Physics Department
SUNY – Buffalo State College

Saturday, October 25, 2008

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 Oct 25th meeting included presentations and activities devoted to:

-	announcements of interest to local area physics and physical science teachers;
-	demonstrations contributed by all;
-   a presentation on Graphing Calculators and Physics Data Reduction by Michael Magnuson of Canisius HS Physics;
-   a Walkthrough Of The Physics Teaching Website www.sciencewithmrnoon.com by Brendan Noon of Edison IIT Physics;
-   a presentation on Newton’s First Law With Hovercraft And Fan Carts by Andrew Gallagher of Sacred Heart Academy Physics; and
-  make-and-take activities building physics apparatus Building Inexpensive Model Hovercraft by Dave Henry of Buffalo State Elementary Education and Reading and Buffalo State Physics.  Materials were provided by Buffalo State Physics. 

Relevant handouts for this day are available at:
<http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/WNYPTA/meetings/>

Sincerely,

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