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AIP/STAV Conference 2012
2012 Physics Teachers Conference, Friday 17th and Saturday 18th February at Monash University, Clayton VICTORIA
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Program showing times and locations of all workshops, addresses and meals. There is also space for comments and evaluations. A map is is also included on the 4th page. | |||
See below for Conference Proceedings and information about the VCAA session on Exam Changes in VCE Physics
The Program included:
- An opening address by Dr Derek Muller of University of Sydney on 'Misconception Alchemy: Turning thought-lead into thought-gold'. Dr Muller is well known for his videos highlighting such misconceptions. Check the entry "Veritasium's Videos" at the page on Misconceptions.
- A Physics Oration by Prof Tanya Monro on 'New ways of controlling light: photonic crystals, metamaterials and beyond'. Prof Monro is the Director of the Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing at the University of Adelaide. The purpose of the Oration is to enrich teachers’ understanding of their subject, rather than be a briefing on secondary content.
- Five sessions of 55 workshops in the day and evening program on the Friday.
- A VCAA session reporting on the recently completed survey on School Assessed Coursework (SACs)and explanation of a follow up survey on possible formats for the end of year exam in 2013. See below
- Extensive display of texts and equipment.
- Saturday Tours of the Australian Synchrotron,the Brash's Soundhouse and the Victorian Space Science Education Centre as well as a two hour in-service at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
VCAA Session on Changes to the way Physics is Examined and Assessed
Maria James, Science Curriculum Manager, spoke on the background to the change, the results of the survey on the proposed assessment structure and weighting for School Assessed Coursework (SACs). The survey closed on 15th February. Maria also introduced second survey on the end of year exam that addressed the issues of exam length, content coverage, weighting and choice of Detailed Studies. This survey sheet is available below, but the survey is now available online at the link below. Maria will present the results of this survey at the meeting of the VCAA board next Wednesday, 29th February. So if you wish to influence the outcome for yourself and your students, you should respond to the survey by Monday, 27th February.
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Presentation from VCAA session on the Cancellation of the Mid-Year Exam |
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This is the Powerpoint presented by Maria James, Science Curriculum Manager. It covers contemporary issues in science education, the recent VCAA Survey of SACs and introduces the current survey (see below) on the possible format of the end of year exam in 2013. | |||
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One A4 page in landscape with five statements on exam length, coverage of content, exam: SAC weighting and choice of Detailed Study. You are asked whether you agree or disagree and and how strongly. There is space for comment. The survey is also available online, see below. | |||
The Victorian Young Physicists' Tournament and the AIP Physics Photo and Video Clip Contests were promoted at the conference. The Video contest has a new format this year.
The Education Committee's programs: Support for New Teachers: In-Services and Mentor Scheme and the AIP Travelling Scholarship were also promoted.
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The newsletter was distributed to participants. It has information about in-services, competitions for students and activities of the AIP (Vic Branch) Education Committee. | |||
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This is a flyer for the workshop to be held on Monday, 2nd April at Kew High School. Invited speakers include: • Dr. Graeme Pearman, Chief of the CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research from 1992 to 2002. • Prof. Neville Nicholls ARC Professorial Fellow, Regional Climate Group, Lead Author IPCC • Dr. Peter Seligman Melbourne Energy Institute, Author, 'Australian Sustainable Energy by the numbers'. | |||
Conference Proceedings
Addresses, Chief Assessor's Report,
Workshops, Video/Audio Downloads
Material will be added as it becomes available from the presenters. Audio and video (i.e. the powerpoint plus sound) files have been downloaded from Monash University. They are currently being edited and the signal boosted before being uploaded to this website.
Opening Address and Physics Oration
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This file has the videos deleted and replaced with links to Dr Muller's Veritasium website. | |||
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The presentation shows the slides from Dr Muller's Powerpoint presentation with the audio track over the top. The size of this file makes it very slow to download. | |||
The Chief Assessor's Report
Workshops
Workshops on specific Areas of Study: Material can be downloaded from the page for the Study. Click on link
- A9: Kinaesthetic Activities to teach Waves and Optics in Senior Physics Courses by Louise Mason, St Leonard's College. Unit 2 Light
- B10: Teaching the Detailed Study - Further Electronics by Dr Murray Anderson, Camberwell Grammar School. Further Electronics
- C3, D2: Practical Activities for Light by Helen Lye, ACER, Dan O'Keeffe, AIP Education Committee. Unit 2 Light
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Beyond The Electronic Filing Cabinet - Delivering VCE Physics Online And Interactive |
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The pptx presentation by Bruce Carpenter, Bendigo Senior Secondary College | |||
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Material (pdf) from the presentation by Phil Jones, The Logical Interface. | |||
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StudyON: for VCE Physics - Want to Improve Your Students’ Exam Results? |
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The brochure for the StudyON product by John Wiley & Sons | |||
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List of topics from the VCE Physics Areas of Study in Units 1 and 2 for the StudyON product by John Wiley & Sons. | |||
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Powerpoint on rotational dynamics by Dr Ken McGregor. | |||
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Handout by Paul Fitzgerald from Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School and Paul Fielding from Billanook College. | |||
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The 2002 issue of Nerdling on nuclear energy found by Paul Fitzgerald from Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School and Paul Fielding from Billanook College. | |||
Video/Audio Downloads
The files will be available in three formats, i) video (that is, the powerpoint presentation with sound), ii) the audio track only and iii) th first 10 minutes of the audio track.