The following message is from the Executive Office of the American
Association of Physics Teachers, College Park, Maryland.
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1) ADVANCE PREREGISTRATION DEADLINE JULY 7
2) FIVE-YEAR REVIEW OF THE AAPT EXECUTIVE OFFICE
3) AJP - LOOKING FOR A NEW EDITOR, TO START JULY 1, 2001
4) THE ROLE OF TOYS IN TEACHING PHYSICS
5) SCIENCE JOB MARKET
6) NEW AAPT MEMBER BENEFIT
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1) ADVANCE PREREGISTRATION DEADLINE JULY 7
Save $$$ - The deadline for Advance Pre registration for the 2000 Summer
Meeting in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, is Friday, July 7. Save time and
postage by submitting electronically through the web at http://www.aapt.org/meetings/sum00/mainsum00.html.
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2) FIVE-YEAR REVIEW OF THE AAPT EXECUTIVE OFFICE
At its 2000 Spring Meeting, the AAPT Executive Board appointed a committee
consisting of Carolyn Haas, Sandra Harpole, William Kelly, and Larry
Kirkpatrick as Chair to conduct a five-year review of the AAPT Executive
Office and Bernard V. Khoury, the AAPT Executive Officer. As part of the
review process, the members of the Review Committee seek input from all
AAPT members. Please let us know what AAPT is doing well and what things
could use some improvement. Please send your input to Larry Kirkpatrick at
kirkpatrick@physics.montana.edu or at Physics, Montana State
University,Bozeman MT 59717-3840.
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3) AJP - LOOKING FOR A NEW EDITOR, TO START JULY 1, 2001
A search committee has been appointed to seek a new editor for the American
Journal of Physics, to begin his or her duties on July 1, 2001. The new
editor will succeed Robert H. Romer, who has served as editor since 1988.
The search committee welcomes inquiries, suggestions, nominations, and
applications. For a more complete description of the search procedures and
for an editorial on the subject (Why not be editor?) by the current editor,
visit http://www.amherst.edu/~ajp/EdannW1.htm
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4) THE ROLE OF TOYS IN TEACHING PHYSICS
How do you get students interested in physics? Let them play!
The Role of Toys in Teaching Physics, by Jodi and Roy McCullough, is now
available from AAPT. This new AAPT/PTRA Workshop Manual contains hundreds
of physics experiments, demonstrations, and displays - all involving toys!
These ideas can be used to introduce most of the major topics covered in a
typical introductory physics class. Order this exciting teaching resource
online at www.aapt.org/catalog or by calling 301-209-3333.
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5) SCIENCE JOB MARKET
Curious to see who's hiring this summer? Search the listings in the
Science Job Market, an online database of teaching and research jobs in the
physical sciences. More jobs are posted every week! Visit http://www.psrc-online.org/jobs today.
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6) NEW AAPT MEMBER BENEFIT
AAPT MEMBERS CAN NOW SAVE ON SOFTWARE PURCHASES. The ìBuy Software
Licensesî button located on the for members only section of our website is
your link to an online software store. Once your logged into the members
only section, just click the button for immediate access to the most
popular business software from publishers like Microsoft, Symantec,
Computer Associates, and Trend Micro. Additional information can be found
at http://www.aapt.org/
The American Association of Physics Teachers
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College Park, MD 20740-3845
Voice: 301-209-3300
Fax: 301-209-0845
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