The Fall 2006 Joint Meeting
of the
APS and AAPT New England Sections

"The Physics of Sports"

October 13–14, 2006
College of the Holy Cross


Program

Friday, October 13
Hogan Campus Center
Noon–6 PM Registration
Noon–6 PMExhibitors
2:00 PMWelcome
2:15 PMPlenary Talk I: "The Physics of Baseball"
Robert K. Adair
3:15 PMRefreshment break
3:30 PMPlenary Talk II: "Baseball Bat Research and Regulations"
Patrick Drane
4:30 PMPlenary Talk III: "Angular Momentum of the Human Body"
John Di Bartolo
5:30 PMJoint APS-AAPT poster session
6:30 PMBanquet
7:30 PMPost-banquet talk: "The Physics of Football"
Timothy Gay
Saturday, October 14
Haberlin Hall & Swords Hall
7:00 AM AAPT Executive Committee meeting
7:30 AM–Noon Registration
7:30 AM Continental breakfast
8:00 AM–2 PM Exhibitors
8:00 AM Parallel APS and AAPT contributed talks:
  APS contributed talks AAPT contributed talks
9:40 AM Refreshment break
10:00 AM Plenary Talk IV: "Sport Technology Policy: The Balancing Act"
J. Nadine Gelberg
11:00 AM Plenary Talk V: "The Physics (and Mathematics) of Sports Records"
Beatte Schmittmann
12:00 PM Lunch (on your own)
12:30 AM APS Executive Committee lunch meeting
1:30 PM Parallel AAPT workshops (free to all registrants):
  "Assessment Alternatives—Ranking Task Exercises in Mechanics"
Marti Lynes & Sister Mary Catherine Burns
"Begin With Special Relativity"
Elisha R. Huggins
2:30 PM Parallel AAPT workshops (free to all registrants):
  "Ranking Task Exercises and Tippers in Physics"
Marti Lynes & Sister Mary Catherine Burns
"Phenomenal Physics—A Guided Inquiry Curriculum for Pre-College Education and Conceptual Physics Instruction at the College Level"
J. Russell Harkay

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