SWATCA2018

The Physics 30 curriculum mandates several lab exercises for students. One of the more difficult of these labs to get good results with is Coulomb's Law. I will show several ways to do a Coulomb's Law experiment that are inexpensive, quantitative, and understandable to students. The questions that teachers ask of the students doing the lab can foster critical thinking and increase achievement on exams.

Learn how taking care of yourself first can improve your personal wellbeing, as the wellbeing of those you’re a role model for. The life of a school employee can be compared to running a marathon—but at a sprinter's pace! We know it can be crazy at times and that's why we talk about how to set up a self-care plan that will help you dial down the craziness, and dial up your happiness. Learn how taking care of yourself first can improve your personal wellbeing, as well as the wellbeing of those you’re a role model for. Our Self-Care Workshop is tailored to the unique environment of any school employee and dives into how and why it is important to take care of ourselves first. The session is a mixture of valuable self-care evidence based information and skills. Participants will have the opportunity to brainstorm and think on what self-care means to them as well as take advantage of some protected time to sit back and create a self-care plan and an emergency self-care plan. Our Workplace Wellness Liaison will be there to guide and support the process and tell a few jokes to keep spirits high.

This session will provide teachers and administrators with an overview of the Mathematics 30-1 and Mathematics 30-2 programs. Alberta Education Staff will provide information about the programs and how classroom teachers can develop "written-response" classroom assessments for use in their instructional programs. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions to clarify their understanding of the programs and how they might be involved with Alberta Education in curriculum development and assessment opportunities.

More inexpensive and easy physics demonstrations for junior and senior high school. In this session, I will show several physics demonstrations. I will discuss strengths and weaknesses of the demonstrations as well as strategies for getting students to develop a true understanding of the science that underlies them. Note that these demos are different than the ones I showed last year.