American Association of Physics Teachers

American Association of Physics Teachers Occurring at the American Center of Physics in College Park, MD from November 12 - 16, the fall New Faculty Workshop involved AAPT, AAS, and APS. The workshop is intended for faculty in the first few years of their initial tenure-track appointment at a four-year college or university.

http://aapt.org/Events/newfaculty.cfm

Richard
Richard
New York had a smaller scale new faculty workshop that was great! Thanls Joe and Fitz!
Sat at 3:41am
American Association of Physics Teachers

American Association of Physics Teachers Occurring at the American Center of Physics in College Park, MD from November 12 - 16, the fall New Faculty Workshop involved AAPT, AAS, and APS. The workshop is intended for faculty in the first few years of their initial tenure-track appointment at a four-year college or university.

http://aapt.org/Events/newfaculty.cfm

Richard
Richard
New York had a smaller scale new faculty workshop that was great! Thanls Joe and Fitz!
Sat at 3:41am
American Association of Physics Teachers

American Association of Physics Teachers We launched a new redesign that the web team has been working quite hard on. Check it out and let us know what you think! (www.aapt.org, of course!)

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The upcoming meeting—held in Washington, DC—will be a joint effort between the APS and AAPT. Registration is now available! Visit our meeting page for additional information.
Scott Johnson
Scott Johnson
Looks great
October 27 at 1:11pm
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American Association of Physics Teachers The Science Revue (out of Sydney University) put together a pretty neat video. We're rooting most for the Physics guy (of course)! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmivumLLLw

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The music video from the 2009 Science Revue: Jurassic Quark. Lyrics: Climatology Oceanography Green Technology This is what we know C.S.I.R.O. We've the best of science brains Each here from ...
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American Association of Physics Teachers Very awesome musical tribute to Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc

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My own musical tribute to two great men of science. Carl Sagan and his cosmologist companion Stephen Hawking present: A Glorious Dawn - Cosmos remixed. Almost all samples and footage taken from Carl Sagan's Cosmos and Stephen Hawking's Universe series. ...
R.j.
R.j.
super awesome! great job!
October 16 at 3:13pm
American Association of Physics Teachers

American Association of Physics Teachers Want to reach a large community of science educators? New page on being an exhibitor at the 2010 APS/AAPT Joint Meeting: http://bit.ly/3gjnjG

September 21 at 1:06pm
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American Association of Physics Teachers New information for the 2010 Joint APS/AAPT Meeting Job Fair has been posted: http://www.aapt.org/Events/wm2010/jobfair.cfm

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Recruiting new talent? Looking for a job or just want a glimpse of the market? Join us at the 2010 APS/AAPT Joint Job Fair in Washington, DC! Follow the links below to get information most relevant to you. Be sure to check out the list of employers the participated in the 2009 Job Fair.
American Association of Physics Teachers

American Association of Physics Teachers Registration for the 2010 APS/AAPT Joint Meeting in Washington, DC (February 13-17) is now live! http://www.aapt.org/Events/wm2010/registration.cfm

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Early Registration Deadline:Friday, December 11, 2009 Early Member: $320 Early Associate Member: $420 Early Non-Member:$470 Early Student:$95 Early Retired:$160 Early 1-Day Member:$205 ...
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American Association of Physics Teachers The Physics Community remembers Len Jossem, a great man and former AAPT President. http://www.aapt.org/aboutaapt/upload/JossemPressRelease.pdf

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American Association of Physics Teachers

American Association of Physics Teachers Happy 400th Birthday to Galileo's telescope!

August 25 at 6:17am
Sandra
Sandra
I don't think that students can fully appreciate whre physics is today without some sense of where it came from.
August 27 at 11:03am
John Tosone
John Tosone
Pat, must have been exciting. did u take any pictures of Galileo's telescopes?
September 25 at 12:52pm
American Association of Physics Teachers

American Association of Physics Teachers Interested in the upcoming 2010 APS/AAPT Joint Meeting in Washington, DC (February 13-17)? Check out all the new information on the meeting: http://bit.ly/43QUzl

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The upcoming Winter Meeting will not only have everything that makes National Meetings so great, but also feature concurrent and jointly planned sessions with the American Physical Society (APS).
American Association of Physics Teachers

American Association of Physics Teachers The winners from the Apparatus Competition (took place at SM09 in Ann Arbor) are up! http://bit.ly/QHvL8 If you have any photos, pls share!

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A. James Mallmann Department of Physics and Chemistry Milwaukee School of Engineering 1025 N Broadway Milwaukee, WI 53202-3109 414-702-1842 mallmann@msoe.edu
American Association of Physics Teachers
American Association of Physics Teachers
We're definitely working on write-ups and providing the photos we have of the event. If anyone would like to share their photos of the events, please get ahold of us at webmaster@aapt.org or 301-209-3337. Thanks!
August 24 at 8:51am
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American Association of Physics Teachers
Quick note: The descriptions/write-ups for each of the winners is up on the page along with photos: http://www.aapt.org/Contests/apparatus_winners_2009.cfm
August 27 at 1:35pm
American Association of Physics Teachers

American Association of Physics Teachers 2009 High School Physics Photo Contest winners have been posted! Congratulations to the winners. Truly amazing photos! http://bit.ly/4WFAr

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This year, physics students from around the world were challenged to submit a photo illustrating a physics concept. The students were required to take the photo themselves and to write a summary of the physics occurring in the photo. ...
Jeff
Jeff
I love these contests. Always a great resource for images that I use on title-slides for lectures or for website images. Thanks to everyone who submitted them!
August 6 at 10:06am
Judy Vondruska
Judy Vondruska
Absolutely love the contrived category photos!
August 6 at 12:18pm
Paul Nord
Paul Nord
Great photos. Someone should really fix the description on the honorable mention which claims to show diffraction. White light will not diffract. The photo shows a great pinhole camera effect.
August 17 at 7:12am
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American Association of Physics Teachers Highlights from AAPT's 2009 Summer Meeting on the campus of U-M. Updates as more photos come in!

10 new photos
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American Association of Physics Teachers
Physicists are really phun pholks!
July 30 at 6:08pm