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Introduction
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Science Teachers Day
Science Teachers Day is a day of workshops for middle and high school teachers where they can learn about plasma physics research and pedagogy. The teachers will meet and talk with research physicists from research centers, laboratories, academia, and industry. The workshop presentations are designed especially for middle and high school science teachers and include handouts and resource materials to be taken back and used in the classroom.
Science Teachers Day registration begins at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 28 at the Hyatt Regency, 330 Tijeras, Albuquerque, NM 87102. Registration is required.
Plasma Sciences Expo
Plasma Sciences Expo 2003 is an exhibition that focuses on hands-on science education. It is for students at all levels, teachers, parents, and the general public. Attendees can participate in science activities and talk with scientists in the field of plasma physics.
Plasma Sciences Expo 2003 will be held at the Albuquerque Convention Center (401 2nd Street NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102) on Thursday and Friday, October 30 and 31, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Registration is required to attend the day sessions.
On Thursday evening, October 30, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., the EXPO will be open to the General Pubic. No registration is required to attend the evening session.
Sponsor and Hosts
There are no registration fees to attend the programs. The programs are sponsored by the American Physical Society-Division of Plasma Physics and co-hosted by:
- American Physical Society Education and Outreach Committee
- Contemporary Physics Education Project (CPEP)
- Defense Programs, U.S. Department of Energy
- European Atomic Energy Commission
- General Atomics
- Goddard Space Center, NASA
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Lehigh University
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy
- Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
- Sandia National Laboratories
- University of Alaska
- University of California, San Diego
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)
- Pittsburgh, PA (1997)
- Washington, DC (1998)
- New Orleans, LA (1998)
- Seattle, WA (1999)
- Quebec, Canada (2000)
- Long Beach, CA (2001)
- Orlando, FL (2002)
- Albuquerque, NM (2003)
- Savannah, GA (2004)
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