Opportunities for professional development are offered to high school physics teachers throughout the year by CIPT. High school students enrolled in physics classes are invited to explore college physics each fall.
Workshops
Annual Spring and Fall workshops are held for high school physics teachers at Cornell University. Other workshops are held throughout the United States.
NEW FEATURE! Selected program presentations are available in Past Programs.
Arecibo Observatory Workshop - 2009
Courses
CIPT summer courses - PHYS 501, Contemporary Physics for Teachers and PHYS 502, Physics Topics for Teachers are offered each July.
PHYS 501 Class of 2008
To enhance professional development opportunites, CIPT offers labs and activities for use in high school physics classes as well as equipment to conduct the labs.
Labs
Teams of high school teachers and Cornell University scientists collaborate to develop hands-on inquiry-based labs. Currently there are 26 labs in PDF available for downloading by any teacher.
Exploring Wave Phenomena
Equipment Lending Library
Most CIPT-developed labs are supported by equipment to conduct the lab. CIPT-trained teachers may use the equipment free of charge.
Equipment used in classroom
PHYS 6501
Contemporary Physics
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
July 5 - 16, 2010
PHYS 6502
Topics in Physics for Teachers
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
July 25 - 30, 2010
Rochester, NY
Monday, November 2, 2009
Session G-14
Tuesday, Novebmer 3, 2009
Sessions H-9, I-9, J-9
Spring Workshop
TBA
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Linda Clougherty
CNS Education Program Coordinator
632 Clark Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-255-9434
cipt_contact@cornell.edu
