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=Welcome to Kentucky Physics Teachers High School Wiki!=

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__//**KAPT Spring Meeting March 17 at Western Kentucky University's Innovation and Commercialization Center (ICC).**//__ The morning had several speakers from various universities. These speakers included professor and students summarizing research they have done. One of the talks that I thank was very interesting and useful for high school and the new standards that are coming out was the UQAWA (Universal Qualitative Analysis Writing Assignment) given by Dr. Robert W. Arts (University of Pikeville). I have attached a version of the power point on the topic in the power point section of this wiki. Another talk that high school teacher would have found interesting is the one over Orienting Students to Participate in Inquiry-based Physics by Dr. Jon D. H. Gaffney (University of Kentucky)

__//**The fall meeting is set for Sept. 12 at Warren East High School at 5:00 pm.**//__

I have added pages for demonstrations and labs to our wiki so that we can share any of these activities that you think others would like.

**The Fall 2010 Western Ky Physics Alliance Meeting**
The 2010 Fall Western Kentucky Physics Alliance Meeting was at the new South Warren High School. At this meeting Doug Jenkins showed several demonstrations about waves and sound. Mike Stuckey and Kenny Lee handed out copies of labs that they have used in Physics and AP Physics. Western Kentucky University's Physics and Astronomy Dept. bought pizza for the group that included several pre-service teachers.