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Dan MacIsaac, Associate Professor of Physics, SUNY-Buffalo State College
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From: AAPT <aapt-memb@aapt.org>
Date: December 20, 2005 1:46:31 PM EST (CA)
Subject: AAPT Update 2005 Number 12
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
• Winter Meeting Registration and Workshop Update
• Nominate Your Student for the 2006 U.S. Physics Team
• Congratulations to AAPT’s New Executive Board Members
• AAPT Helps Send “Young Physics Ambassadors” to Taiwan Symposium
Warmest wishes for a joyful holiday season from all of us at AAPT.
WINTER MEETING REGISTRATION AND WORKSHOP UPDATE
If you haven’t pre-registered for the Winter Meeting in Anchorage, AK,
January 21-25, there is still time. The advanced pre-registration
deadline
is Thursday, December 22, 2005. To register go to: http://www.aapt.org/Events/Secure/prereg.cfm
Don't miss this opportunity to attend informative workshops on such
topics
as Supernovae, ClassAction, Photographing the Night Sky, Physics by
Inquiry, Franklin and Electrostatics, and Studying the Early
Universe. To
search the entire list of available workshops go to: http://aapt.org/scheduler/wm2006
NOMINATE YOUR STUDENT FOR THE 2006 U.S. PHYSICS TEAM
A team of 24 high school physics students will be selected to represent
the United States at the 37th International Physics Olympiad, July 8-17,
at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Applications are due by
January 23 to receive consideration for this year’s team.
Applications and
additional information is available at http://www.aapt.org/olympiad2006/
CONGRATULATIONS TO AAPT’S NEW EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS
AAPT HELPS SEND “YOUNG PHYSICS AMBASSADORS” TO TAIWAN SYMPOSIUM
AAPT is taking the lead in coordinating a delegation of “young physics
ambassadors” to a symposium in Taiwan. Six “ambassadors” and one leader
from the United States, and students and leaders from five developing
countries have been invited to participate. For more information on the
Taiwan Symposium go to: http://www.aapt.org/aboutaapt/aaptnews.cfm