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AAPT NEWS: March 2008 From the Editors Action Items and Notable Dates
News for Members President's Commentary A Letter to Members By Lila Adair Executive Officer's Commentary Hello from the New Executive Officer by Charlie Holbrow Watch for New Enhancements Coming to AAPT.org Soon, the AAPT website will feature an improved member logon process; new, easier-to-complete forms; and host of other enhancements to streamline how you do business with AAPT. Watch the AAPT home page for more details coming soon. Update or Renew Your Membership Is your AAPT membership up to date or about to expire? Login to your member account page to verify your current information or renew your membership and ensure that your benefits, services, and peer-reviewed academic journals continue uninterrupted. For further information, contact AAPT Membership & Stewardship by e-mail at membership@aapt.org or at (301) 209-3333. Mini-Grants Awarded to AAPT Sections The sections listed below have been awarded a mini-grant from AAPT to support PTRA workshops for beginning teachers in their section. The workshops will use PTRA curriculum materials and are modeled after the highly successful PTSOS (Physics Teacher SOS) program initiated by Paul Robinson. Congratulations to:
http://www.aapt.org/Sections/findsections.cfm 2008 AAPT/APS Department Chairs Conference Are you a Physics Department Chair? Are you a member of a Physics Department? If either of these is true, visit this site for important information: http://aapt.org/Events/deptchairs.cfm Registration is now open. 2008 AAPT High School Photo Contest Now Open Visit the contest home page for details and deadlines associated with this popular event for high school students: http://aapt.org/Contests/photocontest.cfm Students and Sponsors Gear Up for World’s Largest Rocket Contest Students around the country are testing altimeters and trimming tail fins in anticipation of qualifying for the final round of the Sixth Annual Team America Rocketry Challenge in May. AAPT is the education partner. Read more details here: http://www.rocketcontest.org Countdown to Year of Science COPUS participants are gearing up for the celebration of science in 2009. Read more here: http://www.yearofscience2009.org Nanobowl Video Contest: Winners Announced The PhysicsCentral Nano Bowl Video Contest winners have been announced: http://www.physicscentral.com/nanobowl/index.html Phys. Rev. Focus: Current Research Presented for Students Physical Review Focus provides student-friendly write-ups of newly published Physical Review articles. Stories often draw on textbook physics concepts. You can sign up for weekly e-mail updates or the RSS feed. Published by APS. Visit: http://focus.aps.org Publish Your News Here Have a news item you'd like to share with the AAPT membership in the April issue? Be sure to include a brief overview and a URL (website address) where readers can go for more information and send it by April 7 to news@aapt.org. News from the Central Office Legislative Action Center Visit the Legislative Action Center and make your voice heard. Send Us Your Ideas and Feedback Have a suggestion or criticism that you'd like AAPT leadership to hear? Send an email to Future@aapt.org. Upcoming Conferences, Meetings, Symposiums, and Events AAPT Annual Meetings: Save the Dates
The plenary sessions are a very important part of every AAPT Winter and Summer meeting. Recommend a speaker for a future meeting here: http://www.aapt.org/Events/suggestplenary.cfm AAPT Ohio Section Joint Meeting This meeting takes place March 28-29 at Youngstown State University along with AAPT's Western Pennsylvania Section and the Ohio Section of APS. For a registration form and deadline information visit: http://www.ysu.edu/osaps2008 ATE Physics Workshop Project Offers Two New Workshops The Tools for Introductory Physics Workshop will take place April 17-19, at Estrella Mountain Community College, AZ; the Problem Based Physics Workshop will be offered June 12-14, at Mt. San Antonio College, CA. For more information, visit: http://www.physicsworkshops.org International Year of Astronomy: A Hands-on Symposium At this symposium, education and outreach professionals will gather to discuss international, regional, and local programs for the International Year of Astronomy in 2009, which celebrates the 400th anniversary of the astronomical telescope. The symposium is part of the Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and takes place May 31-June 4, 2008, in St. Louis, MO. For more information, visit: http://www.astrosociety.org/2008meeting 2008 Gordon Research Conference Join fellow AAPT and APS members on June 8-13, 2008, at Bryant University, in Smithfield, RI, as physics faculty, physics researchers, and physics education researchers explore the expanding and deepening role of computers in physics research and undergraduate physics instruction. Application deadline for registration is May 18, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.aapt.org/Events/grc.cfm Activity-Based Physics Faculty Institutes College/university faculty are invited to attend an NSF-sponsored Activity-Based Physics Faculty Institute. The one-week program is offered twice in 2008 (June 16-20 or 23-27) at Dickinson College. The Institute promotes use of active learning strategies based on physics education research. For more information, visit: http://www.uoregon.edu/~sokoloff/abpi.htm The 2nd Annual Meeks Memorial Acoustics Workshop This workshop will be offered June 16-19 at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, IN. The main workshop emphasis is on acoustics experiments that are simple to do and easy to interpret. For more details and registration information, visit: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~moloney Physics Modeling Workshops Shady Side Academy (Pittsburgh, PA) is presenting a workshop series (beginning on July 7 and July 14, 2008) designed for secondary school teachers interested in bringing a physics modeling approach to their teaching. For more details, contact dliebmann@shadysideacademy.org or visit: http://shadysideacademy.org/discovery/documents/2008PhysicsModelingWorkshops.pdf MIT-Harvard Program for Prospective Science Teachers The MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms is sponsoring a summer program (June 22-August 5, 2008) for undergraduate physics majors who are considering a career in pre-college science teaching. The organizers would appreciate your passing on word to any students you think might be interested. For more visit: http://www.rle.mit.edu/cua/new/tops.asp AAPM To Offer Workshop on Teaching Physics "How We Learn and How We Should Teach Physics” workshop will be offered from July 31 to Aug 3, 2008, in League City, TX. For more details, visit: http://www.aapm.org/meetings/08workshop/default.asp Professional Development Opportunities for Science Educators Do you want to learn more about AAAS's new Atlas of Science Literacy,Volume 2, and how to put it to use to improve curriculum, instruction,and assessment? AAAS Project 2061 is offering two sessions of its popular professional development workshop "Using Atlas of Science Literacy" in Washington, DC: October 15-17. For more information visit: http://www.project2061.org/events/workshops/default.htm AAPT Fall Chesapeake Section Meeting The meeting will be held November 4-5 at the American Center for Physics in College Park, MD. For more information or to register for the meeting go to: http://www.udel.edu/physics/csaapt Recommended Reading American Journal of Physics Article of the Month "Wavefront Sensor with Fresnel Zone Plates for Use in an Undergraduate Laboratory" by Piotr Migdal et al. (AJP online subscribers only, PDF) The Physics Teacher "Seeing Gender" by Jacqueline D. Spears (TPT online subscribers only, PDF) 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 AAPT NEWS AAPT NEWS is a service to members of the American Association of Physics Teachers and is produced by the AAPT Central Office. It is published monthly on or about the 15th. All issues are archived here. Other stories of significance appear in our Announcements Archive and our archive of Press Releases. E-mail news items, comments, and suggestions to: news@aapt.org Note on External Links 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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