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 Teacher
Resources
Physics
Teacher SOS
If you're
a new teacher or maybe contemplating a career
teaching physics, or possibly new to teaching
physics, or even a veteran teacher looking to learn
some new tricks of the trade to revitalize your
curriculum, I encourage you to attend one of 3
day-long Physics Teacher SOS (PTSOS) workshops.
You'll meet other like teachers from all over
Northern California to interact and network with.
They are very informative and a lot of fun, and
thanks to a generous grant from the Brown
Foundation, they are absolutely FREE! Contact me
(pablo@laserpablo.com)
or our PTSOS Outreach Coordinator Stephanie
Finander (sfinander@sbcglobal.net)
for more information. You can also visit our
website at www.ptsos.org.
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See
Pictures of the January 31
Workshop
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Check
out our attendees doing the "Flying
Pig"
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Van
de Graaff Fun at PTSOS Spring 2009
(YouTube)
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March
13th, 2010
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PTSOS
Workshop #3 "Come See The
Light"
Day-long workshop on light, optics,
electricity and magnetism, modern physics
and mechanics. For more information
contact Stephanie Finander at
sfinander@sbcglobal.net.
www.PTSOS.org
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San
Mateo High School, San Mateo,
CA
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September
19, 2009
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PTSOS
Workshop #1 "Overcoming
Inertia"
Day-long workshop on the basis of
everything mechanics and more. For more
information contact Stephanie Finander at
sfinander@sbcglobal.net.
www.PTSOS.org
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#1 Flyer (PDF)
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San
Mateo High School, San Mateo,
CA
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January
16th, 2010
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PTSOS
Workshop #2 "Give Physics a
Whirl"
Day-long workshop on heat,
waves, and sound and mechanics. For more
information contact Stephanie Finander at
sfinander@sbcglobal.net.
www.PTSOS.org
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San
Mateo High School, San Mateo,
CA
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"Physics of Car Crashes" Study Guide:
PhysicsofCarCrash.pdf
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Bull's Eye Ramp Operating Instructions:
BullsEyeRamp.pdf
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Derivation of the Relative Velocity of Approach
Equals the Velocity of Recession: VelocityofApproach_.pdf
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Periods of Satellites Around and Through the Earth:
PeriodsofSatellites.ppt
(PowerPoint)
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Advice to New Teachers: "Increasing
Your Impact" (PDF)
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How to Introduce Students to Your Text:
"Getting
to Know Your Textbook" (PDF)
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Labs (more coming...)
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Sticky Electrostatics: StickyElectrostatics.pdf
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Temperature of a Flame: TempofaFlame.pdf
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Reaction Time: ReactionTime.pdf
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Anatomy of a Homer: AnatomyofaHomer.pdf
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LN Cool Stuff: LNCoolStuff.pdf
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Flying Pig: FlyingPig.pdf
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Why The Sky is Blue: WhySkyisBlue.pdf
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Lab Manuals (coming soon)
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Conceptual Physics, 11e, College Edition, ©
2010
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Conceptual Physics, 4e for High Schools, ©
2009
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Conceptual Physics, 10e, College Edition, ©
2006
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Laboratory Manual with Computer Activities (out of
print) published in 1991 by
Addison-Wesley
to accompany Jones & Childers, Sears &
Zemansky, and Bueche texts.
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Video Clips (see Videos
page)
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Activities (coming soon)
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Related Links
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PTSOS: www.ptsos.org
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NCN AAPT: www.ncnaapt.org
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AAPT: www.aapt.org
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NSTA: www.nsta.org
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CSTA: www.cascience.org/csta/csta.asp
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Cenco Physics Blog: http://blog.cencophysics.com/
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California High School Physics Standards:
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/HighSchoolPhysics
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Related Videos
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Large Hadron Collider (LHC):
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/the_large_hadron_collider.html
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Road Runner Physics by Dan Burns:
http://www.lghs.net/teachers/science/burns/rrphysics/Road_Runner_Physics/Movie.html
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Frames of Reference Video Online: http://www.archive.org/details/frames_of_reference
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A Million to One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd4uHUMvvbc
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Casio EX F1 Digital Camera User Manual:
CasioEXF1_Manual.pdf
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Space-Time Simulator by Dan Burns: Spacetimesimulator.pdf
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Films of Interest
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My Favorite Movies
2001
Space Odyssey
Questions.pdf
Apollo
13 Study
GuideSE.pdf
Elegant
Universe
Questionaire.pdf
Right
Stuff
Questions.pdf
Amadeus
Dr.
Zhivago (A
Classic)
Tale
of Two Cities
 Paul
Robinson, Physics Teacher
San Mateo High School
506 N. Delaware Street
San Mateo, CA 94401
(650) 558-2301 (main office)
(650) 558-2352 (school fax)
(650) 400-9425 (cell)
pablo@laserpablo.com
San
Mateo High School "Home of the
Bearcats"
http://www.smuhsd.k12.ca.us/smhs/about.html
Upcoming
Presentations & Significant
Dates
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March
13th, 2010
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PTSOS
Workshop #3 "Come See The
Light"
Day-long workshop on light, optics,
electricity and magnetism, modern physics
and mechanics. For more information
contact Stephanie Finander at
sfinander@sbcglobal.net.
www.PTSOS.org
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San
Mateo High School, San Mateo,
CA
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March
17-21, 2010
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National
Meeting of the NSTA
Tentative workshops "Nuts and Bolts of
Teaching Physics" and "Pitching Physics to
Your Students with Baseball."
www.nsta.org
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Philadelphia,
PA
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July
17-21, 2010
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National
Summer AAPT Meeting
Invited Speaker, "PTSOS--Lifeline for the
New Teacher" www.aapt.org
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Portland,
OR
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July
26, 2010
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Mission:
STS-134
Last Scheduled Launch of Space Shuttle
Discovery, Launch Pad 39A, 10 AM
PST
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Kennedy
Space Center
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