[Pluslucis] 65.Fortbildungswoche 2011 etc.

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Ich möchte folgende Termine mitteilen:
65. Fortbildungswoche 2011 vom 21.2.2011 bis 25.2.2011
66. Fortbildungswoche 2012 vom 27.2.2012 bis 2.3.2012.

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International Young Physicists Tournament 2010
Physik-WeltCup in Wien
10. bis 15. Juli 2010
Das vollständige Programm: <http://iypt.at/dl/bookletIIYPT2010.pdf>
Eröffnung: 10. Juli, 9:00 Uhr in der Österreichischen Akademei der 
Wissenschaften. Festvortrag: Prof. R. Grimm (Innsbruck)

24 Schülerteams messen sich im Physik-Turnier:

Für interessierte Lehrkräfte gibt es:
IYPT 2010 Visiting Teachers' Programme

This programme will enable teachers
     * to watch physics fights,
     * to discuss physics issues with jurors,
     * to find out the main criteria for success in physics fights,
     * to have contacts with the students and to find out the motives 
for participation in a very challenging competition,
     * to meet fellow teachers with interest in working with gifted 
students,
     * Participation in the social program (please see the application form)
     * to try out for themselves IYPT problems of previous years, and
     * to explore Vienna and some of its science institutions.

The LOC offers the following variants of the Visiting Teachers’ Programme:

     * A) Participation during the whole IYPT. This variant is open 
according to availability of hotel rooms and may be booked under the 
same conditions as for non-official guests. The fee of 800 EUR covers 
accommodation in a student guest house, meals and participation in the 
excursions.
     * B) Reduced sojourn: daily rate 115 EUR
     * C) Single day participation may be of interest primarily to 
Austrian, Czech and Slovak teachers, who will not require accommodation 
and intend to participate on selected days. The fee of 40 EUR per day 
will cover attendance of physics fights, participation in an IYPT 
problem solving workshop (July 12, afternoon), participation in the 
Science Vienna (Afternoon in Science) programme (July 13, afternoon) and 
lunch together with students, jurors and other visitors on the booked 
day(s).

For registration please write to:
Austrian participants: teachers at iypt.at

The IYPT problem solving workshop (July 12, afternoon) will introduce 
teachers to some of the IYPT problems of previous years, especially to 
those which might serve as models for project work in classrooms. 
Advance registration is necessary. The workshop will be conducted with a 
minimum of 3 participants and a maximum of 20. It will focus on the 
physics content and on argumentation.

Besides the physics fights and excursions special highlights will be the 
talks by Prof. Rudi Grimm at the opening ceremony and by Prof. Christian 
Fabjan after the Tuesday afternoon visit to research institutions in 
Vienna. Prof. Grimm does experiments at one of the coldest places in the 
universe, i.e. his laboratory at Innsbruck University where he and his 
co-workers investigate the behaviour of matter at the very lowest 
temperatures. Prof. Fabjan will give an outlook on what to expect of 
particle physics research within the next decade and will connect 
accelerator physics with astrophysics.

Of course, the physics fights deserve particular attention. Visiting 
teachers will be able to experience intense scientific debates about 
explanations – and weaknesses thereof – of everyday phenomena.



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Dr. Helmut Kühnelt
Universität Wien - Fakultät für Physik
Österr. Kompetenzzentrum für Didaktik der Physik
Verein zur Förderung des physikalischen und chemischen Unterrichts
Währinger Str. 17
1090 Wien
Mobil: 0676 9550737
Fax: (01) 4277 9711