Fwd: AAPT Update 2004 Number 8

[danmacisaac <Dan.MacIsaac@NAU.EDU>]

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From: AAPT <aapt-memb@aapt.org>
Date: August 19, 2004 2:40:27 PM EDT
To: Dan MacIsaac <danmacisaac@mac.com>
Subject: AAPT Update 2004 Number 8
Reply-To: AAPT <aapt-memb@aapt.org>

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.


       TABLE OF CONTENTS
•       September 9 Abstract Deadline for 2005 Winter Meeting
•       2004 U.S. Physics Team Results
•       AAPT’s Team America Rocketry Contest
•       AAPT’s New Online Career Center


SEPTEMBER 9 ABSTRACT DEADLINE FOR 2005 WINTER MEETING

The deadline for submission of all abstracts for the 2005 Winter Meeting
in Albuquerque, NM, is Thursday, September 9. For information on
abstract
preparation and submission rules, please go to
http://www.aapt.org/Events/abstractguide.cfm .
Read the current Call for Papers at
http://www.aapt.org/Events/call4papers.cfm .

AOL Link:
<a href="http://www.aapt.org/Events/abstractguide.cfm";> AAPT’s Abstract
Deadline for 130th AAPT National Meeting</a>

AOL Link:
<a href="http://www.aapt.org/Events/abstractguide.cfm";> Call for
Papers</a>


2004 U.S. PHYSICS TEAM RESULTS

Congratulations to the U.S. Physics Team, every member of the U.S.
Physics
Team came home from the
International Physics Olympiad with a medal.
Gold medal winners:  Yi Sun & Elena Udovina
Silver:  Anson Hook & Eric Mecklenburg
Bronze:  Jeffrey Middleton
Special Prizes:
The most original solution in the competition:  Elena Udovina
Best score among female participants: Elena Udovina
Top female student: Elena Udovina

More information on the traveling team can be at
http://www.aapt.org/olympiad2004/team.cfm?Winners=1 .

AOL Link:
<a href="http://www.aapt.org/olympiad2004/team.cfm?Winners=1 "> U.S.
Physics Team</a>


AAPT’s TEAM AMERICA ROCKETRY CONTEST

AAPT will serve as the Team America Rocketry Challenge’s sole
educational
partner for the 2005 competition. As a supporting partner for the 2004
event, AAPT was prominent in providing contest information to the
physics
education community. The challenge is the world’s largest model rocket
contest for middle and high school students, with more than 16,000
students participating in the 2003 and 2004 competition. To get more
information on the Team America Rocketry Challenge go to
http://www.rocketcontest.org .

AOL Link:
<a href="http://www.rocketcontest.org";>Rocket Contest</a>


AAPT’s NEW ONLINE CAREER CENTER

Through an alliance with AIP, AAPT's Career Center will be available to
130,000 physics and physical science professionals. The Career Center
averages 175 job postings each month and 20,000 unique visitors monthly.
The Career Center has features that include: multiple searching
capabilities, resume storing, email alerts, and many more. Visit the new
AAPT Online Career Center at http://www.aapt.org/CareerCenter/index.cfm
to
find out what all the excitement is about.

AOL Link:
<a href="http://www.aapt.org/CareerCenter/index.cfm";> AAPT’s Online
Career Center</a>


The AAPT Updates are archived on the AAPT web site at
http://www.aapt.org/aboutaapt/updates/

AOL Link: <a href="http://www.aapt.org/aboutaapt/updates/ ">AAPT Update
Archives</a>

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