Frontiers of Physics teachers conference

Frontiers of Physics 2009

Institute of Physics in Ireland

16 June 2009

The annual Teachers of Physics Conference sponsored by the IOP in Ireland and Waterford Institute of Technology.was held at WIT on Saturday, 26 September, 2009.

Attended by over 40 delegates this was a day of lectures, demonstrations and workshops for post-primary teachers of physics. 

Full report on the meeting (PDF, 21 KB) written by Seosamh Ó Braonain Wesley College 

Blog on the meeting written by Cormac O Raifeartaigh

David Hughes presenting on the history of telescopes

Eoin Gill as Robert Boyle

SciCast workshop led by Jonathan Sanderson

The assistance of the Second Level Support Service (SLSS) with this conference is greatly appreciated.

http://www.wit.ie/frontiers09

Objectives

• To inform teachers of the exciting and innovative work at the frontiers of Physics that is being carried out in Ireland
• To provide teachers with examples of simple and inexpensive physics demonstrations
• To inform teachers of the latest developments and resources available in physics teaching.
  

Speakers

• Prof. David W Hughes, University of Sheffield
• Eoin Gill, CALMAST, WIT
• Jonathan Sanderson, SciCast
• Dr. Cormac O’Raifeartaigh,WIT
• Robert Hill Northern Ireland Space Office

Contact 

Paul Nugent
IoP Network Coordinator
paulnugent@eircom.net or frontiers09@wit.ie

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