Crider delivers opening plenary at physics education conference

Tony Crider, associate professor of physics, delivered the opening plenary at a regional meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers in St. Leo, Florida, Oct. 14-15.  

Tony Crider, associate professor of physics, delivered the opening plenary speech at a recent meeting of the Florida Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers. The conference, hosted by St. Leo University in St. Leo, Florida, featured talks and workshops on physics education.

In his talk, entitled “Experiential SETI Activities for the Science Classroom,” Crider described education and assessment in his “Life in the Universe” class at Elon, co-taught with Professor of Philosophy Anthony Weston.