Science Teachers Day and the Plasma Sciences Expo for Middle and High School Teachers
Hyatt Regency Atlanta 265 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Take
information about plasma science and fusion energy to your classrooms. Science Teachers Day, November 3, 2009 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 5–6, 2009. 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 is available.
Learn
to satisfy Georgia 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
Click hereto register.
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:
