AAPT Update 2001 Number 8 The following message is from the Executive Office of the American Association of Physics Teachers, College Park, Maryland. **************CONTENTS******************* 1. ONLINE COURSE SYLLABI 2. THE PHYSICS TEACHER HOMEPAGE LAUNCHED 3. HIGH SCHOOL GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE TEACHING 4. THE ONLINE OCTOBER 2001 ISSUE OF AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS IS NOW AVAILABLE 5. COLOR IMAGES OF PHYSICS PHENOMENA NOW IN ONLINE CATALOG *************************************** 1. ONLINE COURSE SYLLABI Do you have a course syllabus online that you might like to share with other faculty teaching the same or a similar course? This might be a valuable resource for new faculty members or faculty teaching the course for the first time. You can submit the course information and URL for your syllabus to a searchable online database. The URL for the database is http://oliver.aapt.org/PSRC_forms/syllabi.html. Alternatively, you can find a syllabus for a new course that you might be teaching or revising next semester. Syllabi for introductory and advanced courses are available. --------------------------------- 2. THE PHYSICS TEACHER HOMEPAGE LAUNCHED AAPT is pleased to debut a new homepage for The Physics Teacher, http://www.aapt.org/tpt. Full-text of selected articles and columns from the October issue are freely available now. Selections from future issues will also be posted. The site also includes information for authors. --------------------------------- 3. HIGH SCHOOL GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE TEACHING AAPT has grants ranging from $100 to $500 for high school teachers to support innovative physics programs that seek to increase student enrollment or to enhance student achievement in physics. Deadline for applying for one of these grants is November 1, 2001. For more information, please click on http://aapt.org/events/00hsg.html. --------------------------------- 4. THE ONLINE OCTOBER 2001 ISSUE OF AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PYSHICS IS NOW AVAILABLE The latest edition of the American Journal of Physics is now available online at http://ojps.aip.org/ajp/. --------------------------------- 5. COLOR IMAGES OF PHYSICS PHENOMENA NOW IN ONLINE CATALOG AAPT is now selling a new Ztek product through the AAPT online catalog. Color Images of Physics Phenomena is a CD-ROM that contain 360 images which capture physical phenomena that are difficult to produce in a laboratory. Lessons covering 28 physics concepts, along with an elaborate database, are included. Visit http://www.aapt.org/catalog for more information and a complete listing of products. --------------------------------- These AAPT Updates are archived on the AAPT web site at http://www.aapt.org/updates The American Association of Physics Teachers One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740-3845 Voice: 301-209-3300 Fax: 301-209-0845 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.aapt.org/ http://www.psrc-online.org/ --- You are currently subscribed to aapt-memb as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This is the CPS Science Teacher List. To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For more information: <http://home.sprintmail.com/~mikelach/subscribe.html>. To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/science%40lists.csi.cps.k12.il.us/>