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The physics department at Seattle Pacific University seeks to prepare our students to use the history, and ideas of physics and their analytical, computational and research skills to engage the culture, the Creation, their minds and the minds of others.


 
     
 

The Energy Project Cohort

Welcome to the Energy Project Cohort informational page!

Here you will find the most up-to-date calendar of events, links to helpful documents, and other cohort announcements.

Check back frequently as we continue to refine and add to this page.

Calendar

Academic Year Professional Development Dates:

Wednesday, 11/18/09

Thursday, 12/3/09

Monday, 12/14/09

Thursday, 1/14/10

Monday, 1/25/10

Tuesday, 2/9/10

Wednesday, 2/24/10

Thursday, 3/11/10

Monday, 3/22/10

Tuesday, 4/13/10

Wednesday, 4/28/10

Monday, 5/10/10

Wednesday, 5/26/10

Tuesday, 6/8/10

All sessions are 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm, at SPU in Otto Miller Hall,

unless otherwise noted.

You may also view these dates in calendar form.

Summer Professional Development Courses:

Energy One: August 9 - 13, 16 - 20, 2010

Energy Two: August 2 - 6, 9 - 13, 2010

Course descriptions can be found on the Energy Project main page.

Please contact Julie Glavic to enroll in or ask questions about the summer professional development courses.

Description of Academic Year Professional Development Evenings

This course for teachers can be taken either as a standalone course or as part of a two-year, coherent, articulated professional development program.

This course will provide for the continuing development and application of ideas about energy instruction and formative assessment. Course activities will include presentations by instructors or special guests; whole-group discussions in which instructors and participants present and reflect on energy content and instructional strategies; and work in small groups.

You may download the course syllabus for more information:

AYPD1_Energy_Syllabus_2009-2010(v4)

Documents

Proposed Focus Areas for Academic Year Professional Development:

Proposed_Focus_Areas_for_Working_Groups(v3)

W-9 Form (Required in order to pay stipends for participants):

fw9

Sample Portfolio Documents

EnergyPD - Framework for FA analysis and response

EnergyPD - Session reflection and hw

 
     









NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS  
 
10.10.08 - Northwest Regional PTEC Conference - will include plenary talks by local and national experts, panel discussions & workshops. We will also be hosting a partnership building dinner, immediately following the conference, at the Bambuza Vietnamese Restaurant in downtown Seattle.
To read more,
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SPU Physics to Study Learning and Teaching of Energy - The Physics Department received a five-year $3.7 M National Science Foundation grant to investigate student thinking about energy from childhood through college and to study how teachers learn to assess student thinking while they teach.

 

 
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