After receiving his doctorate in Physics and Education from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1976, Bob taught four years as a Lecturer in Physics at his alma mater before coming to the Physics Department at Middlebury College in 1980. In fall 2000, he was appointed to direct the Teacher Education Program at the College. As his resume shows, Bob has a wide variety of teaching and research interests. Furthermore, he has been deeply involved for more that 15 years working with K-12 educators on inquiry-based, science teaching and learning in Vermont and beyond, supported through grants from the NSF and the Vermont Department of Education. Bob’s work with teachers and schools goes beyond the annual summer institutes and includes phone-call-help to local teachers, science assemblies at local schools, lending equipment and resources, and visiting school classrooms to work directly with teachers and students. He was recognized in 1991 as the "Vermont Professor of the Year" by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and received Honorable Mention for the Lynton Award for Faculty Professional Service and Outreach in 1999. From introductory physics courses for liberal arts students to advanced courses for physics majors, and now in science methods courses, Bob has always revealed how the study of science is an integral part of a liberal arts education and how the creative mind in science, shared with the arts and humanities, is at the heart of the process of scientific inquiry. See his chapter in Handbook of College Teaching, Teaching Physics at a Liberal Arts College: Creativity, Appreciation, and Delight, Greenwood Press, 1994. Bob is a strong advocate for an approach to teaching and learning that seeks to open students to the unity of knowledge and finds the creative mind as the central theme that binds the liberal arts together.
Curriculum Vitae
Teaching and Research Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant, UCSB, 3 years
Student Teacher, Santa Barbara High School, 1/2 year
Graduate Research Assistant, UCSB, 1 year
Lecturer in Physics, UCSB, 1976-80
Assistant Professor, Middlebury College, 1980-85
Associate Professor, Middlebury College, 1985-90
Professor, Middlebury College, 1990-present
Director of Teacher Education, Middlebury Collge, 2000-present
Post-graduate Professional Development
• Leave 1983-84 at UCSB, Department of Physics and the Theoretical Institute.
• Sloan Workshop on the New Liberal Arts, Summer 1984, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
• Visiting Fellow, Sloan Workshop on The New Liberal Arts and the Engineering Experience, Summer 1985, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
• Visiting Fellow, Sloan Workshop on The Engineering Experience and the New Liberal Arts, Summer 1987, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
• Visiting Fellow, Sloan/NASM Workshop on The Wright Brothers and the Space Shuttle Case Studies, January 1988, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D. C.
• Visiting Fellow, Sloan Workshop on Designing Curricular Materials for the NLA, Summer 1988, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
• Visiting Professor, Physics Department, UCSB, July 1989 - January 1990.
• Visiting Professor, Physics Department, UCSB, September 1994 - December 1994.
Publications
• Multipurpose Physics Learning Center: A Working Model, Robert Prigo, A. Korda, and W.C. Walker, AJP (The American Journal of Physics) 43,1049 (1975).
• Additions to "Cylindrical Lenses and Short Beers", Robert Prigo and Anthony Korda, AJP 44,601 (1976).
• Demonstrate Induction and Repulsion with Soap Bubbles and the Van de Graaff Generator, Robert Prigo, AJP 44,606 (1976).
• More General and Interesting Versions of the Ballistics Cart and Tunnel Demonstration, Robert Prigo and Abel Rosales, AJP 44,783 (1976).
• Walking Resonance, Robert Prigo, Physics Teacher 14,360 (1976).
• Electron Beam Deflection by a Rotating Magnet, Robert Prigo, Physics Teacher 14,581 (1976).
• A New Addition to the Homework Assignment: Demonstration Problems, Robert Prigo, AJP 45,433 (1977).
• A Not So Tall Beer, Robert Prigo, Richard B. Harding, Richard Wormsbecher, and Robert P. Brandts, AJP 45,582 (1977).
• Quantitative Angular Momentum Experiment on the Rotating Chair, Robert Prigo and Melissa Reading, AJP 45,636 (1977)
• Standing Wave Analogy Using Pocket Combs, Robert Prigo, Physics Teacher 15,187 (1977)
• Piagetian-styled and Process-based Physics Lecture Course for Liberal Arts Majors, Robert Prigo, AJP 45,752 (1978).
• A Quick and Simple Laser Fountain, Robert Prigo and Abel Rosales, Physics Teacher 16,296 (1978).
• A Magnetic Personality, Robert Prigo, AJP 48,686 (1980).
• Classroom Tightrope Walking, Robert Prigo, AJP 50,471 (1982).
• Laser Lissajous Figures, Robert Prigo and Mike Reifer, Physics Teacher 20,334 (1982).
• The Wobbling Christmas Tree Toy, Robert Prigo, AJP 52,335 (1984).
• Lampost Resonance Demonstration Apparatus, Robert Prigo and Paul Hansma, AJP 52,662 (1984).
• The Yo-yo Top, Robert Prigo and Richard Harding, Physics Teacher 22,36 (1984).
• A Versatile Projection Motion Board, Robert Prigo and A. Korda, Physics Teacher 22,402 (1984).
• The New Liberal Arts, Robert Prigo, Middlebury College Magazine, Winter 1985.
• The Shuttle and the Bridge, Robert Prigo, Middlebury College Magazine, Summer 1986.
• Eavesdropping with a Laser, Joel Solomon and Robert Prigo, AJP 55,381 (1987).
• Production of Real Time Holographic Interferograms, Keith Lubell and Robert Prigo, AJP 55,823 (1987).
• Sea of Beans, Robert Prigo, Physics Teacher 26,101 (1988).
• Discovery Science I, Robert Prigo, Gregg Humphrey and Susan Lewis, Learning Magazine, April 1991.
• Discovery Science II, Robert Prigo, Gregg Humphrey), Learning Magazine, Oct. 1993.
• The Flying Machine Problem: The Wright Stuff, Robert Prigo and Newton Copp, a chapter in Discovery, Innovation, and Risk, Newton Copp and Andrew Zanella, MIT Press, 1993.
• Chapter in Handbook of College Teaching: Theory and Applications, Teaching Physics at a Liberal Arts College: Creativity, Appreciation and Delight, Greenwood Press, edited by R. McLaran Sawyer and Keith W. Prichard, 1994.
• Coffee Cups, Ice Trays and Elephants (Oh, My!), Robert Prigo and Gregg Humphrey, Connect Magazine, Teachers' Laboratory, May/June 1995, Vol. 8, No. 5.
• Linear, One-dimensional Models of Surface and Internal Standing Waves in a Long and Narrow Lake, Robert Prigo, Tom Manley and Ben Connell, AJP 64(3), (1996).
• Nikola Tesla, World Book Encyclopedia, Volume T, pp. 179-180, 1999.
Invited Talks
• The Physics Learning Center at UCSB,Southern California Section of AAPT, 1977.
• Education and the Contemporary Scene: Piaget and Science Education, College of Idaho Talk, UCSB, 1979.
• Teaching Physics to Liberal Arts Majors, Middlebury College Physics Seminar Talk, 1980.
• The New Liberal Arts, Middlebury College Hewlett-Mellon Talk, 1984.
• ParticlePhysics, Birckhead Lecture at St. Paul's School , Concord, NH, 1984.
• The Physics of Basketball Shooting: Calculation of the Perfect Trajectory, Middlebury College Seminar, 1984.
• The UCSB Physics Learning Center: Its Design and Use, Rutgers University, April 16, 1986.
• A New Approach to Physics Instruction: Kindergarten to College, IBM, Essex Junction, VT, June 13, 1986.
• A Piagetian-Bronowskian Approach to Pre-College Science Instruction, Camel's Hump Middle School, VT, March 3, 1986. (Repeated at Stowe Elementary School, VT)
• Creativity and Appreciation in Art and Science, Mt. Abraham Union High School, Bristol, VT, June 1, 1986.
• Physics Instruction K-6, Wingspread Conference on Science and the Early Grades, Racine, WI, Oct. 27, 1986
• Advanced Placement Conference, Middlebury College, Nov. 28, 1986, invited panel member.
• On the Creative Process, Middlebury College Convocation (with John Elder), Jan. 27, 1987.
• Creativity in Science and the Concept of Inertia, Birckhead Talk, St. Paul's School, Feb. 13, 1987.
• Physics K-6, Spring Conference of the Regional Center for Educational Training, Lebanon, NH, March 28, 1987.
• Physics and the Elementary School and High School Physics Teaching, CT State Department of Education, Fairfield-Westechester Department of Chemistry/Physics, Sacred Heart University, April 10-11, 1987
• Creative, Hands-on Physics K-6, NSTA Talk: "," with Gregg Humphrey and Susan Lewis, NSTA National Convention, St. Louis, April 6, 1988.
• Creative, Hands-on Physics Instruction: K-6, Metropolitan School Study Council, Columbia University's Teachers College, NY, May 12, 1987.
• Overdosing on Physics, George Fisher Middle School, Paterson, NY, October 22, 1987.
• The Physics of the World's Most Beautiful Structures, American Association of Physics Teachers Meeting, Concord, NH, November 7, 1987.
• The Art and Physics of Structural Engineering, Alumni College Talk, Bread Loaf Campus, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, August 27, 1987.
• The Physics of Karate, New England Section of the American Physical Society (NES-APS) Meeting, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, October 9, 1987.
• Creative Hands-on Physics K-6, with Gregg Humphrey, New England Section of the American Physical Society (NES-APS) Meeting, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, October 10, 1987.
• Panel Member: NSF Fall Conference on Undergraduate Teacher Education and the Liberal Arts - Science and Mathematics, School-College Collaboration, Middlebury College, Oct. 8, 1988.
• School-College Collaboration, Workshops for Elementary Teachers, Conference on Undergraduate Teacher Education and the Liberal Arts: Models of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching, Bread Loaf Campus, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, Oct. 8, 1988.
• Physics K-6, Vermont Science Teacher Association (VSTA) Convention, Burlington, VT, Oct. 20, 1988.
• Hands-on Physics, Greenwich Public Schools, Greenwich, CT, Dec. 7, 1988.
• Creative Hands-on Physics K-6, with Gregg Humphrey and Susan Lewis, National Meeting of the National Science Teacher Association (NSTA), St. Louis, MO, April 8, 1988.
• Structural Art and the Bridges of Christian Menn, Gallery Talk, Johnson Art, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, Oct. 4, 1988.
• Creativity in Science, Birckhead Lecture, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH, Jan. 27, 1989.
• Physics Fun, Science and Leadership Conference: Women in Technology, Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, VT, April 15, 1989.
• Physics of Shooting a Basketball, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, Oct. 20, 1989.
• The Vermont Elementary Science Project, The Inaugural Lectures: National Issues in Education, Middlebury College, Oct. 11, 1990.
• The Vermont Elementary Science Project, Vermont Education Association/Vermont Science Teacher Association (VEA/VSTA), St. Michael's College, Oct. 20, 1990.
• The Vermont Elementary Science Project, National Science Teachers Association, Houston, TX, March 29, 1991.
• Relativity, Special Lecture Series, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH, May 3, 1991.
• Creativity and Change, Some Personal Reflections, Blueprints for Change II, Stowe, VT, May 17, 1991.
• The Vermont Elementary Science Project, Vermont Education Association/Vermont Science Teacher Association (VEA/VSTA), Barre, VT, Oct. 17, 1991.
• Integrating Math and Science, Vermont Council for Teachers of Mathematics, March 24 at Hartford High School, March 26 at South Burlington High School, and March 30 at Manchester Elementary High School, 1992.
• The Vermont Elementary Science Project, National Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 4, 1993.
• Integrating Science, Math and Technology, Vermont Institute for Science, Math and Technology, Equinox Inn, Manchester, VT, March 26, 1993.
• The Vermont Elementary Science Project, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, Jan. 11, 1994.
• Unity and Delight, Dana Scholars Talk, Middlebury College, October 24, 1996
• Darwin, Panel discussion for Thomas Fellowship (with Pack and Hill), 1997.
• Motion Circus and Early Assessment, Engaging Students as Active Learners in the Sciences Workshop, New England Science Faculty Enhancement Collaborative, Norwich University, Northfield, VT, June 10, 1998.
• Order and Entropy and the Arrow of Time, Panel discussion for Thomas Fellowship (with Pack and Wolfson), 1998.
• Panel Member: Clifford Symposium on The Liberal Arts in the 21st Century, Middlebury College, 1998.
• Physics, Inquiry, and Professional Development K-8, New England Section of the American Physical Society Meeting, Colby College, Nov. 6, 1999.
• Panel Member: Lead Scientist Institutes for K-12 Science Education, VISMT, IBM, Essex Junction, VT, Jan. 7, 2000, and Waterbury, VT, June 19, 2000.
Workshops Given
• "Science for the Elementary School Teacher," a series of 15 sessions, 1.5 hrs. each, for local elementary school K-6 teachers, under the ACSU Chapter II School Improvement Grant Program, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, Feb.-May 1984.
• "Teachers Do Physical Science," a series of 8 sessions, 2 hrs. each, for Addison Central Supervisory Union K-8 teachers, with Gregg Humphrey and Susan Lewis, Mary Hogan Elementary School, Middlebury, VT, Jan. 1985 - June 1986.
• "Physics K-6 Workshops," two 3-hr. workshops, one for Northeast Elementary School teachers in Rutland on Oct. 9, 1986, the other for Northwest Elementary School teachers in Rutland on Oct. 15, 1986, Rutland, VT.
• Physics K-6 Workshop," one 3-hr. session for Worcester Elementary school teachers, Worcester, VT, Dec. 10, 1986.
• Physics in the Early Grades," one 3-hr. session at Jericho Center and Underhill for local K-12 teachers, Underhill, VT, March 2, 1987.
• "Physics and the Elementary School," 3-hr. workshop for the CT State Department of Education, Science Education Center, Fairfield and Westechester Department of Chemistry and Physics, Sacred Heart University, CT, April 10, 1987.
• "Physics and the High School," 3-hr. session for the CT State Department of Education, Science Education Center, Fairfield and Westechester Department of Chemistry and Physics, Sacred Heart University, CT, April 11, 1987.
• "Hands-on Physics K-6," 2 sessions, 3-hrs. each, for Chester Elementary School teachers, Chester, VT, April 28-29, 1987.
• "Teachers Do Physical Science," a series of 8 sessions, 2 hrs. each, for Addison Central Supervisory Union teachers, with Gregg Humphrey and Susan Lewis, Mary Hogan Elementary School, Middlebury, VT, Jan. 1986 - June 1987.
• "Elementary School Physics Workshop," an afternoon and evening session (4 hrs.) for Union 74 Teachers and Principals, Damariscotta, Maine, February 25, 1988.
• "Creative Hands-on Physics Summer Workshop for Middle Level Educators," an extensive, two-week workshop for regional teachers, with Gregg Humphrey and Susan Lewis, Mary Hogan Elementary School, Middlebury, VT, August 6-17, 1988.
• "Four Super Science Workshops," 4 Saturday sessions, each 3 hrs., for local children, parents and teachers, at the Rutland Free Library, Rutland, VT, Sept. 24, Nov. 5, Jan. 28, March 18, 1988-89.
• "Creative Hands-on Physics Summer Workshop K-8 Educators," an extensive, two-week workshop for regional teachers, with Gregg Humphrey and Susan Lewis, Mary Hogan Elementary School, Middlebury, VT, August 7-18, 1989.
• "Vermont Elementary Science Project's Two Week Summer Workshop," August 1990, Heinsburg, VT. Plus 4 Day-Long Follow-up Sessions in 1990-91 at Middlebury College.
• "Vermont Elementary Science Project's Two Week Summer Workshop," August 1991, Heinsburg, VT. Plus 4 Day-Long Follow-up Sessions in 1991-92 at Middlebury College.
• "Vermont Elementary Science Project Two Week Summer Workshop," August 1992, Heinsburg, VT. Plus 4 Day-long Follow-up Sessions in 1992-93 at Middlebury College.
• "Special Symposium: Vermont Elementary Science Project K-6," University of Massachusetts at Boston, MA, April 10-11, 1992.
• Workshop on "Heat" at the Blueprints for Change Conference, Stowe, VT, May 16, 1992.
• Vermont Institute for Science, Math and Technology Two Week Summer Institute, "Sound and Light," August 1993, Vermont Technical College, Randolph, VT. Plus 3 Day-long Follow-up Sessions in 1993-94 at VTC.
• Vermont Institute for Science, Math and Technology Two Week Summer Institute, "Fluids: Liquids and Gases," August 1994, Vermont Technical College, Randolph, VT. Plus 3 Day-long Follow-up Sessions in 1994-95 at VTC.
• Vermont Institute for Science, Math and Technology One Week Summer Institute, "Fluids: Liquids and Gases," June 1995, at Milton Elementary School, VT. Plus 3 Day-long Follow-up Sessions in 1995-96.
• Continuous Assessment in Science Project (CASP) One Week Summer Workshop, August 1- 11, 1995, Trinity College, VT. Plus follow-ups.
• Continuous Assessment in Science Project (CASP) One Week Summer Workshop, "Motion," June 26-July 3, 1996, Trinity College, VT. Plus follow-ups.
• Vermont Institute for Science, Math and Technology , One Week Summer Workshop, "Motion," August 12-16, 1996, East Montpelier Elementary School. Plus follow-ups.
• Geology/Physics K-16 Partnership Institute, 8-days, for local K-12 teachers, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, August, 1997. Plus 3 follow-ups.
• Geology/Physics K-16 Partnership Institute, 10 days, for local K-12 teachers, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, August, 1998. Plus 3 follow-ups.
• Physics of Fluids, K-6 Workshop for Charlotte Central School, 4 days, Charlotte, VT, June 22-25, 1999.
• Astronomy/Physics K-16 Partnership Institute, 9 days, for local K-12 teachers, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, August, 1999. Plus 3 follow-ups.
• Seminar for Professional Developers in Science Inquiry, Continuous Assessment and Professional Development, The Center for Science Education and Professional Development, Trinity College, Burlington, VT, Jan. 5-8, 2000.
• Two-week summer workshop (with 3 academic-year follow up sessions) for K-12 ACSU and ANESU educators (with Steve Ratcliff and Gregg Humphrey), Introduction to the Universe and the Physics of Motion, August 1999.
• Two-week summer workshop (with 3 academic-year follow up sessions) for K-12 ACSU and ANESU educators (with Mary Gaudett and Gregg Humphrey), The Ecology of the Vermont Landscape and the Physics of Light and Heat, August 2000.
• Seminar for Professional Developers in Science Inquiry, Continuous Assessment and Professional Development, The Center for Science Education and Professional Development, Shareton Hotel, Burlington, VT, Jan. 12-13, 2001.
• Three-day Science Inservice Workshop, Motion, Mary Hogan Teachers, Oct. 6-7, Nov. 6, 2000.
• Assembly at Ripton Elementary School, Heat (Liquid Nitrogen), Dec. 8. 2000.
• Three-day Science Inservice Workshop, Motion, Mary Hogan Teachers, Jan. 22-23, June 7, 2001.
• Assembly at Shoreham Elementary School, Heat (Liquid Nitrogen), Jan. 26, 2001.
• Assembly at Mary Hogan Elementary School, Motion, May 24, 2001.
• Assemby at Ripton Elementary School, Motion, June 8, 2001.
Awards and Grants
• "A Laser Spectroscopy System for Advanced Undergraduate Laboratories," Faculty Associate, NSF Grant No. CSI-8551496, 1985 ($27,985.00).
• "Structures and Machines," Sloan Foundation NLA Curriculum Development Grant, June-August 1987 ($2,500.00).
• "Creative Hands-on Summer Workshop for Middle School Teachers," Higher Education Cooperative for Instructional Development, HEC Title II-ESSA, Vermont State Department of Education HE-01-89, August 1988 ($6,323.00).
• "Teacher Recognition Award," nominated by Middlebury College, presented at the American Association of Higher Education Conference in Chicago, IL, April 1989.
• "Creative Hands-on Summer Workshop for Elementary and Middle School Teachers, "Higher Education Cooperative for Instructional Development, Title II/Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act (PL 100-297), Vermont State Department of Education, August 1989 ($5,925.00).
• "Vermont Elementary Science Project (VESP)," PI of 5-year NSF grant (1990-1995), ($994,000.00).
• "Vermont Professor of the Year 1991," given by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
• Co-PI on a $10,000,000 NSF grant, with $8,000,000 (money and inkind) to be matched by state and business, called Vermont's Statewide Systemic Initiative in Science, Math and Technology, (1992-97).
• Continuous Assessment in Science Project (CASP), PI of 2-year NSF pilot grant (1995-1997) ($240K).
• Eisenhower Title II Vermont Department of Education Grant ($23,333) funded for Summer 1998.
• Nominated by Students for the Perkins Teaching Prize 1999
• Nominated by the College for the Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service Learning, 1999
• Received Honorable Mention for the Lynton Award for Faculty Professional Service and Outreach (nominated by the College), 1999.
• Eisenhower Title II Vermont Department of Education Grant ($19,000) funded for Summer 1999.
• Eisenhower Title II Vermont Department of Education Grant ($15,000) funded for Summer 2000.
• The Ecology of the Vermont Landscape and the Physics of Light and Heat for K-12 ACSU and ANESU Educators, Eisenhower Title II, Vermont Department of Education ($15,000), funded for 2000-2001.
Meetings and Conferences Attended
• National Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), Flagstaff, AZ, June, 1985.
• Sloan-NLA Project Directors Meeting, Wellesley College, August 15-16, 1986.
• Wingspread Conference on "Science and the Early Grades," Racine, WI, Oct. 27-29, 1986.
• Advance Placement Conference, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, Nov. 28, 1986.
• National Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), Bozeman, MT, June 15-19, 1987.
• Spring Conference of the Regional Center for Educational Training, Lebanon, NH, March 28, 1987.
• New England Section of the American Physical Society (NES-APS), Middlebury College, VT, Oct. 9-10, 1987.
• New England Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (NES-AAPT), St. Paul's School, Concord, NH, Nov. 6-7, 1987.
• National Meeting of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), St. Louis, MO, April 8, 1988.
• Conference on Undergraduate Teacher Education and the Liberal Arts: Creating Models of Excellence, Bread Loaf Campus, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, Oct. 7-8, 1988.
• Vermont Science Teacher Association (VSTA), Burlington, VT, Oct. 20, 1988.
• Science and Leadership Conference: Women in Technology, Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, VT, April 15, 1989.
• NECUSE Introductory Physics Conference, Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, NH, Dec. 9-10, 1988.
• American Association of Higher Education (AAHE), National Conference on Higher Education, Chicago, IL, April 2-4, 1989.
• National Meeting of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), Seattle, WA, April 4-9, 1989.
• National Meeting of the NSTA in Atlanta, Georgia, April 5-8, 1990.
• Association of American Colleges, Washington D.C., Jan. 10-12, 1991.
• National Science Teachers Association, Houston, TX, May 27-30, 1991 (paper presented, with Humphrey, Carlson, Vogel and Leonard).
• Blueprints for Change II, K-6 Science Conference, Stowe, VT, May 17-18, 1991 (facilitator at various workshops and keynote speaker, "Creativity and Change, Some Personal Reflections").
• NSF Project Director Meeting, May 31-June 1, 1991, Poster Session and Presentation on the Vermont Elementary Science Project.
• Blueprints for Change III, K-6 Science Conference, Stowe, VT, May 15-16, 1992
• NSF Project Director Meeting, Washington D.C., May 28-30, 1992.
• American Association of Physics Teachers, National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 4-7, 1993.
• American Association of Physics Teachers, National Meeting, San Diego, CA, Jan. 1994.
• National Science Teacher Association Meeting, Philadelphia, March 23-26, 1995.
• American Association of Physics Teachers, National Meeting, Reno Nevada, Jan. 1996.
• Global Summit on Science and Science Education, San Francisco, Dec. 27-29, 1996.
• Salzburg Seminar, Educating Youth: Challenges for the Future, Session 348, July 12-19, 1997
• Partnerships in Education Conference, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, Oct. 15-17, 1997.
• College -School Partnership Conference, Flagstaff, AZ, Oct. 20-23, 1998.
• ICSEI Conference Lifting the Profession: Teachers and Schools for the New Millennium, San Antonio, TX, Jan. 3-6, 1999.
• Bicentennial Meeting of the APS, Atlanta, March 22-25, 1999.
• Fall 1999 New England Section of the APS, Colby College, Nov. 5-6, 1999.
• National Meeting of the American Assoication of Physics Teachers, Orlando, FL, Jan. 15-19, 2000.
• Wingspread Conference on Civic Engagement in Higher Education: Faculty Professional Service, the Scholarship of Practice, Racine, Wisconsin, Jan, 21-23, 2000.
• National Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, San Diego, CA, Jan. 16-20, 2001.
Off-Campus Appointments
• Participant, NLA Sloan Summer Seminar, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, August 5-18, 1984.
• Visiting Fellow, Sloan Summer Workshop on the New Liberal Arts and the Engineering Experience, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, August 14-24, 1985.
• Visiting Fellow, Sloan Summer Workshop on the Engineering Experience and the New Liberal Arts, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, August 15-25, 1987.
• Visiting Fellow, Sloan - NASM Workshop on the Wright Brothers and the Space Shuttle Case Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC, Jan. 11-19, 1988.
• Visiting Fellow, Curriculum Development for the Sloan - New Liberal
• Arts, Department of Civil Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, January 29-30, 1988.
• Visiting Fellow, Curriculum Development for the New Liberal Arts, Summer Workshop, Department of Civil Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, August 27-31, 1988.
Speaker's Bureau Presentations
• Columbia High School (2 physics classes), Maplewood, NJ, January 19,1988.
• DeWitt Clinton High School (2 physics and 2 chemistry classes), Bronx, NY, January 25, 1989.
• Lake Braddock Secondary School (4 assemblies), Burke, Virginia, March 31, 1989.
• Tuba City High School (3 physics classes), Tuba City, AZ, March 1990.
• Penfield Central Schools (two physics classes), Penfield, NY, March 27, 1992.
Publicity
• What follows is a list of newspaper and magazine articles that have appeared in recent years publicizing my work in a variety of areas.
• "Making Physics Fun," Rux Martin, Vermonter Magazine, Burlington Free Press, May 26, 1985.
• "Knowledge Plus Drama Equals Learning," John Dolan, Rutland Daily Herald, March 21, 1985.
• Law of Physics: Stirring Interest Is Teaching Key," Fred Hechinger, New York Times, August 5, 1986.
• "Workshop Excites Teachers to be Creative," Addison Independent, Dec. 17, 1986.
• "Middlebury Professor Uses Bricks, Sticks and Bottles to Make Physics Understandable," Bryan Pfeiffer, The Times Argus, Dec. 11, 1986.
• "Phenomenal Physics," Science and Children Magazine, November/ December 1986.
• "Physics Professor Nails Interest," The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, FL, Aug. 10, 1986.
• "Brings Motion to Life," Stephen Braun, Rochester Focus Museum and Science Center Magazine, Fall 1986.
• "Science Prof's Theory: First Interest Child, Teach Abstract Physics Later," Providence Sunday Journal, Providence, RI, Aug. 17, 1986.
• "New Liberal Arts Program Link Science and the Humanities," Focus on Quality, Higher Education and National Affairs, Sept. 7, 1987.
• "Improving Physics Education," Paul Carrese, The Middlebury Campus, Jan. 23, 1987.
• "Lights, Camera ... Reaction!," Kent Shaw, Burlington Free Press, Jan. 28, 1988.
• "Selling Science to Students," Standard-Times, New Bedford, MA, Aug. 14, 1988.
• "Mr. Wizzard Talks to Teachers," Lincoln County News, Damariscotta, ME, March 3, 1988.
• "Teachers Challenged to Teach Physics the Fun Way," Portland Press Herald, Portland, ME, Mar. 1, 1988.
• "Vermont College and a High School in the Bronx Begin to Collaborate," Lee Daniels, The New York Times, Feb. 8, 1989.
Other Professional Activities
• Numerous science presentations in local elementary schools, pre-schools, and after school programs, 1985 - present.
• Numerous Speaker Bureau talks.
• Numerous manuscript reviews for the American Journal of Physics and Physics Teacher.
• Numerous grant reviews for the NSF.
• Numerous book reviews.
• Member of the Physical Science Committee for World Book Encyclopedia.
• Reviewer for the new "Vermont Science Standards" for grades K-12.
• Member of the Board of Directors for "Mother Goose Ask, Why," Vermont Center for the Book.
Advising Team and Writer for Teaching and Assessment Intertwined, an NSF-funded, K-6 Science Materials Development Project