24th Australian Institute of Physics Congress

Session

SASTA

15 Dec 2022, 11:00

Room R2 (Adelaide Convention Centre)

929. Education in Physics: Igniting passion for physics: students, teachers and academics

15/12/2022, 11:00

Format: 15 minutes Talks from experts in the field + Q&A. University professors & high school teachers
Description: Excitement in Physics is infectious, and it draws people in. For example, Paul Hewitt became known for his passionate and fun way advocating for physics and inspiring many students. Dianna Cowern, an MIT graduate, became a YouTuber known as ‘Physics Girl’. Brian May, the league...

930. Teaching and Learning Modern Physics: Quantum Physics and / Relativity

15/12/2022, 14:00

Format: 20 minutes workshops by the university professors
Description: Modern physics requires an adequate use of models and a deep conceptual understanding of the underlying abstract ideas. The Physics curriculum in high schools and introductory university courses contains, at best, a passing reference to 20th Century physics. How have teachers and students adapted their conceptual...

931. Space: Is Australia ready for the next generation of space innovations?

15/12/2022, 16:00

Format: Panel consisting of some experts in the field and a facilitator
Description: Will Australia be ready for the next generation of space innovations?
Space science and technologies is one of the most rapidly-growing, highly-diverse areas in Australia that needs new people in it. It’s a growth industry and we need Australians to contribute to it. That takes focus and investment. Space is...