UPCOMING EVENTS

Island students + science = success! September 12, 2007
The 4th annual Kaua`i in STEP (KIS 4) program will take place on the island of Kaua`i during the latter part of the week of September 12, 2007. Zany science shows and interactive booths will help foster the importance of science and its applications to all of the island’s 4th, 6th, and 8th graders. Teachers workshops will also be offered on the following Saturday at the Kaua`i Community College. This effort is made possible through the cooperation of Team Tech Kaua`i, Hawaii’s Dept. of Education, business partners, and the US Dept. of Energy.

Interactive science for 3,000 So Cal students October 3–4, 2007
The 8th annual Science and Technology Education Partnership (STEP 8) in Riverside, CA will be held October 3, 4, 2007 and will feature science shows for students featuring Fusion Education Team members from Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and GA. Highly interactive booths covering biology, chemistry, physics and engineering design and implementation are also offered for all attendees. NAVSEA Corona, the US Dept. of Energy, and dozens of businesses help support this effort. For more information, please visit http://myscienceeducation.com.

Join us at the APS/DPP Meeting in Orlando November 13, 2007
The annual fall meeting of the American Physical Society - Division of Plasma Physics will once again be host to presentations and discussions on topics in the exciting world of plasma physics. The meeting will take place in Orlando, Florida during the week of November 12–16, 2007 and scientists from across the nation and around the world will discuss laser physics, diagnostics development, nuclear fusion, astrophysics, and fluids physics. Teachers from the surrounding area are invited to participate in Teachers Day workshop activities on Tuesday, November 13 and students are encouraged to urge their teachers to bring them to the Plasma Science Expo held on Thursday and Friday of that week. For more information, visit http://fusioned.gat.com/aps_orlando07/index.html

Past Events

Summer build-it day workshop June 25 –28, 2007
Come join us for a workshop where you-make-it you-take-it! We'll build a half-coated fluorescent plasma tube and power supply plus other plasma and electrical based classroom demonstrations. No experience necessary, so join the fun, join the challenge!

Summer build-it day workshop June 26–27, 2006
Come join us for a workshop where you-make-it you-take-it! We'll build a half-coated fluorescent plasma tube and power supply plus other plasma and electrical based classroom demonstrations. No experience necessary, so join the fun, join the challenge!

March 19, 2005 (STEP in Riverside)
We are pleased to provide educator workshops for the annual Science Technology Education Partnership (STEP) in Riverside, CA.  This will be on a Saturday (the specific date to be decided) and is a complement to the fall student program that STEP provides for students throughout Southern California.  Please see myscienceeducation.com for details. 

Summer build-it day workshops (Session 1) June 27, 28, 2005; (Session 2) June 29, 30, 2005
(Session 3) July 6-7, 2005
Come join us for a workshop where you-make-it you-take-it! We'll build a half-coated fluorescent plasma tube and power supply plus other plasma and electrical based classroom demonstrations. No experience necessary, so join the fun, join the challenge!

February 23, 2005 (High Technology Fair)
Join us at the annual High Technology Fair at the San Diego County Fairgrounds. Visit http://www.sdsa.org/HTF/index.html for details. We'll see you there.

November 15–19, 2004 (American Physical Society)
The annual fall meeting of the American Physical Society - Division of Plasma Physics will once again be host to presentations and discussions on topics in the exciting world of plasma physics. The meeting will take place in Savannah, GA during the week of November 15–19, 2004 and scientists from across the nation and around the world will discuss laser physics, diagnostics development, nuclear fusion, astrophysics, and fluids physics. Teachers from the surrounding area are invited to participate in Teachers Day workshop activities and students are encouraged to urge their teachers to bring them to the Plasma Science Expo held on Thursday and Friday of that week. For more information, visit www.psfc.mit.edu/html

October 27–28, 2004 (STEP in Kaua'i)
We will take our experiences we have gained in the Riverside, CA STEP program and take them to Kaua'i in Hawaii for their inaugural Science Technology Education Partnership  (STEP) program.  We will provide 7 on-stage science demonstration shows for students and others during the two day event. Stay turned for more information regarding this special event.  Future events may include teacher workshops and a student science expo. Student and teacher preparation information can be found here.

October, 13-14, 2004 (STEP in Riverside)
Interactive student programs will be the highlights of this year's Science Technology Education Partnership (STEP) Conference in Riverside, CA.  We will provide an interactive, user-friendly and fun science booth (alongside many others) and present 6 on-stage science demonstrations to the 3000 or so participants over the two day event.  This will be our 5th year participating with the Riverside team.  For more information on this exciting opportunity for teachers and students, see myscienceeducation.com. 

June/July 2004
Build-it Days 2004 is a 2 day workshop designed to provide middle school and high school teachers
with the necessary knowledge and tools to bring concepts and demonstration devices covering plasma
physics and related science into their classroom. This is a fun and challenging workshop!

April 17, 2004 
An APS/DPP follow-up workshop was held at the Explora science center in Albuquerque, NM. This workshop built on concepts and experiences that local middle school and high school teachers gained at an earlier set of workshops held in Albuquerque in the fall of 2003 as part of Teachers Day in conjunction with the APS/DPP meeting. Each of the eighteen participants wound a magnetic field coil, a pickup coil, and built a vacuum chamber and received a hand held vacuum pump. The teachers were enthusiastic and the Explora science center was terrific!

March 12–13, 2004
Workshops on plasma and fusion science were given at the annual SDSEA conference.
Come and visit us next year during the March, 2005 meeting.

February 18, 2004
San Diego County High Technology Fair is sponsored by the San Diego Science Alliance, the San Diego County Office of Education, and San Diego City Schools. The primary goal of the Tech Fair is to get high school students excited about math and science and encourage them in that direction as they pursue their education goals beyond high school.

October, 2003
27–31 American Physical Society – Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, Albuquerque, NM. Team members will be joined by colleagues from across the country and provide educator workshops on plasma science and fusion technology to area teachers. We will also take part in the Plasma Expo, where exhibitors will be providing hands-on physics demonstrations to students and the public alike.

November 2003
6–8 STEP 4 Conference in Riverside, CA. Team members will provide an interactive booth for students and stage shows for more than 1800 students on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday, we will provide workshops on plasma,the electromagnetic spectrum, and the use of computers in the classroom.

14–15 Some of us will attend the joint meeting of the California Section of the APS and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). The theme this year is “The Future of Physics Education and the Fate of the Universe”