Fwd: AAPT Update 2003 Number 3

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

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Subject: AAPT Update 2003 Number 3
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AAPT Update 2003 Number 3

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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MARCH 28 AAPT PHYSICS BOWL DEADLINE

Attention high school physics teachers: enter your students in Physics
Bowl 2003 and receive national recognition for your school, your
students,
and yourself. Students will take a 40-question, timed, multiple-choice
test in the period of April 10-April 23, 2003. Exam questions are based
on
topics and concepts covered in a typical high school physics course. To
enter, each school must complete and mail an entry form and enclose
payment of $2.50 per exam plus shipping and handling charges. For more
information go to
http://www.aapt.org/Contests/physicsbowl.cfm
Copies of previous Physics Bowl exams are available online at
http://www.psrc-online.org/evaluation/bowl.html.

AOL Link: <a href="http://www.aapt.org/Contests/physicsbowl.cfm";
> Physics Bowl Application </a>

AOL Link: <a href=
"http://www.psrc-online.org/evaluation/bowl.html";
> Previous Physics Bowl Exams </a>


DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL END OF MARCH FOR IACPE

The triennial Inter-American Conference on Physics Education will take
place this July 7 through July 11 in Havana, Cuba. The conference is
supported financially by UNESCO and IUPAP among other organizations,
and the AAPT is among the organizations endorsing the conference. The
organizers have generously agreed to extend the deadline for
registration
and reception of abstracts to be submitted to the jury until the end of
March to accommodate AAPT members who still wish to attend. For more
information, please go to
http://www.aapt.org/aboutaapt/physicsnews.cfm#CP_JUMP_1771.

AOL Link:
<a href=" http://www.aapt.org/aboutaapt/physicsnews.cfm#CP_JUMP_1771";
> IACPE Conference </a>


OUTSTANDING STUDENT CERTIFICATES

As a service to the physics education community, AAPT will provide to
any
high school physics teacher, who is a member in good standing, a
certificate that may then be awarded by the teacher to his or her
outstanding physics student at year-end honor assemblies. Deadline for
requests is May 9. Teachers need to submit their requests each year to
receive a certificate in mid-spring. The application is available to
members only. For more information, or to access the application please
go
to http://www.aapt.org/Grants/studentcert.cfm.

AOL Link: <a href=" http://www.aapt.org/Grants/studentcert.cfm";
> Outstanding Student Certificates </a>


INTRODUCTORY CALCULUS BASED PHYSICS CONFERENCE

Physics faculty and administration teams are invited to attend the
Introductory Calculus Based Physics Conference on September 19-21, 2003
to
be held at the Crystal City Marriott in Arlington, VA. Deadline for
registration is June 30, 2003. Space is limited and applications will be
accepted on a first-come-first serve basis. For more information go to,
http:// www.aapt.org/events/calconf.cfm

AOL Link: <a href=" http:// www.aapt.org/events/calconf.cfm"
> Introductory Calculus Conference </a>


INTEL INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR

Each year, AAPT and APS organize the judging team for the physics
displays
at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF). Held
annually in May, the Intel ISEF brings together over 1,200 students from
40 nations to compete for scholarships, tuition grants, internships, and
scientific field trips. This year ISEF will be held the week of May
11-17,
2003 at the Cleveland Convention Center. We are soliciting names of 3
to 4
judges who would volunteer to spend one and half days, Tuesday, May
13-14,
2003, to judge entries. If you are interested in participating, please
contact AAPT at (301) 209-3311 or send an email to rmuller@aapt.org for
consideration.


WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE

We've been working to improve the speed of our new website, and we need
your feedback. Please take a moment to fill out our short survey at
http://www.aapt.org/Surveys.

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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>