Webinar Workshops - Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

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Perimeter Institute is launching a series of Webinar Workshops designed to help you effectively utilize our teacher resources. The webinars will allow you to participate in an interactive workshop with a PI Outreach scientist who will review the resource, give helpful hints on how to use it in your classroom, and answer any of your questions – all from the comfort of your own computer.

Upcoming Webinars Include:

Mystery of Dark Matter - Thursday February 16, 2012 What is the universe made of? This question is one of the deepest and most profound of all time. If you’d asked astronomers about it a couple of decades ago, they would have replied by listing stars, gases, planets and other objects that emit light. Since then, there has been a monumental revolution in our understanding of the cosmos. Physicists have recently discovered that most of the mass of every galaxy is made of a mysterious unseen substance called dark matter. This resource details the evidence that supports the existence of dark matter and the latest efforts to determine its composition. Grades: 11-12 Curriculum Links: uniform circular motion, universal gravitation, collisions, process of science, mathematical relationships

Everyday Einstein: GPS and Relativity – Thursday March 1, 2012 The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a marvel of modern technology. It is a powerful navigational tool capable of pinpointing your location to within a few metres anywhere on the planet. Surprisingly, it incorporates a number of effects from Einstein’s theory of relativity. This resource explains how the GPS works and how it relies on the seemingly abstract idea of time dilation. Grades: 9-12 Curriculum Links: Uniform circular motion, relativity, momentum & energy, universal gravitation, frames of reference, kinematics, measurement

Physics of Innovation – Thursday April 5, 2012 Children grow up with technology and know how to use it. But most have little clue how it works, or where it comes from. The answer, of course, is physics—game-changing ideas such as electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, and relativity. Inspire your students with the relevance and power of science, and excite them with fantastic future technologies their generation may help to create. Grades: 9-12. Curriculum Links: STSE, scientific literacy, and careers in science and mathematics. Also electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, and special relativity.

Revolutions of Science – Tuesday April 17, 2012 Want to challenge and inspire your students? Engage them in the critical and creative thinking behind three of the most profound ideas in the history of science: special relativity, general relativity, and quantum mechanics. Two classroom periods for each idea, focused on building and revising scientific models. All in one surprisingly accessible resource filled with simple demos and activities. Based on the popular Alice & Bob in Wonderland animations. Grades: 9-12. Curriculum Links: Nature of science, process of scientific modelling, gravity, weight & inertia, force & acceleration, Bohr-Rutherford & quantum mechanical models of the atom, wave-particle duality, electromagnetic fields, frames of reference, relative motion, time dilation, length contraction, and energy.

Challenge of Quantum Reality – Wednesday May 9, 2012 Quantum physics is arguably the most successful scientific theory in human history. It is an incredibly broad model that describes the entire subatomic with unprecedented accuracy. This resource introduces students to the key ideas in quantum physics via one of the most iconic scientific experiments - the double-slit experiment with electrons. Grades: 11-12 Curriculum Links: Particle and wave behaviour, wave-particle duality, wave nature of matter, particle nature of light

All Webinars will be presented at 7 PM EST

If you are interested in taking advantage of this opportunity please register by clicking the following link: Registration. Detailed information regarding login to the webinar will be emailed to you a few days before the workshop.

Also Available - Classroom Webinars

We will also be hosting a limited number of classroom webinars. After you have used the PI resource with your class, a member of our Outreach team will conduct an interactive webinar allowing students to ask questions about the resource topic. If you are interested in having your class participate in a classroom webinar please complete that section of the registration form Registration as well.

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