Physics Teaching Resources

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Physics Teaching Resources

• Organizations for Physics Teachers
• Journals for High School Physics Teachers
• Textbooks in High School Physics Teaching
• Physics Teaching References
• Electronic Resources (CDs Internet)
• Demonstration Handbooks
• Suppliers
• Grants
• Competitions
• Web Resources
• List Servers
• ISPP

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Organizations for Physics Teachers

• Area Groups
• Illinois State Physics Project (ISPP)
• Physics Northwest
• Capitol Area Physics Alliance
• St. Louis Area Physics Teachers
• Chicago ITQ Science Project
• Regional Groups
• Illinois Section of the AAPT (ISAAPT)
• Chicago Section of the AAPT (CS-AAPT)
• Illinois Science Teachers Association (ISTA)
• National Groups
• American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
• National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

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Journals for High School Physics Teachers

• The Physics Teacher
• Physics Today
• American Journal of Physics
• Journal for Physics Education Research (AIP)
• Scientific American
• Science News
• The Science Teacher (NSTA)
• International Journal of Science Education
• Physics Education
• Journal of Research in Science Teaching
• Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online
  (JPTEO)

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Physics Textbooks Used (1997)

• Regular first-year physics
• Physics Principles Problems (Merril/Glencoe)
  57
• Modern Physics (Holt, Rinehart Winston) 20
• Conceptual Physics (Hewitt) 15
• Physics for non-science students
• Conceptual Physics 84
• Physics Principles Problems 7
• Honors physics
• Physics Principles Problems 25
• Physics (Giancoli) 19
• Modern Physics 15
• Advanced placement B Advanced placement C
• Physics (Giancoli) 27 - Fundamentals of
  Physics
• College Physics (Serway) 24 (Halliday
  Resnick) 41
• Physics (Cutnell) 9 - University Physics
  (Sears) 19

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Physics Teaching References

• Aarons, A. B. (1990) A Guide to Introductory
  Physics Teaching
• Aarons, A. B. (1997). Teaching Introductory
  Physics All Inclusive Guide.
• Kutliroff, D. (19xx) Teaching High School Physics
• Osborne, J. Freeman, J. (1989 Teaching Physics
  A Guide For The Non-Specialist
• Wilson, J. (1997). Conference on the Introductory
  Physics Courses.
• Yurkewicz, W., Jr. (1985) A Guidebook For
  Teaching Physics

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Electronic Resources

• Physics InfoMall CD
• Guidebook to constructing inexpensive science
  teaching Equipment Physics
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse CD
• (file///ENC/docs/docsfr.htm)
• ISAAPT Resources
• ISU PTE Resources web page
• http//www.phy.ilstu.edu/PTE.html

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Demonstration Handbooks

• AAPT Publications
• A Demonstration Handbook for Physics (Freier
  Anderson)
• A Potpourri of Physics Teaching Ideas (Berry)
• String Sticky Tape Experiments (Edge)
• Commercial Publications
• Teaching Physics with Real World Applications
• Five Easy Lessons (Knight)
• ISAAPT Guidebook Program

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Suppliers

• PASCO
• Vernier
• Fischer
• Arbor Scientific

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Grants

• CPB Basic Elements of Grant Writing
• http//www.cpb.org/grants.writing.html

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Competitions

• Word Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE)
• Scholastic Bowl
• International Physics Olympiad (IPO)
• Junior Engineering and Technical Society (JETS)
• Intels Science Talent Search (Westinghouse)
• Duracell/NSTA Competition
• Department of Energy Science Bowl

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Web Resources

• Physics Applets (java)/Interactive Simulations
• http//phet.colorado.edu/
• Resources for Physics Teachers _at_ UNC
• http//www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/pams/physics/PCEP/www/PC
  C/URLs.html
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics
  and Science Education
• http//www.enc.org
• See PTE.html website for more
• http//www.phy.ilstu.edu/pte/

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PSAs

• Local Physical Science Alliances
• LPSA is a loose organization of High School,
  College, and University Physics Teachers in
  various regions around the state.
• They meet once a month at a host school to
  discuss teaching methods, lecture demonstrations,
  and teaching techniques, and anything of interest
  in the area of Physics