AAPT: American Association of Physics Teachers
American Association of Physics Teachers
A professional membership association of scientists dedicated to enhancing the understanding and appreciation of physics through teaching.
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Featured Presentations
A selection from our AAPT national conferences
SM14: Sympathetic Cooling of Antiproton
This thesis describes the laser sympathetic cooling of the antiproton in AEgIS experiment. The antiproton and buffer gas particles are trapped in paul...View more
SM14: "Tiered" iClicker Recitation Introductions and an Open-Ended Experiment
Interactively engaging students can significantly help them understand key concepts [Hake 1998]. In PHYS 272 at Purdue University, we are experimentin...View more
SM14: A Dissociated, Progressive Introductory Physics Laboratory
I am the current caretaker and reviser of an introductory mechanics laboratory in the first-year curriculum at Ithaca College. Substantial revisions s...View more
SM14: A Research-validated Approach to Transforming Upper-division E&M: Issues and Measures
Upper-division E&M is traditionally taught using a lecture approach that does not make use of many of the instructional techniques that have been foun...View more
SM14: A Summary from Three Opportunities to Explore the Intersection of Biology and Physics: Research and Education
Physics in a biological context has been part of the physics education discussion for some time, with focused sessions at AAPT Meetings, efforts to re...View more
SM14: A Women in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics Course*
Increasing women's participation is a concern in disciplines beyond physics. As part of our Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science Research Scholars ...View more
SM14: Adapting Modeling Instruction to DIY Arduino (Microcontroller) Lab Equipment Development
The Arduino Microcontroller is an inexpensive, easy to program board that introductory students can use to create simple data acquisition equipment. H...View more
SM14: Alliance for Physics Excellence -- Addressing Alabama's HS Physics Teacher Needs
The need for more qualified HS physics teachers in the U.S. has been well documented. In Alabama about 10% of practicing physics teachers has an acade...View more
SM14: An Optical Outreach Kit for School and Community Outreach
We present a collaborative effort between 3M and The Bakken Museum to create a science encouragement kit for the 3M Visiting Wizards program. The prog...View more
SM14: Angular Momentum and the Motorcycle Turn
The torque from the handlebars that causes the front wheel of a motorcycle to lean and a subsequent torque of gravity that turns the wheel (and theref...View more
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Meet Brian
I had a super-supportive family and an amazing high school physics teacher, and an excellent college advisor that inspired my love for physics. I ended up in teaching at least partly because of a talk Sheila Tobias gave at the University of Utah during my master’s work, which led me to five years of teaching high school and then subsequent PhD research at Utah State and a job at Ricks College that turned into BYU-Idaho underneath me.Get Involved
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