Scholarships for Future Teachers

High School Physics Day

Barbara Lotze Scholarship for Future Teachers (AAPT):
http://www.aapt.org/Grants/lotze.cfm

Society of Physics Students Future Teacher Scholarship (AIP):
http://www.spsnational.org/programs/spsscholarships.htm

U of A Math Science Partnership Grant

We are excited to announce the successful funding of the University of Arkansas' Math Science Partnership Grant. This grant is aimed at partnering with 25 middle school physical science teachers and high school physics teachers from the state of Arkansas. The partnership is designed to improve content knowledge, develop teaching strategies, integrate instructional technology and help teachers gain a "Highly Qualified" status.

Visit http://sharrah.uark.edu/amsp/index.htm for more detail and to apply.

Modeling Workshops in High School Physics this Summer:

Modeling Workshops in high school physics, chemistry, and/or physical science will be held in summer 2008 in Arizona, Fresno CA, Florida, Kansas, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Philadelphia PA, and Dallas Texas. Pending funding, they will be held in Chicago, IL.

Visit http://modeling.asu.edu/ for details. Click on "Modeling Workshops Nationwide in Summer 2008".

Modeling Workshops are peer-led. Modeling Instruction is the only high school science program recognized by the U.S. Dept.of Education as EXEMPLARY.

At most sites, stipends and/or free tuition are available.

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American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
http://www.aapt.org

World Year of Physics
http://www.physics2005.org/

Physical Sciences Resource Center
http://psrc.aapt.org/

2004 High School Photo Contest Winners
http://www.aapt.org/Contests/pc04.cfm

The AAPT Updates are archived on the AAPT web site at
http://www.aapt.org/aboutaapt/updates/

Rural PTRA Workshops:
Sponsored by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), the Rural PTRA (Physics Teaching Resource Agents) program is an opportunity for rural physics instructors to grow professionally in physics content, in the use of technology for instruction, and in established successful teaching strategies. Teachers participating in the program are then able to provide support for other area teachers. A one-week summer institute for physics and physical science teachers in high schools and middle schools will be held in summer 2007. There are follow up sessions, and there is a series of annual summer events. Participants will be able to attend 36 workshop hours per year (wouldn’t that be nice!). If you teach in a rural or small-city school district there is no cost to attend (neither to the attendee nor to the school division). Lodging and meals will be provided on campus. Non-rural participants may attend for a small fee from their school, or apply for one of two physics department scholarships for the program. Included in the Spring newsletter will be an application, as well as more information about 2007 dates. Visit the PTRA website at http://www.aapt.org/PTRA/ until then!

What is PhysTEC?

The Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) is an aggressive effort to build working relationships between the major contributors to the development of physical science teachers: the science department, the education department, and the regional school systems. These new relationships are focused on improved recruiting and training of physical science teachers to greatly increase the pool of high quality teachers.

Visit our PhysTEC web page now!

Other Resources and Information

We have resources for future teachers as well as current teachers available at the Arkansas Physics Education Research web site.