SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Visualization Challenges |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Welcome: Mary Shultz, Conference Chair |
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion leader: Richard Catlow (Royal Institution, UK) |
7:45 pm - 8:30 pm | Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, USA) "Some Ways Graphics Communicate" |
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Jeremy Walton (The Numerical Algorithms Group Limited, Oxford, UK) "Now You See It: New Directions in Data Visualization" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Geology |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion leader: Neil Stillings (Hampshire College, USA) |
9:10 am - 9:55 am | Tanya Atwater (University of California at Santa Barbara, USA)
"Using Animatons to Bring the Earth to Life" |
9:55 am - 10:35 am | David Rapp (University of Minnesota, USA)
"Building Mental Models for Multimedia: Issues of Comprehension and Visualization" |
10:35 am - 10:55 am | Coffee Break |
10:55 am - 11:35 am | Paul Morin (University of Minnesota, USA)
"How Far Can We Take It? Visualization, Stereo Projection and the GeoWall in the Earth Science Classroom" |
11:35 am - 12:15 pm | Steve Reynolds (Arizona State University, USA) "Visualization in College Geology Classes: Interactive Visualizations and Their Assessment" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
12:45 pm | Group Photo / Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Linking Disciplines for Visualization in Science Education: Reports from Mini-Grant Projects |
| Discussion leader: Loretta Jones (University of Northern Colorado, USA) |
| Morton Hoffman (Boston University, USA)
"Towards the General Chemistry Course of the Year 2050" |
| Peter Mahaffy (The King's University College, Canada)
"Cross-Cultural Issues in Building Science Education Capacity Through Visualizations in Chemistry and Physics" |
| Duane Sears (University of California at Santa Barbara, USA)
"Assessment Strategies for Instruction Using Molecular Visualizations" |
| Mark Walter (Oakton Community College, USA)
"The Influences of External Representations on Introductory Chemistry Student's Learning of Particulate Structures and Processes" |
| Neil Stillings (Hampshire College, USA)
"Peer-Led chemistry Workshops as Testbeds for New Visualizations in Organic Chemistry" |
| Vickie Williamson (Texas A&M, USA)
"Visualization to Promote Conceptual Change" |
TUESDAY |
7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Physics - Visualizing the Unseen |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion leader: Michael Davidson (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, USA) |
9:10 am - 9:55 am | Eric Mazur (Harvard University, USA) "How the Mind Tricks Us: Visualizations and Visual Illusions" |
9:55 am - 10:35 am | Brian Martin (The King's University College, Canada) "Designing and Using Java Applets to Foster Constructivist Teaching and Learning in Introductory Physics" |
10:35 am - 10:55 am | Coffee Break |
10:55 am - 11:35 am | John Belcher (MIT, USA) "Using Visualization in Teaching Introductory Electromagnetism at MIT" |
11:35 am - 12:15 pm | Judy Dori (Technion, Israel) "The Relationships between Visualizations of Scientific Phenomena and Understanding Science" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Thermodynamics - Creating a Visual Image Without Creating Misconceptions |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Roy Tasker (University of Western Sydney, Australia) |
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | George Lisensky (Beloit College, USA) "Visualizing Heat and Electron Flow in Thermoelectric Devices" |
8:25 pm - 9:10 pm | Marcia Linn (University of California at Berkeley, USA) "Design Research - Creating and Testing Visualizations to connect Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, Wilderness Survival, and More" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Visualization and Computation in Biosciences |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion leader: Eric Chaisson (Tufts University, USA) |
9:10 am - 9:55 am | Kathy Takayama (University of New South Wales, Australia) "The Power of Computer-Aided 3-Dimensional Visualization in Teaching Genomics and Bioinformatics" |
9:55 am - 10:35 am | Robert Bateman (University of Southern Mississippi, USA) "Defining and Assessing Molecular 3D Literacy" |
10:35 am - 10:55 am | Coffee Break |
10:55 am - 11:35 am | Albion Beaucom (University of California at Santa Cruz, USA)
"Visualizing the Ribosome: The Structure of a Macromolecular Machine Comes into Focus" |
11:35 am - 12:15 pm | Jerry Honts (Drake University, USA)
"Teaching Students to Critically Evaluate Visual Representations of Biological Macromolecules" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Interactive Session With Speakers |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Business Meeting Discussion Leader: Tony Rest (University of Southampton, UK) |
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Publisher's Panel - Successful Transfer to Students |
| Discussion leader: Mary Shultz (Tufts University, USA) |
| Panel Members:
John Challice (Prentice Hall, USA)
Robin Heyden (Freelance, USA)
Richard Stratton (Houghton Mifflin, USA) |
THURSDAY |
7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Chemistry - Visualizing Electron Flow and Molecular Motion |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion leader: John Gilbert (University of Reading, UK) |
9:10 am - 9:55 am | Richard Zare (Stanford University, USA) "The Multimedia Revolution" |
9:55 am - 10:35 am | Joel Russell (Oakland Universtiy, USA)
"Assessing the Impact of Multimedia Tools on Enhancing Students' Visualization Skills" |
10:35 am - 10:55 am | Coffee Break |
10:55 am - 11:35 am | Ghislain Deslongchamps (University of New Brunswick, Canada) "Animating Reaction Mechanisms and Orbital Interactions in Flash" |
11:35 am - 12:15 pm | Peter Atkins (Oxford University, UK)
"The Challenge of Visualization" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Communicating is an Art, Using Art to Communicate Science |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion leader: Felice Frankel (MIT, USA) |
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Dominique Brodbeck (Macrofocus GmbH, Switzerland) "From Atoms to Pixels: Creating Information" |
8:25 pm - 9:10 pm | Todd Siler (Psi-Phi Communications, USA) "Adventures in Advancing Human Communication Through the ArtScience of Visualization" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |