Report on the AAPT 130th Winter Meeting

Albuquerque, NM

Dates: January 9 - 12, 2005.

Prepared for: Ontario Association of Physics Teachers (OAPT)

Prepared by: Rolly Meisel, Section Representative Disclaimer

Location Albuquerque Convention Centre, Albuquerque, NM

Meeting Reports

* Section Officers Exchange
* Section Representatives Meeting
* High School Committee Meeting
* Council Meeting

Session Reports: Notes from sessions attended by the Section Rep

* Registration, Displays and Posters
* Ceremonial Session
* Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
* Physics of World War II and After
* Labs and Demos Based on Einstein's 1905 Papers
* Physics Influences the Art of Remedios Varo
* Pasco Workshop: Physics With the Xplorer GLX
* Best Practices in Using Technology to Teach Physics
* Einstein's Ph D Thesis If you read nothing else, read this one!
* Physics 2000
* Einstein: From Unification to Relativity and Back
* The Future of the Universe

Web Site Summary:

* Meeting Event List: http://www.aapt.org/Events/130th/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=8639
* World Year of Physics http://www.physics2005.org/
* AAPT Grant Program http://www.aapt.org/Grants/grants.cfm
* AAPT Officer Directory http://www.aapt.org/Directory/
* Alberta Section Web Page http://polaris.phys.ualberta.ca/info/aapt/#meeting
* Resources for physics teaching http://www.thephysicsfront.org/
* Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Physics Programs http://www.erau.edu/
* Physics and the Art of Remedios Varo http://www.nd.edu/~sweber/art/varo/
* Technology-based physics courses http://www.kineticbooks.com/
* Physics Education Technology Project PhET http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet/simulations-base.html

Resources for Teaching Physics

Applets and other resources http://www.opensourcephysics.org/
Resources for physics teaching http://www.thephysicsfront.org/
Pasco http://www.pasco.com/
Vernier http://www.vernier.com/cmat/pwc.html
The Physics Suite http://www.wiley.com/college/sc/cummings/suite.html
Real Time Physics http://www.elx.com.au/item/0471283797
National Science Digital Library http://www.nsdl.org/
Turnitin Anti-Plagiarism http://turnitin.com/static/home.html?session-id=06afb22593100c451120f352195631fa
Physics Education Technology Project PhET http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet/ Highly recommended by Section Rep!
Multimedia Education Resource MERLOT http://www.merlot.org/Home.po
Just in Time Teaching http://webphysics.iupui.edu/jitt/jitt.html
Physlets http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/Applets.html
Physics 2000 http://www.physics2000.com/