| Spring 2006 NES-APS/AAPT Tentative Program Department of Physics, Boston University March 31-April 1, 2006 | ||
| Friday, March 31 | ||
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8:00
am - 2:00 pm |
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| Plenary Session: Physics and Cosmology: At the Interface Location: PHO (Photonics) 206 | ||
| 12:00 pm | Registration | |
| 1:00 | Welcome from David Campbell, Provost of Boston University | |
| 1:05 | Welcome from Bennett Goldberg, Chair, Department of Physics | |
| 1:10 | Lawrence Krauss– “Einstein's Biggest Blunder: A Cosmic Mystery Story…” | |
| 2:00 | Max Tegmark– “Measuring and Predicting Cosmological Parameters" | |
| 2:50 | Chris Stubbs – The Accelerating Universe: Why You Should Worry” | |
| 3:40 | Coffee Break | |
| 4:00 | Tony Tyson – “Imaging Dark Matter: Multiple Probes of Dark Energy” | |
| 4:50 | Tereasa Brainerd – “Satellite Galaxies and Cold Dark Matter Halos” | |
| 5:40 | Poster Session and hors d’oeuvres: Public area outside PHO206 | |
| 7:00 | Banquet: Faculty & Staff Dining Room, 5th floor of George Sherman Union | |
| Speaker: Lawrence Krauss | ||
| Saturday, April 1st | ||
| 8:00-10:00 | Parallel APS and AAPT Contributed Sessions – TBA Locations: PHO 203, 205, 206, 210, 211 |
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| 9:00-4:00 | Workshop for Graduate Teaching Fellows Location: SCI (Metcalf Science Center) 115 | |
| 9:40-10:00 |
Coffee
Break |
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| 10:00 |
Invited
Session: Topics in Physics Education Chair: Andrew Duffy Location: PHO 206 | |
| 10:05 | Physics Education Research Talk I: Karen Cummings | |
| 10:50 | Physics Education Research Talk II: Michael Wittmann Comparing Curricula to Study Student Learning Abstract | |
| 11:45 |
Physics Demo Show, including three presenters | |
| 12:30 |
Lunch
on your own |
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| 1:00 | NES-APS Executive Committee Meeting Location: SCI 352 | |
| 1:30 | Various workshops - see the workshop page | |