Go to
https://utah.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9BOL3Vczd2G7XGS
to register. Details are at the link.
Thanks to Mark Dailey and his team at College of Southern Idaho (CSI) for the work preparing for us!
Spring Section Meeting 2023 Announcement!
Update 1FEB23
Dear Friends,
After much and long-awaited effort, we are planning on renewing the Idaho-Utah Spring Section Meetings this coming spring!
Mark Daily at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls has agreed to help host this year, which will represent the first time we’ve held the meeting in Twin Falls since 2000.
The dates are set for Friday and Saturday April 14-15, 2023. Feel free to tell anyone you think may be interested.
Here is a link to the reserved hotel block Mark set up.
American Association of Physics Teachers UT & ID Conference
Put it on your calendar and we’ll hope to see you then!
Regards,
Brian A Pyper PhD
Professor, Director of Physics Education
Department of Physics
Brigham Young University-Idaho
Section Representative, Idaho-Utah Section
American Association of Physics Teachers
PD Course at UW Oshkosh
Mark Lattery is offering a graduate level PD course for physics teachers this spring called Modern Physics for Teachers (https://uwosh.edu/physics/outreach/ngmc/). This course part of the Next Generation Modeling Courses for Teachers (NGMC) program at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Passing the word along.
BAP
Spring 2019 Section Report
Spring 2019 Idaho Utah Section report
The annual meeting of the Idaho-Utah Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers was held Friday/Saturday March 1-2 at the Utah State University campus in logan, Utah. The local organizer and current president was James Coburn, and the meeting was wonderful, and well-attended by college and high school teachers and students. A local sandwich shop catered dinner Friday evening, followed by the ever popular demo show, where several attendees showed off their favorite physics demos for a packed house in the science building lecture hall.
Saturday morning a light breakfast led to a morning session of talks and presentations, followed by a mid-morning snack and student poster session. A second session of contributed talks got us through to the luncheon and business meeting, where A spate of elections and announcements were on the agenda. The announcements included a reminder of all the programs and benefits available through AAPT and a reminder that the National Meeting will be held in our section in Provo this year, for the first time since 2005. Initial plans were made about garnering section help for the various responsibilities associated with hosting a national meeting. We also made plans for updating the mailing list and encouraging more younger faculty to be involved with the section. The business meeting elections resulted in Phil Matheson from Utah Valley University volunteering Dustin Shipp to be elected as president-elect and host the meeting in 2020. That means the current list of section officers stands as follows:
Past President: Matt Zachreson – BYUI
President: James Coburn – USU
Vice-President Elect: Daryl Macomb – BSU
President Elect: Dustin Shipp – UVU
Section Rep: Brian Pyper – BYUI
The section meeting next year will be hosted at BSU with Daryl Macomb as the local organizer, and two years from now it’ll be held in Orem at UVU with Dustin Shipp as the local organizer.
After lunch there were a few more talks and a handful of short workshops, and the day finished with a tone tube make-and-take organized by Chase Goddard from Box Elder High. A concurrent meeting of the SPS Zone was also popular and fairly well attended. James Coburn did a fine job with the meeting and everyone who came had a great time.
2019 Spring Section Meeting Announcement!
the 2019 Spring section meeting is planned and scheduled for March 1-2, 2019, at Utah State University in Logan.
The website for this year’s Idaho-Utah Section Meeting can be found at: www.physics.usu.edu/AAPT
More information will be added soon.
Registration is ready to go. It is set up as an all in one registration process, so be ready to register for demo share, contributed talk and/or student poster when you register for the meeting. The deadline for registration is Monday the 25th of February.
The cost is $10 and all meals are included.
If there are any problems or questions, email me at: james.coburn@usu.edu
Spring 2018 Section Report
Spring 2018 Idaho Utah Section report
The annual meeting of the Idaho-Utah Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers was held February Friday/Saturday 23-24 2018 at the BYU-I campus in Rexburg, ID. The local organizer and current president was Matt Zachreson, and the meeting was wonderful, although sparsely attended mainly due to some weather concerns (we had a fairly significant winterstorm come through the area both during the week before and the weekend of the conference). A no-host dinner Friday evening at a local pizza and pasta buffet was followed by the ever popular demo show, where several attendees showed off their favorite physics demos.
Saturday morning a light breakfast led to a morning session of talks and presentations, followed by a mid-morning snack and student poster session. A second session of contributed talks got us through to the luncheon and business meeting, where A spate of elections and announcements were on the agenda. The announcements included a reminder of all the programs and benefits available through AAPT and a reminder that the National Meeting will be held in our section next year, the first one since 2005. The Summer meeting will be held in Provo in 2019. Initial plans were made about garnering section help for the various responsibilities associated with hosting a national meeting. We also made plans for updating the mailing list and encouraging more younger faculty to be involved with the section. Then two important elections resulted in Brian Pyper from BYUI being reelected as the Idaho-Utah Section Representative, and Daryl Macomb from Boise State being elected as president-elect. That means the current list of section officers stands as follows:
Past President: Adam Beehler – UofU
President: Matt Zachreson – BYUI
Vice President: James Coburn – USU
President Elect: Daryl Macomb – BSU
Section Rep: Brian Pyper – BYUI
The section meeting next year will be hosted by USU with James Coburn as the local organizer, and two years from now at BSU with Daryl Macomb as the local organizer.
After lunch there were a few more talks and a handful of short workshops, and the day finished with a planetarium show. Matt Zachreson did a fine job with the meeting and everyone who came had a great time.
2018 Spring Section Meeting Announcement
The 2018 Spring meeting of the Idaho/Utah section of the AAPT will be held February 23-24 in Rexburg, Idaho. While this is earlier than normal, it is the latest weekend I could find that did not conflict with a spring break, finals, or other popular conference/teacher in-service.
More information on registration, abstract submission, etc. is available here: https://content.byui.edu/file/5faef9d2-3f50-4f0a-a853-b04b47326b0d/1/main.htm
Once again, we will be holding a student poster session, so please encourage your students to prepare and participate.
On Friday, we will have our usual demo show. Then on Saturday will be our annual business meeting, invited and contributed talks, and raffle.
If you know of any teachers not on our mailing list, or anyone else who might be interested, please forward them this message.
Matt Zachreson
Idaho/Utah AAPT Section Vice President
Brigham Young University-Idaho
Spring 2017 section report
AAPT Idaho-Utah Section Meeting Report April 2017
Section Representative: Brian A Pyper – Brigham Young University-Idaho Department of Physics
The Section Meeting for the Idaho-Utah Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers was held at The University of Utah in Salt Lake City April 14-15 2017. The meeting was excellently organized by Adam Beehler and Kathrine Skollingsberg, and was attended by about 60 people, some 10 HS Faculty, 30 College/University Faculty/Staff, and 20 students some of whom were jointly attending the combined SPS Zone 15 meeting.
The program included the ever-popular Demonstration Show, a collection of contributed talks, and the section business meeting and annual section officer election.
The results of the election were as follows, with terms from 4-17 to 4-18:
Steve Shropshire from ISU is now the past-president
Adam Beehler from the University of Utah is now the section president.
Matt Zachreson from BYUI is now the vice president
James Coburn from Utah State is now the president elect
Brian Pyper, from BYUI remains the section representative with a term to expire in 2018
The section meeting for next spring is planned to be held at BYU-Idaho in Rexburg.
Spring 2017 Meeting
You are invited to attend the annual spring meeting of the AAPT Idaho-Utah Section (American Association of Physics Teachers). Anyone is welcome to attend, whether a member of AAPT or not. The AAPT is “A professional membership association of scientists dedicated to enhancing the understanding and appreciation of physics through teaching.” You are welcome to tell friends and colleagues about this meeting.
This link should contain everything you need to know about the meeting:
http://www.physics.utah.edu/~aapt/index.html
36th Annual Spring Meeting
AAPT Idaho-Utah Section
Friday and Saturday April 14-15, 2017
Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
This meeting will feature…
Friday
– banquet
– public demonstration show
Saturday
– invited and contributed talks
– student poster session
– catered lunch
– annual section business meeting
– raffle
– tours
Academic Credit / Professional Development / Continuing Education
For those interested, we have arranged for you to receive academic credit through participating in this meeting.
Student Poster Competition
Do not miss an opportunity to participate in the student poster competition (with prizes!). Poster content may be on anything related to enhancing the understanding and appreciation of physics through teaching. This may involve physics research, education research, instruction techniques, demonstrations, physics projects, community engagement, etc.
Contributed Talks & Demo Show Presentation
We are now accepting submissions for posters, talks, and demo presentations. See the website to sign up.
Presentation and Tour: Utah Nano-Fabrication Laboratory
Nanotechnology has become a big thing. This presentation and tour of the state-of-the-art nanofabrication facility involves an examination of methods that can be used to teach students about scaling principles and modern nanotechnologies, along with how we use them, and how they are made.
Online Registration
Please register online to reserve your spot at the meeting. Early bird registration for the meeting is $12 for students and $20 for everyone else, until April 2, 2017. This fee also includes all meals and snacks on both days.
Material Donations
We are accepting donations of any teaching materials (including textbooks) for the raffle, as well as for high school teachers. Please bring these materials with you, and drop them off in 103 JFB prior to the Friday demo show.
Locations
All events will be on the University of Utah Campus. See the website for maps and parking.
Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to seeing you there.
Sincerely,
Adam Beehler
Vice President
AAPT Idaho-Utah Section
Spring 2016 Section Report
AAPT Section Report 2016
Brian A Pyper, Section Representative
The Idaho-Utah Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers met April 15-16 at Idaho State University in Pocatello, hosted by local organizer and Section vice president Steve Shropshire. The meeting combined with an SPS Zone 15 meeting as well. About 70 people were in attendance for the meeting, which featured a banquet dinner, several guest speakers, and the perennially popular demo show (http://www.physics.isu.edu/events/conference/AAPTDemoSchedule.shtml) and make and take.
The program was excellent, with a varied collection of contributed talks and posters. The full program of events is available at http://www.physics.isu.edu/events/conference/schedule.shtml.
The business meeting Saturday re-elected Adam Beehler from the University of Utah as the section treasurer, and tentatively elected Matt Zachreson of BYUI to serve as president elect, and host the meeting in Rexburg in 2018 on the condition that Boise State, whose turn it should be, can’t do it, and that his one-year appointment at BYUI is renewed.
So the Current slate of officers for the section is as follows:
Matt Zachreson (BYUI) – President Elect (rotates to Vice President in 2017)
Adam Beehler (UofU) – Vice President and Treasurer (2017)
Steve Shropshire (ISU) – President (2017)
Larry Smith (Snow) – Past President (2017)
Brian Pyper (BYUI) – Section Representative (term expires in 2018)
A sincere thanks to Steve Shropshire and the department at ISU for hosting the section so well. Keep abreast of the section doings and plans for the Spring 2017 section meeting at the University of Utah on the section’s web page at idahoutah.aaptsections.org.
