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See More Latest AAPT News AAPT Proactively Moves to Remote Work Due to Coronavirus; Business to Continue as Usual WASHINGTON, March 13, 2020 -- Due to an abundance of caution, American Association of Physics Teachers employees will be working remotely beginning Monday, March 16, 2020 to reduce potential exposure to the coronavirus. Learn More James Kakalios to Receive 2020 Klopsteg Memorial Lecture Award The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) announced today that James Kakalios, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, is the 2020 recipient of the Klopsteg Memorial Lecture Award. The lecture and award will be presented during the AAPT Summer Meeting. Learn More David M. Cook Awarded the 2020 Millikan Medal AAPT has announced that David M. Cook will receive the Robert A. Millikan Medal during the 2020 Summer Meeting. This award recognizes educators who have made notable and intellectually creative contributions to the teaching of physics. Learn More More news Upcoming Events AAPT Virtual Coffee Hour Jun 16 https://aapt.org/Programs/AAPT_Virtual_Coffee_Hour.cfm Learn more View full calendar Featured Presentations A selection from our AAPT ® national conferences SM16: Applying Poynting’s Energy Flux to Hydrodynamic Systems By applying Poynting’s reasoning to time-independent laminar flows of incompressible viscous fluids we show that the energy flux for such systems can ...View more SM16: Cheap and Eye-Catching Demo of Young's Double Slit Many images that represent the double-slit interference phenomenon are opaque and indecipherable to those who do not already understand the concept. T...View more SM16: Comparing Multiple Standardized Assessment Tools in Large-Lecture Introductory Physics The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Physics is in the process of revising several of its introductory physics courses to incorporate ref...View more View more presentations AAPT Member Spotlight Meet Xandria I’m now serving as the Associate Director of Texas State’s wonderful and amazing Physics Learning Assistant Program and have had the privilege to LA in the student’s pedagogy course for two semesters. Read More Featured Videos What we've been watching lately Social Media Follow us to keep in touch Facebook Register for the AAPT 2020 Virtual Summer Meeting and get the Early Bird Member Rate of $119. 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