AAPT NEWSAugust 2006 From the Editors Welcome to the monthly update. We are just back from the AAPT Summer Meeting in Syracuse, NY, where more than 1,100 members gathered for a terrific week of sessions, plenaries, contests, and social events. We also enjoyed meeting many of you in person and hearing about how you like the AAPT NEWS. On that note, let's get started (and as always, if you have some feedback for the NEWS: Please write and tell us). Contents
Action Items and Notable Dates Deadline: Invited Speakers List for AAPT 2007 Winter Meeting—Aug. 3 News Headlines A selection of recent stories of interest to our members.* Colgate Hosts AAPT WorkshopFrom Colgate University News Fantastic Voyage: Zero-Point Energy From ScienceDaily National Congress on Science Education 2006 Is a Success From NSTA Express The Neutrino Frontier From Scientific American The Einstein Dilemma From Discover (Subscribers Only) New Model for Scholarly Publishing From Inside Higher Ed The Elegant Universe: String Theory From NOVA Rep. Rush Holt: The Interview From AAAS/ScienceCareers.org Powering Up, One Step at a Time From Wired Obtaining the Perfectly Boiled Egg From PhysicsToday Rallying Behind Open Access From Inside Higher Ed. Hollywood Physics From PhysicsWorld First Space Lakes Found on Saturn Moon From National Geographic Summer Reading From The Science Teacher Congress Renews Perkins "Career Education" Law From EducationWeek (Registration required) Separation of Church and Science From Inside Higher Ed "Micro-Boxes" of Water Used to Study Single Molecules From NIST Tech Beat No Educators Left Behind? From USA Today News from the Executive Office U.S. Physics Team Wins Gold & Silver Medals in Singapore 2006 AAPT/Lexmark High School Photo Contest Winners 2006 Video Contest Winners Announced Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold: AAPT Joins on as National Partner Celebrating 75 Years ComPADRE is looking for editors for two collections: Upper Division Physics and Introductory Physics. Upcoming Meetings & Events AAPT Strand Day 2006: Save the Date Mark your calendar: October 20 at the NSTA Regional Meeting in Omaha, NE. Visit the site for more details. AAPT 2007 Winter Meeting: Save the Dates Begin your planning now by visiting the Winter Meeting page. Recommended Reading American Journal of Physics Article of the Month "Oersted Medal Lecture, 24 January 2006: Love Them to Death" by Kenneth W. Ford (AJP online subscribers only, PDF format) The Physics Teacher The TPT Article of the Month will resume in September. Member News New Member Benefit: Congress Web Take action and write to your senators and congresspersons in support of increased funding for science education. AAPT makes it easy for you through Congress Web and the Legislative Action Center. PER-CENTRAL Digital Archive Now Live The Physics Education Research-Community Enhancing Network for Teaching, Research, and Learning is pleased to announce the launch of its digital archive. Access is free and with an account users can browse through the database, submit resources to be included in the collection, maintain a discussion forum, and create your own personal "filing cabinet" of previously searched items. Contributions to ComPADRE Sought ComPADRE and the Physical Sciences Resource Center (PSRC) are looking for good materials that can be added to the collections. To submit materials or register (free) click here. 2007 NCUR/Lancy Initiative: Call for Proposals The Initiative is designed to provide exceptional undergraduates with the opportunity to do original work in close collaboration with faculty mentors. The program will make grants to institutions only. Please see proposal guidelines here. Publish Your News Here Have a news item you'd like to share with the AAPT membership in the September issue? Send it to us by August 25—be sure to include an overview and a URL (website address) where readers can go to for more information: aapt-news@aapt.org Career Center Looking for the best physics job candidates and job opportunities? The AAPT Career Center is part of the Physics Today Career Network focused on the physics industry and its related disciplines. The network reaches more than 120,000 physicists and other scientists in a broad range of sectors from academia to industry to government and nonprofit organizations. It offers advertisers unmatched exposure and the best buy for their advertising dollar. Visit the online Career Center. About the AAPT News The AAPT NEWS is a service to our members and is produced by the Executive Office of the American Association of Physics Teachers. E-mail news items, comments, and suggestions to: aapt-news@aapt.org * Links to non-AAPT sites are intended as a service to readers interested in AAPT, physics, and education. These links do not reflect an endorsement of any content or product. Also, due to the evolving nature of websites, some external links referenced in the AAPT NEWS may expire over time. |
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