Physics Department
SUNY – Buffalo State College

Saturday, February 17, 2007

This letter is to confirm that Pratibha Chopra-Sukumaran 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 February 17th meeting included presentations and activities devoted to:

-	announcements of interest to local area physics and physical science teachers
-	demonstrations and materials contributed by all, particularly Mr. Don Dean or Bennett HS and Mr. Mike Belling of Pembroke HS
-	a session on the International Baccalaureate (IB) physics curriculum by 
Ms. Pepy Ettinger of City Honors HS of Buffalo Public Schools
-	a presentation of the VPython programming package for physics teaching by Mr. Steve Highland of Buffalo State Physics
-	activities on electrostatics (tape and the Kelvin water drop generator) magnetism, and simple circuits by Dr. David Henry of Buffalo State Elementary Education and Reading and Physics.
-	make-and-take activities demonstrating simple circuits by Dr. Henry and Dr. Jabot, and modeling the magnetic properties of “refrigerator magnets” by Dr Abbott of Buffalo State Physics.  Material costs were provided by the Buffalo State Physics Department. 

Some documents associated with this session can be found at
<http://physicsed/WNYPTA/meetings/2006-07/02-17-07/>

Sincerely,

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