| Report on the AAPT 132nd Winter Meeting Anchorage, AK |
| Dates: January 21 - 25, 2006. Location Egan Convention Centre, Anchorage, AK Prepared by: Rolly Meisel, Section Representative Disclaimer Prepared for: Ontario Association of Physics Teachers (OAPT) Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth: Courses for Students and Summer Employment for Teachers Physics Teacher Education (PTEC): Conference Ice Melt Competition: Rules |
| Meeting Reports * Meeting Venue: Anchorage, AK * Section Officers Exchange * Section Representatives Meeting * High School Committee Meeting * Council Meeting |
| Session Reports: (Notes from sessions attended by the Section Rep) * Climate Variability in Alaska * Probing the Ice Cap of Mt. Wrangell * The Aurorae * Project Galileo * Carbon Nanotubes * Connecting Physics to Emerging Technologies * Lessons from the 1964 Earthquake * How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Schrodinger's Cat * Iditarod Dog Sled Race * Thawing the Frozen Curriculum |
| Web Site Summary: * Meeting Event List: * World Year of Physics * AAPT Grant Program * AAPT Officer Directory * Space Elevator |
| Resources for Teaching Physics Applets and other resources http://www.opensourcephysics.org/ Resources for physics teaching www.ThePhysicsFront.org Pasco www.pasco.com Vernier http://www.vernier.com/cmat/pwc.html Real Time Physics http://www.elx.com.au/item/0471283797 National Science Digital Library http://www.nsdl.org/ Physics Education Technology Project PhET http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet/ Physlets http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/Applets.html |