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AAPT reaffirms its commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and condemns the recent and historical violence against Black people in the U.S.
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Quickly shifting to online classes? Would you like ideas and resources that align with research-based pedagogical principles?
PhysTEC National Teacher of the Year
The 2020 National Teacher of the Year is Bouakham Sriri-Perez of Duncan Polytechnical High School in Fresno, CA.
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Represent the United States at the International Physics Olympiad Competition with other high school students. Registration ended December 5, 2020.
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I went to college having decided that I wanted to do something artistic and had no plans to pursue science. However, like many, I was lured into physics by an astronomy course I took as a first-year college student. It was a traditional stellar evolution course, and really, the only thing I remember is that the professor used many colors of markers for his transparencies. I took another astronomy course on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) and decided to look into astronomy as a major. When I looked at the requirements for getting a degree in astronomy, I saw a long list of physics courses. I started on the physics and math and never returned to astronomy.
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