Physics Department
SUNY – Buffalo State College

Saturday, January 27, 2007

This letter is to confirm that Pepy Ettinger completed three hours of Professional Development for NY Physics Teachers here at SUNY-Buffalo State College on this date as part of our monthly Western New York Physics Teachers' Alliance (WNYPTA) meeting.  The meeting was carried out at the invitation of and under the guidance of faculty of the SUNY- BSC Department of Physics.

The January 27th meeting included presentations and activities devoted to:

-	announcements of interest to local area physics and physical science teachers
-	demonstrations contributed by all
-	a session on hands-on, interactive teaching of permanent magnetism by 
Dr. David Abbott and Ms. Carlene Schwartz of Buffalo State Physics
-	a presentation of the VPython programming package for physics teaching by Mr. Steve Highland of Buffalo State Physics
-	make-and-take activities building physics apparatus demonstrating basic colour addition (RGB, CMY) from the Feb 2007 issue of The Physics Teacher by Dan MacIsaac of Buffalo State Physics.  Material costs were provided by the National Science Foundation NSF0304097; the Buffalo State Research Foundation and Buffalo State Physics. 

Sincerely,

Dr. Dan MacIsaac
Associate Professor
SUNY – Buffalo State College Physics	
(716) 878 3802 <macisadl@buffalostate.edu>