Bangor Conference 2011

Here is this year’s conference programme.

Bangor Conference Tuesday 21^st  June 2011

 

Programme

 

09.30 – 09.45 Registration

09.45 – 09.50 Welcome

                    by Prof J Pritchard

                    Bangor University

09.50 – 10.50 Lecture: “Back to the big bang, the Large Hadron Collider”

                    By Dr Lyndon Rees Evans CBE FRS

                    LHC Project Leader, CERN  

10.50-11.05 Coffee

11.05 – 11.50 Lecture: “Physics at the Interface with Biology”

                    By Prof Dame Athene Donald FRS

                    Physics Dept, Cambridge University and Chair of the Royal Society’s Education Committee

11.50 -12.50 Lunch and Bring and share

(Bring along your favourite classroom resource)

12.50 – 13.10 News slot

 Andrea Fesmer (IOP Network Co-ordinator for North Wales)

13.10 – 14.10 Session 1  Select your workshop from those available.

14.15 – 15.15 Session 2  Select your workshop from those available.

15.15 – 15.30 Plenary ‘Any Questions?’ and evaluation (Handing out goodie bags)

                        Andrea Fesmer

15.30 – 16.00 Coffee

Workshop Choices

New GCSE Physics internal assessment G Kelly (WJEC) 

Exploring the Universe from the classroom A Newsam (LJMU) 

Energy Workshop G Williams (IOP)

Build a Joule thief (Make and Take) I Pierce (Bangor University)

Cheap Toys for The Beasties (Make and Take) L White and F Lane (Holywell High School)

Engaging with Girls – Making your physics lessons more ‘girl friendly’ C Thomson (IOP)

Physics of Computer Games J Purdy (Hull University)

 

 For further details e-mail andrea.fesmer@talk21.com

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