AAPT: American Association of Physics Teachers

Statement on Racism and Violence Against Black People

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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Research-validated Resources for Teaching Online

Quickly shifting to online classes? Would you like ideas and resources that align with research-based pedagogical principles?

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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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American Association of Physics Teachers

AAPT® is a professional membership association of scientists dedicated to enhancing the understanding and appreciation of physics through teaching.

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Join The 2020 U.S. Physics Team

Represent the United States at the International Physics Olympiad Competition with other high school students. Registration ended December 5, 2020.

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AAPT 2021 Virtual Winter Meeting

The AAPT 2021 Winter Meeting will be virtual.

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Enriching Physics through Diversity

Explore AAPT's resources on Diversity and Inclusion

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Member Discount Program

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Featured Presentations

A selection from our AAPT® national conferences

SM14: Sympathetic Cooling of Antiproton This thesis describes the laser sympathetic cooling of the antiproton in AEgIS experiment. The antiproton and buffer gas particles are trapped in paul...View more SM14: "Tiered" iClicker Recitation Introductions and an Open-Ended Experiment Interactively engaging students can significantly help them understand key concepts [Hake 1998]. In PHYS 272 at Purdue University, we are experimentin...View more SM14: A Dissociated, Progressive Introductory Physics Laboratory I am the current caretaker and reviser of an introductory mechanics laboratory in the first-year curriculum at Ithaca College. Substantial revisions s...View more SM14: A Research-validated Approach to Transforming Upper-division E&M: Issues and Measures Upper-division E&M is traditionally taught using a lecture approach that does not make use of many of the instructional techniques that have been foun...View more SM14: A Summary from Three Opportunities to Explore the Intersection of Biology and Physics: Research and Education Physics in a biological context has been part of the physics education discussion for some time, with focused sessions at AAPT Meetings, efforts to re...View more SM14: A Women in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics Course* Increasing women's participation is a concern in disciplines beyond physics. As part of our Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science Research Scholars ...View more SM14: Adapting Modeling Instruction to DIY Arduino (Microcontroller) Lab Equipment Development The Arduino Microcontroller is an inexpensive, easy to program board that introductory students can use to create simple data acquisition equipment. H...View more SM14: Alliance for Physics Excellence -- Addressing Alabama's HS Physics Teacher Needs The need for more qualified HS physics teachers in the U.S. has been well documented. In Alabama about 10% of practicing physics teachers has an acade...View more SM14: An Optical Outreach Kit for School and Community Outreach We present a collaborative effort between 3M and The Bakken Museum to create a science encouragement kit for the 3M Visiting Wizards program. The prog...View more SM14: Angular Momentum and the Motorcycle Turn The torque from the handlebars that causes the front wheel of a motorcycle to lean and a subsequent torque of gravity that turns the wheel (and theref...View more

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AAPT Member Spotlight

Meet Kris

Today, I recognize so much of teaching is psychology, creating the environment and motivation for learning to happen. The energy and ideas exchanged at each AAPT meeting (national and regional) are vital to this on-going process of becoming a better teacher. I cannot imagine life without my AAPT ‘family’!

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