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Science Teachers Day

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Teachers Day?

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Plasma Sciences Expo 

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Sciences Expo?

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General Information  

Maps and Directions

 

Note: Thursday, November 11 Plasma Sciences Expo has been
changed to Wednesday, November 10.


Science Teachers Day and the Plasma Sciences Expo

for Middle and High School Teachers
Hyatt Regency Chicago
151 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, Il 60601


Take

information about plasma science and fusion energy to your classrooms. Science Teachers Day, November 9, 2010 provides an opportunity to attend specialized talks and workshops, to interact with well-known plasma physicists, and to gather complimentary resource materials for your school.
   
Bring your students to the exciting world of plasma physics and let them discover the fourth state of matter for themselves at the Plasma Sciences Expo, November 10 and 12, 2010. Teachers and students can talk to plasma scientists, as well as view hands-on displays and a variety of exhibits. Make lightning; manipulate plasma with magnets; observe your fluctuating body temperature on a special monitor; play a video game to learn how to confine plasmas in a fusion device. Limited funding for school buses and substitute teachers is available.
   

Learn

to satisfy Illinois Performance Standards and national science standards. Learn from members of national laboratories, universities and industry how you can use the topic of plasmas in your current curriculum to satisfy state and national science standards. During Science Teachers Day and the Plasma Sciences Expo, national and international plasma research scientists share their knowledge and enthusiasm for science with teachers and students.
   

Teach

your classes about new areas of technology and research using curriculum materials and demonstrations provided.
 


Sponsored by the
American Physical Society - Division of Plasma Physics
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Where we have been and where we are going?
The program is typically held at the Fall meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics of the American Physical Society. The locations are varied and include:

• Denver, CO (1996)

• Denver, CO (2005)

• Pittsburgh, PA (1997)

• Philadelphia, PA (2006)

• Washington, DC (1998)

• Orlando, FL (2007)

• New Orleans, LA (1998)

• Dallas, TX (2008)

• Seattle, WA (1999)

• Atlanta, GA (2009)

• Quebec, Canada (2000)

• Chicago, IL (2010)

• Long Beach, CA (2001)

• Salt Lake City, UT (2011)

• Orlando, FL (2002) • Providence, RI, (2012)
• Albuquerque, NM (2003)  
• Savannah, GA (2004)