Bulletin of the American Physical Society
Spring 2015 Joint Meeting of the Texas Section of the AAPT, Texas Section of the APS and Zone 13 of the Society of Physics Students
Volume 60, Number 2
Thursday–Saturday, March 5–7, 2015; Baytown, Texas
Session E1: Plenary Session II |
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Chair: Evan Richards, Lee College Room: Tucker Hall Auditorium |
Saturday, March 7, 2015 8:15AM - 8:20AM |
E1.00001: Welcome |
Saturday, March 7, 2015 8:20AM - 8:56AM |
E1.00002: Plenary -- Physics and Foolishness Invited Speaker: Carolyn Sumners Physics is most fun when mixed with a bit of foolishness -- either intended or accidental. Stories from planetarium shows, physics exhibits, and space simulations show how confused and perhaps gullible an audience can be -- and how often our logical explanations make no sense to someone who doesn't think like us. This talk will be a humorous account of trying to make physics make sense includes explaining why astronauts should play with toys, why the Earth doesn't rise on the Moon, why there's ice on Mercury and snow on Pluto, why seasons aren't global warming, and how to get away with murder in a planetarium -- all in good fun. The talk ends with a lesson on driving a monster truck on the moon. The audience will be invited to test their own driving skills in 1/6$^{th}$ g in a portable dome after the presentation. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, March 7, 2015 8:56AM - 9:32AM |
E1.00003: Plenary -- New Perspectives on the Status of Women in Physics Invited Speaker: Jill Marshall There are various hypotheses about the reasons why there are fewer women than men in physics. I will use a psycho-bio-social framework for gender differences to review recent findings on why we might find fewer women in physics classrooms and laboratories and present suggestions from this research about how we might address the gender gap in physics, should we choose to. Finally, I will highlight resources available from AAPT, APS, and AIP. [Preview Abstract] |
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