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Prof.
Lockwood David
Email: [email protected] |
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| http://www.cap.ca/wyp/index.asp |
| http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/strings2005 |
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National
Events:
- A special
WYP2005 calendar to be distributed to high schools, with planned
events throughout 2005 marked on the calendar
- National
Museum of Science and Tech. prepare hands on display demonstrating
Einstein’s discoveries
- Interactive
displays on CAP website
- Produce
a glossy booklet for schools and the public providing an overview
of 100 years of physics in Canada and 60 years of CAP
- Run immediately
a competition within CAP for a logo design and for nominations
of the most important achievement in physics in Canada in the
last 100 years.
- Profile
a significant achievement in physics in Canada (e.g. , electron
microscope development in Toronto, Brockhouse’s neutron scattering
work) and prepare a booklet detailing its history
- (In June)
Special CAP congress to mark 60th anniversary at UBC.
- (October/
November 2005) The IUPAP General Assembly might be held in Canada,
perhaps in June with the CAP congress. The decision on the location
of the 2005 Assembly has not yet been finalized.
- Special
articles in PIC throughout the year and/or a special issue on
physics education.
- A special
review article with Canadian authors to appear in each issue of
Can J. Phys. throughout 2005
- A new physics
undergraduate university curriculum announced at start of year
Provincial
Events:
- Special displays
at the provincial museums of Science and Techn., e.g., Ontario
Science Museum and science North in Sudbury, Ontario
- CAP prestigious
WYP2005 lecture tour with a great name(s) as speaker.
Regional
Events:
- The CAP’s
Division of Physics Education will organize, in summer 2005, regional
institutes for physics teachers on a grand scale.
- Place science
teachers in University and Government Laboratories for a few days
for hands-on experience, modelled on the exsting program run by
TRIUMPF.
- Science festival
"Quantum information": 21 January 2005 at Rozsa Centre,
University of Calgary. More information on the website http://www.iqis.org/contest
Local Events:
- Each university/college
physics department chair and national laboratory is to organize
a local event
- Special
prizes for physics posters at local science fairs. Give a scroll/certificate
plus cash/mug/t-shirt.
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