van in the car park
  on the North side of John Monash Science School
  (see map)
• The equipment can be collected from 5pm onwards.
• Remaining equipment of a first come basis, list
  next slide also from 5pm.

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Second Hand Equipment

• Equipment still available from 5pm includes
• Electrical meters (analog)
• Mass of the electron kits w/o power supply
• Current balance kits
• Rheostats (15 ohm, 5 amp)
• Lenses and curved mirrors
• Connecting wires
• Electronic breadboards
• Slotted weights
• Air track accessories inc gliders, spark pens,
  etc
• Physics Texts and ASEP Booklets

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Victorian Young Physicists Tournament (VYPT)

• For Year 10 and 11 students, in teams of three.
• What do they do?
• conduct three open-ended experimental
  investigations,
• prepare reports, and ..

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Victorian Young Physicists Tournament (VYPT)

• Then in competition in December
• They describe and defend their methods, results
  and analysis,
• They challenge the reports of other teams.

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Victorian Young Physicists Tournament (VYPT)

• Topics for 2015

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AIP 2014 Photo Contest

• Students may enter more than one photo,
• Prize pool up to 1000,
• Closing date First day Term 4,
• Judging by panel.
• See Display in Main Dining Room

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AIP 2014 Video Contest

• Open to students in Victorian schools.
• Topic Students are encouraged to video a
  discussion between two or more students regarding
  Climate Change in which some students ask FAQs
  and the other students answer the questions
  explaining the Science involved with or without
  visual aid, à la Veritasium
• Max Three minutes of video
• Prize pool up to 1000 per category
• Closing date First Day of Term 4

If this sticker is blue, you're driving too fast
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Physics Days at Luna Park

• The dates for 2015 are
• Tues 3rd March (FULL)
• Weds 4th March (FULL)
• Thurs 5th March (FULL) and
• Fri, 6th March (FULL)
• Cost 23.95 per student. Open from 1000am until
  20pm.
• Worksheets / videos are available
  www.vicphysics.org/lunaworksheets.html
• Special Feature
• Synchrotron Tour before or after.
• BOOKINGS CLOSED

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Joining the AIP

• Associate membership 103 per year
• Benefits
• Physics Teachers Conference discount
• Australian Physics magazine, 6 per year.
• Reciprocal membership with Institute of Physics
  (UK) among others (reduced rate for joint
  membership).
• http//www.aip.org.au/info/

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AIP Education Committee

• Who are they?
• A committee of physics teachers, teacher
  educators and academics.
• When where do they meet?
• Next at University High School, 10th March,
  5pm7pm.
• Teachers are encouraged to attend meetings,
  contact Sue Grant, the chairperson at
  susanmgrant1_at_bigpond.com

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AIP Education Committee

• What do they do?
• Liaise with VCAA on curriculum matters,
• Distribute an email newsletter to physics
  teachers several times each term,
• Administer a website of resources for teachers
  www.vicphysics.org ,
• Prepare a detailed review of the VCE Physics
  Exam,
• Plan this STAV/AIP Physics Teachers Conference,
  and other PD activities,
• Organise physics activities for students, such as
  the Competitions and Physics Days at Luna Park.

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AIP Education Committee

• Who comes to meetings?

Gary Bass Retired Theo Hughes Monash University
Chris Bowen Caulfield Grammar (WH) Barbara McKinnon John Monash Sci S
Milorad Cerovac King David School Oscar Menuel St Michaels GS
Neil Champion Buckley Park SC Bronwyn Quint Hoppers Crossing SC
Gary Cohen Retired Dan O'Keeffe Retired
Paul Cuthbert University High School Alan Reynolds Retired
Jonathan de Booy Aust Synchrotron Frances Sidari Lakeview SC
Sue Grant Box Hill Institute Terry Tan John Monash Sci S
Kristian Grayson Melbourne Uni Dianne Wilkinson Box Hill HS
Colin Hopkins Bialik College and you?
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AIP Education Committee

• Physics News by Email
• An electronic newsletter is sent to over 1000
  physics teachers about once a fortnight.
• To be a recipient, email the AIP at
  danok_at_bigpond.com
• Useful resources from previous emails are at
  www.vicphysics.org/news.html

Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.
Lord Kelvin
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• Physics Know your world to change your world

Physics is great - 40 orders of magnitude cant
be wrong
Radio has no future. - Lord Kelvin
Physics is like sex, it produces valuable
results, but that is not why we do it. - Richard
Feynman
Stand on the shoulders of giants - get a physics
degree
X-rays will prove to be a hoax. Lord Kelvin
My goal is simple. It is complete understanding
of the universe, why it is as it is and why it
exists at all. - Stephen Hawking