From: AAPT <aapt-memb@aapt.org>
Date: Mon Aug 18, 2003 2:53:26 PM US/Eastern
To: "danmacisaac@mac.com" <danmacisaac@mac.com>
Subject: AAPT Update 2003 Number 8
Reply-To: AAPT <aapt-memb@aapt.org>
AAPT Update 2003 Number 8
This news summary is a service to our members and is from the Executive
Office of the American Association of Physics Teachers, College Park,
Maryland.
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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR THE 128th AAPT NATIONAL MEETING IS
SEPTEMBER 21
The deadline for submission of all abstracts for the 128th AAPT National
Meeting in Miami Beach, FL, is Sunday, September 21. To submit an
abstract, please go to http://www.aapt.org/Events/abstractForm.cfm
DEADLINE FOR NEW FACULTY WORKSHOP IS SEPTEMBER 26
The AAPT, in conjunction with AAS and APS, will be holding the 2003
Workshop for New Physics and Astronomy Faculty November 6-9, 2003 at the
American Center for Physics in College Park, MD.
The target audience for the Workshop is faculty in the first few years
of
their initial tenure-track appointment at a four-year college or
university.
This annual conference helps new faculty understand how students learn
physics and astronomy, and suggests how this information can impact a
new
professor's teaching methods. Nominations of faculty to attend the
Workshop should be submitted by department heads before September 26,
2003. Capacity is limited, and nominations are generally accepted in
the
order in which they are received. For more information, please go to http://www.aapt.org/Events/newfaculty.cfm.
U.S. PHYSICS TEAM PLACES FIRST IN 2003 INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS OLYMPIAD
AAPT would like to congratulate the 2003 U.S. Physics Team on their
accomplishments at the 34th International Physics Olympiad Competition
in
Taiwan. Many awards were won; and for the first time ever, the United
States garnered the top country, out of 54 countries, award. For more
information and pictures, please go to http://www.aapt.org/olympiad2003/
2003 HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Winners of the 2003 High School Physics Photo Contest were announced at
the completion of the 127th AAPT National Meeting. The 100 best entries
were displayed for meeting attendees to judge. Vernier Software &
Technology contributed the prizes for the first, second, and third place
winners. Prizes were also awarded to the teachers of the winning
students.
To view the 2003 winners please go to http://www.aapt.org/Contests/pc03.cfm
Dan MacIsaac, Assistant Professor of Physics, SUNY-Buffalo State College
222SCIE BSC, 1300 Elmwood Ave , Buffalo NY 14222 USA 716-878-3802
<macisadl@buffalostate.edu> <http://PhysicsEd.BuffaloState.edu>