Teaching Resources

New! "Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Take Physics" Poster

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• Recruiting Physics Students in High School (FED newsletter article)
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There are many resources available to help teachers of physics, astronomy, and physical science. A few are listed here, and we always welcome suggestions for new items to add to the list. To suggest a teaching resource for this page, email us at webmaster@aapt.org.

Links to Teaching Resources

Services from AAPT

• AAPT eMentoring
• AAPT Email Discussion Lists
• Physics First Resource Page
• YouTube Physics Teacher Channel (plenary talks from AAPT meetings)
• The Box (E-mail request for promotional materials for 10 attendees at physics education meetings)
  
  International Physics Education Websites
  (Conference Proceedings may be available)
  
  • CERN
  • European Physical Society
  • GIREP
  • IACPE
  • ICPE
  • ICSU
  • International Particle Physics Outreach Group
  • IUPAP
  • UNESCO
  • Women in Physics:  Proceedings of the 4th IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics

  AAPT Partners & Projects
  

  • New Faculty Programs- Workshops & assistance programs for the undergraduate and two-year college educator
  • AAPT Advanced Laboratories Website
  • ComPADRE
  • Nucleus: Physics and Astronomy Outreach Groups
  • Physical Sciences Resource Center
  • Physics Instructional Resource Association (PIRA)
  • Physics Teaching Resource Agents (PTRA) new site!  Old pages are here.
    
  • Project Kaleidoscope SISL
  • 7 Myths About High School Physics Brochure   (Quantity Orders)
  • 7 Myths About High School Physics Brochure - Spanish Version
    

  Reports, Reviews, & Articles
  

  • Supporting LGBT+ Physicists: A Best Practices Guide for Departments
    
  • Transit of Venus June 5/6 2012: AJP Letter to the Editor
  • iPhysicsLabs: Analyzing free fall with a smartphone acceleration sensor
  • Resource Letter: Nonlinear Optics
  • Downloadable Video Guides & Presentations
  • Review of High School Physics Texts
  • Report of the AAPT Advanced Laboratories Task Force
  • Report of the Joint APS-AAPT Task Force on Graduate Education in Physics
  • Physics First Pamphlet
  • Safety in Physics Education (Pages 1-11). Purchase this book at The Physics Store.
  • College Ready Physics Standards: A Look to the Future
    
  • NRC-BOSE Draft Framework for Science Education
  • Focus Group Report on Draft Frameworks
  • Increasing Physics Enrollment in Your School, from The Physics Teacher, Vol. 47, September 2009
  • Strengthening K-12 science education through teacher development
    

  Multimedia

  Hewitt Drew-IT!  Physics Screen Casts

  Teach Physics: Make a Difference video (PhysTEC.org)

  The Constellations and Their Stars

  National Science Foundation Videos

  NBC Learn - Science of the NFL

  NBC Learn - Science of the Olympic Winter Games

  NSF - Science of Speed

  Free Online climate and Energy Teaching Resources - Grades 6-16
  

  Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science

  Newton's Apple - The Physics of Roller Coasters (YouTube Video)

  The Physics of Baseball

  Pablo Physics Video Clips

  UNSW School of Physics Physclips

  WebAssign Physics Explorations with Direct Measurement Videos: collection features physics questions with embedded videos of actual events and systems, such as objects colliding and rockets launching. The videos utilize rulers, grids, frame-counters, and other graphical overlays that enable students to make measurements directly from the video to analyze and apply physics concepts.

  CK-12 Foundation

  The Center for Probing the Nanoscale at Stanford University-Hands-onNanoActivities

  CPU links to Explore More

  PHET Physics Simulations

  Don’t Lecture Me: Rethinking the Way College Students Learn tells the unexpected story of how a group of physicists became concerned about what their students were learning, what they did about it, and how their work is influencing a new generation trying to reinvent college so that students really learn.

  Symphony of Science Videos
  

  The Small Matter of Big Science This short clip discusses the connection between economic security and investment, including government investment, in scientific research. This is a small section of a two-part program called "The Small Matter of Big Science" that closely examines developing policy as it relates to nuclear science and frontier research in the United States.

• We Are the Explorers (NASA Video)

• Why Study Physics? (James Madison University Video)
  

  Free member resources at the Physics Store

  Guidelines
  • Guidelines for High School Physics Programs or Download the PDF.
  • The Role, Education, Qualifications, and Professional Development of Secondary School Physics Teachers (2009) or Download the PDF.
  • Guidelines for Two-Year College Physics Programs or Download the PDF.
  • Guidelines for Self-Study and External Evaluation of Undergraduate Physics Programs or Download the PDF.
  • Planning for Graduate Studies or Download the PDF.
  
  Posters
  • Nobel Prize in Physics Poster (2009)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics Poster (2010)
  • High School Physics Photo Contest Poster
  • Past High School Physics Photo Contest Posters
  • "Why Take Physics?" Poster
  
  Pamphlets/Books/SPIN-UP Resources
  • Making and Sustaining Changes in Undergraduate Physics Programs at Research Universities
    
  • Strategic Programs for Innovations in Undergraduate Physics: Project Report
  • Strategic Programs for Innovations in Undergraduate Physics at Two-Year Colleges: Best Practices of Physics Programs
  • Experimentos con Hilos y Cinta Adhesiva

  Blogs

  TYC Physics
  PERticles

  Pat's Picks for STEM Teachers

  
  Service Opportunities

• Peace Corps
• Teach for America
• NGOabroad