Sunday, November 27, 2011

The Reminder - December 2011

We had a great meeting at Joliet West High School in November.  Thanks to Debbie Lojkutz for hosting. You can read all about the demos shown at the meeting and get directions to DePaul University for the December meeting in the latest issue of The Reminder.

Monday, November 7, 2011

The Reminder - ISPP at Joliet West

The next meeting of ISPP will be on November 16th starting at 6:30 at Joliet West High School.

Directions are posted in this issue of the Reminder!

See you next week!

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Physics West September meeting

The minutes for the September Physics West Meeting are available for download.

Add yourself to the Physics West mailing list, if you're not already on it.

Physics West Meeting next week (October 11)

The October Physics West meeting will be at Glenbard North High School on Tuesday, October 11.


PLEASE RSVP TO DAN RUBINO FOR BEST PLANNING ON FOOD

The usual... food and refreshments start at 5:30 p.m. in room 2-320 (signs will be posted), demos at 6:30 p.m.



Glenbard North High School is located on the corner of Kuhn and Lies Road in Carol Stream.

Directions from the North
From County Farm Road: Go South to Lies Road. Go East 1/4 mile on Lies Road. Turn right into the main parking lot entrance.

From Gary Avenue: Go South to Lies Road. Go West 1 mile on Lies Road. Turn left into the main parking lot entrance.


Directions from the East
From Army Trail Road: Go West to Kuhn Road. Go South 1 mile on Kuhn Road to Lies Road. Turn left onto Lies Road and then left into the main parking lot entrance.

From North Avenue: Go West to Kuhn Road. Go North 2 miles on Kuhn Road to Lies Road. Turn left onto Lies Road and left into the main parking lot entrance.

From Geneva Avenue: West to Gary Avenue. Go North on Gary Avenue to Lies Road. Go 1 mile West on Lies Road. Turn left into the main parking lot entrance.

Directions from the South
From County Farm Road: Go North to Lies Road. Go East 1/4 mile on Lies Road. Turn right into the main parking lot entrance.

From Gary Avenue: Go North to Lies Road. Go West 1 mile on Lies Road. Turn left into the main parking lot entrance.

From Schmale Road/Main Street (Wheaton): Go North to Lies Road. Go West 2 miles on Lies Road. Turn left into the main parking lot entrance.


Directions from the West
From Army Trail Road: Go East to Kuhn Road. Go South 1 mile on Kuhn Road to Lies Road. Turn left onto Lies Road, then left into the main parking lot entrance.

From North Avenue: Go East to Kuhn Road. Go North 2 miles on Kuhn Road to Lies Road. Turn left onto Lies Road, then left into the main parking lot entrance.

(Directions from anywhere)

Thursday, September 22, 2011

ISPP Tonight (Sep 22)

Reminder that the ISPP meeting tonight is at the New Trier Winnetka campus in Room 132.

The campus is east of Green Bay Road.  See you there!

6:30 pm.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Physics West - Tuesday September 13 at North Central College

The first meeting of the 2011-12 school year for Physics West is next Tuesday evening at North Central College in the science building.  See the announcement for meeting details and directions.  Hope to see you there!

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

The Reminder - September 2011

Welcome back to another year of ISPP!  The latest issue of The Reminder is online. The next meeting of ISPP is at New Trier High School on Thursday, September 22, 2011 from 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.  Directions to New Trier High School are in The Reminder.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

End of the year!

We just had a great meeting at the Museum of Science and Industry tonight. The schedule for next year is shaping up, and the finalized dates have been posted to the calendar on the right side of this page. (If you don't see any event, click a few times on the "Look for more" link.)

Some other dates to keep in mind:

January 11 or 18 (not yet finalized) will be the annual Tri-Physics meeting at Elmhurst.
April 10 or 17 (not yet finalized) will be ISPP's meeting at Lake Forest College.

More dates will be posted as they are set by our hosts.

Also, Elizabeth Ramseyer at Niles West High School passed on a link to some teacher workshops at Yerkes Observatory which might be of interest:

Stars at Yerkes

Thursday, May 19, 2011

The Reminder - June 2011

We had a great meeting at Niles West High School this month.  Next month will be the last ISPP meeting of the school year at the Museum of Science and Industry.  See the current issue of "The Reminder" for directions to the meeting.

Some of the websites mentioned at the last meeting (also in The Reminder) included:

1.) Niles West HS Astronomy Outreach

2.) Astrometry.net

3.) Planet Hunters (part of the Zooniverse project)

4.) CMYK Image Splitter program (which was used to make the give-away).

Monday, April 25, 2011

The Reminder - May 2011

The latest issue of The Reminder is now available for download. Thanks to John Milton for writing up this issue!  See you in May at Niles West High School!

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Directions to the May ISPP meeting

Our next meeting will be at Niles West High School in Skokie on May 9. We will be in room 3220 which is near the back of the building on the third floor.

Park in the north parking lot (off of Oakton St.) and enter at the Auditorium Entrance.  Signs will direct you to the correct room.

Address and map for Nile West High School: Niles West, 5701 Oakton St., Skokie, IL 60077

New website, same URL

This is the new website for the Illinois State Physics Project (ISPP). Please continue to use the www.ispp.info URL.  Archives of past issues of The Reminder will be posted here soon.

Also, if you have any suggestions or content you'd like to see on the website, let me know: "amorri29 AT depaul DOT edu".   Thanks!