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Dear AAPT Member, Welcome to Physical Fragments, the quarterly newsletter designed specifically to help new members become acquainted with the many benefits of AAPT membership. With the school year well under way, you will find AAPT to be a convenient and reliable resource for teaching ideas, workshops, products, and funding. We encourage you to attend our upcoming National Winter Meeting to be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico January 8-12. AAPT National Meetings offer a tremendous opportunity to become part the international physics community. As a new member, you are entitled to a $20 meeting coupon. We look forward to meeting you in person. Valerie Evans |
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Top physicists lecture at National Meetings At each national meeting, we honor outstanding physics educators and leaders from around the world. These acclaimed educators lecture and confer with attendees during the meeting. AAPT's Winter Meeting, in conjunction with the National Society of Hispanic Physicists, is your next opportunity to hear these notable physicists speak in person. You may know one of the honorees recognized during our 2004 Winter and Summer National Meetings. Register early for discounted meeting rate Plan ahead and save money at the 2005 Winter Meeting, to be held in Albuquerque, NM, January 8 - 12. Early bird deadline: November 11. Register now. Volunteer and receive a free meeting registrationVolunteers learn a little bit about what it takes to organize and run a national meeting and still have time to enjoy workshops and lectures. They work with Association personnel and long time members. Benefits include: free registration, product gift certificates and more. Read more about volunteer opportunities. Deadline October 22. |
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Scholarship money available for undergrads planning to teach We believe in the next generation of physics teachers. Undergraduate students in, or planning to enter, physics teacher preparation curricula and high school seniors planning to enter such curricula are eligible to win up to $2000 per year for up to four years. This scholarship is supported by an endowment funded by Barbara Lotze. Apply. Money available for physics outreach As a teacher, do you wish you could find the money to finance your creative ideas? Through the contributions of AAPT members, monies are available through several grants. Funding for High School teachers. AAPT offers grants to high school teachers who want to organize a physics demonstration show or an open house for their high school or community. Since this is the World Year of Physics, all proposals must incorporate that theme. The more innovative the project; the better your chance of winning. Apply. All teaching levels eligible. The Bauder fund, which is open to all teaching levels, will award a minimum of 20 grants of up to $1,000 for outreach activities such as WYP 2005 demonstration shows for the public, make-and-take workshops for K-12 teachers, WYP 2005 displays for libraries and similar public places, and other similar activities. Apply. Start-up money available WIf you need financial aid developing and marketing an innovative teaching product or service for physics and other sciences, apply to AAPT's Venture Fund. Projects that have been supported by the Venture Fund include converting the Physics Cinema Classics video from laser disk to DVD and putting the Powerful Ideas in Physical Science materials onto CD. Another recent project is the Tacoma Narrows Bridge video. High School Photo Contest winners garner recognition Challenge your high school students to photograph a physical phenomena and provide a short explanation. Winners are selected during the Summer Meeting. The winning photographs, complete with photographer and school credit, are featured during the year on AAPT calendars, the Physical Fragments homepage, and journal covers. Read contest details and see the 2004 winning photos. Rocketry challenge ignites student interest The Team America Rocketry Challenge demands team work, ingenuity, and a practical application of mathematics and physics. Open to middle and high school teams, teams compete regionally, culminating in a national Challenge each spring. Submit an article to be published Read more about submission guidelines to the following journals: American Journal of PhysicsPhysics Teacher Physics Today |
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Manage your career Our career website is devoted to you - the physics educator. Use the search and notify features to save time and target interesting positions. Or use AAPT's career center to post your department's 'position wanted' ads. With 20,000 unique visitors each month, you can be assured your ad is being read. Read Physics Today online All members of AAPT are eligible to read a full text version of Physics Today online. First time users need to register with their Member ID number. Your ID number can be found on the journal labels or your AAPT ID card. First time registrants who know their ID number, register here. Forgot your AAPT ID number? At the AAPT homepage, click Log In from the green bar across the top. Already registered but forgot your Physics Today password? Click here. Website for the curious at heart Physics to Go is a collection of websites where you can learn physics on your own, through games, webcasts, and online exhibits and activities. Website for undergraduates The Nucleus is a community and resource for undergraduates in physics and astronomy. |
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Insurance is a necessity - not a luxury AAPT's group discount allows you to leverage preferred rates on a range of insurance plans, including health, life and educators professional liability. Update? Upgrade? Or Renew? It only takes a minute to update your mailing address, add a journal or renew when you go online. Make changes to my membership profile. Discounts on educational products One of our most popular benefits is the substantial discount offered to members on educational products offered in our catalog. A special limited offer is now available for new and previous purchasers of Powerful Ideas in Physical Science. The first four volumes of this pre-teaching curriculum were originally produced as text. The new six volume version is available in a CD-ROM format. Schools or individuals who purchase the new six volume CD-ROM version will receive the paper volumes free. Schools or individuals who already own the paper versions can purchase the CD-ROM version at a 75% discount! Read more about Powerful Ideas in Physical Science. |
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Help a friend in a developing country Do you know a colleague struggling to teach physics in a developing country? Every year the Fuller Fund awards educators like this a complimentary AAPT membership with their choice of journals. Call for nominations Being involved with the future of physics is the crux of AAPT membership. Consider nominating yourself to a committee or board position where you have a particular interest. Or nominate a deserving colleague. |
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