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2015 AAPT WinterWinter MeetingMeeting San Diego, CA January 4–7, 2014 1 We speak Physics! 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Designed by teachers, for teachers. 2 LON-CAPA is Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees JANUARY 3-6 2015 WINTER MEETING SAN DIEGO, CA 2015 AAPT Winter Meeting Welcome to San Diego .......................... 2 Meeting Information ............................. 4 First Time at a Meeting? ........................ 6 Bus Schedule ......................................... 8 San Diego, CA Meeting at a Glance .............................. 9 Special Events ....................................... 13 January 3–6, 2015 Committee Meetings............................. 14 AAPT Awards ......................................... 16 Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina Plenaries ............................................... 21 Commercial Workshops ......................... 22 Exhibitor Information ............................ 25 Sessions Schedule Tables ....................... 28 Workshop Abstracts .............................. 31 Session Abstracts .................................. 36 Saturday ............................................. 36 Sunday ............................................... 38 American Association of Physics Teachers Monday ............................................. 55 One Physics Ellipse Tuesday ............................................... 84 College Park, MD 20740 Session Sponsors ................................... 91 301-209-3333 www.aapt.org Participants’ Index ................................. 104 Advertiser Index .................................... 106 Maps ..................................................... 107 Cover photo: courtesy San Diego.org, Joanne DiBona Welcome to San Diego elcome to the 2015 AAPT winter meeting in San WDiego. Be prepared for workshops for physics, astronomy, and physical science teachers of any level, engaging sessions on a variety of topics, plenary talks, and special events—an exciting and invigorating four days! History of San Diego Originally, Native Americans, the Kumeyaays, lived next to the San Diego River and coastal area. The first Europeans to land on the West Coast were represented by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo of Spain at San Diego Bay in 1542. He claimed the entire area for Spain. In 1602 Sebastián Vizcaíno was sent to map the California coast; he arrived on his ship the San Diego. In 1769, Gaspar de Portolà established the Fort Presidio of San Diego. Also that year, Mission San Diego de Alcalá was founded by Franciscan friars. San Diego became part of Mexico in 1821 after Mexico won its independence from Spain. The Fort Presidio was gradually abandoned; and the town of San Diego grew up on the level land below the fort. In the year 1838, San Diego had only 100-150 residents and it lost its pueblo status. The U.S. went to war against Mexico in 1846 and set out to conquer California. The Mexican-American war dragged out til 1848, ending with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The Mexicans tried to keep San Diego as part of Mexico, but eventually, the boarder was agreed on to be “one league” south of San Diego Bay. The state of California was admitted to the union in 1850; the same year San Diego was incorporated as a city. Two world fairs, the Panama-California Exposition in 1915, photos courtesy: Joanne DiBona, sandiego.org and the California Pacific International Exposition in 1935, were held in San Diego’s Balboa Park. Many of the Spanish- Baroque style buildings built for these events are still there. Show your School Spirit San Diego became a major hub of military activity, and the population of the city doubled between 1930 (147,995) to at the meeting! 1950 (333,865). Education School Spirit Day The following colleges and universities are located in and around San Diego: Public colleges include: University of California, San Diego, San Diego State University, San Diego Community College District. Private colleges include: University of San Diego, Point Loma Nazarene University, Alliant International University (AIU), National University, California International Business University (CIBU), San Diego Christian College, John Paul the Great Catholic University, California College San Diego, Coleman University, University of Redlands School of Business. (courtesy, Wikipedia) Sunday, January 4 JANUARY 3-6 2 2015 WINTER MEETING SAN DIEGO, CA Welcome to San Diego Things to do in San Diego: u San Diego Zoo: The San Diego Zoo is one of San Diego’s most well-known attractions—famous for its pandas and its pioneering efforts to create cage-less exhibits. Also see Orchid House and botanical gardens. Open daily 9–6. 2920 Zoo Drive • San Diego, CA 92101 • zoo.sandiegozoo.org/. u San Diego Air and Space Museum: The Air and Space Museum San Diego has exhibits that display aerospace artifacts and aviation memorabilia in addition to flight simu- lators and 3D/4D movie showings. 2001 Pan American Plaza • San Diego, CA 92101 • www. sandiegoairandspace.org/. u USS Midway Museum: The USS Midway Museum Photo courtesy Hotel del Coronado welcomes visitors to tour the 60 exhibits and 25 restored aircrafts about the famous aircraft carrier. Located in the harbor area, you can also take a Harbor Tour by boat or visit the Maritime Museum there. 910 North Harbor Drive • San Diego, CA 92101 • www.midway.org/. u SeaWorld San Diego: SeaWorld in San Diego has a roller coaster and you can also watch Shamu’s tricks and learn about marine life and conservationism. 500 Sea World Drive • San Diego, CA 92109 • seaworldparks.com/en/sea- world-sandiego/. u Hotel del Coronado and beach: An iconic beach- front luxury hotel in San Diego; site of “Some Like it Hot” filming and other movies. Opened in 1888, it is one of the few remaining Victorian wooden luxury hotels and is designated a National Historic Landmark. 1500 Orange Ave. • Coro- nado, CA 92118 • http://hoteldel.com/. u San Diego Museum of Man: Anthropology museum located in Balboa Park. Find out more about humans. Special Photo courtesy San Diego Zoo exhibits now: “From the Vault Rare Artifacts with Fascinating Stories,” “BEERology,” “Monsters!” 1350 El Prado • Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101; www.museumofman.org/. u Balboa Park: Famous city park founded in late 1800s, and many buildings are from the 1915 Panama-California Exposition. Includes Old Globe Theater, Model Railroad Museum, Automotive Museum, Japanese Friendship Garden, and Natural History Museum plus the Zoo! 1350 El Prado • Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101; http://www.balboapark. org/. (compiled from www.sandiego.org/) January 3–6, 2015 3 Photo courtesy SeaWorld AAPT Sustaining Members Special Thanks The American Association of Physics Teachers is extremely AAPT wishes to thank the following persons for their dedication grateful to the following companies who have and selfless contributions to the Winter Meeting: generously supported AAPT over the years: Greg Severn, University of San Diego, for organizing the workshops. American 3B Scientific Paper sorters: Andrews University Physics Enterprises Sean Bentley, Society of Physics Students, College Park, MD Arbor Scientific Andrew Gavrin, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis CourseWeaver Jan Mader, Great Falls High School, Great Falls, MT Educational Innovations Ergopedia, Inc. Daryl McPadden, Florida International University, Miami, FL Expert TA Eleanor Sayre, Kansas State University. Manhattan, KS Klinger Educational Products Corp. Liti Holographics AAPT Executive Board Elaine Gwinn, Vice Chair of Section Oceanside Photo & Telescope Representatives Steven Iona, President Shenandoah High School OpenStax College University of Denver Middletown, IN Denver, CO PASCO scientific Jan Mader, at large (High School Mary Elizabeth Mogge, President- Representative) Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Elect California State Polytechnic Great Falls High School University, Pomona, CA Great Falls, MT Plot.ly Janelle M. Bailey, Vice President Aaron P. Titus, at large (4-Year College Spectrum Techniques LLC Temple University Representative) Philadelphia, PA TeachSpin Inc. High Point University Wolfgang Christian, Secretary High Point, NC Tel-Atomic Inc. Davidson College Paul Williams, at large (2-Year Davidson, NC Triangle Coalition for Stem Education College Representative) Steven Turley, Treasurer Austin Community College Vernier Software Brigham Young University Austin, TX Provo, UT W H Freeman & Company Gary D. White (ex officio) Gay B. Stewart, Past President Editor, The Physics Teacher Ward’s Science University of Arkansas