Illinois Section
 American Association of Physics Teachers
 Started in 1941


Year of the Solar System

 Spring meeting at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign - Mar. 30-31, 2012

Photographs taken at the 2011 Spring Meeting at Eastern Illinois University

Alex Meadows

Ben Shields

Alyssa Miller
Student Research Symposium award winners

Robert Holmes

Pamela Gay

Donald Gurnett

Here are two excellent Web pages that will help
you answer the questions:  Should I consider a

A Career in Physics Teaching?
isaapt.org/teach

A Career in Science Teaching?
illinois-science-teaching.info

Here are two related ISAAPT documents that we have prepared to help solve the current crisis in high school science teaching.  Both are color, printable PDF files (click on the images below).  Thanks to generous financial contributions totaling $3,750 from four Illinois teacher organizations (ISAAPT, IACT, ISTA and CSAAPT), copies of the brochure and the booklet were printed and made available at meetings of these organizations.  Special thanks to Carl Wenning for the central role he played in creating these two carefully crafted, professional-looking documents.  He is also the author of the two Web pages cited above.


This tri-fold brochure is designed for
anyone who might wish to become
a high school science teacher.


As a concerned teacher, we need your help to inspire, identify, and recruit prospective science teacher candidates. This 8-page booklet explains why.

Repairing the Illinois High School Physics Teacher Pipeline (updated regularly)
High School Physics Teacher Recruitment, Preparation and Retention: The Illinois Model
  Future Illinois Section Meetings Future Chicago Section Meetings
Mar. 30-31, 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2013		 University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign
Joliet Junior College, Joliet
Illinois State University, Normal
Fall 2012 - Joliet Junior College, Joliet
 
Future National AAPT Meetings
No. Dates Event Location City
144 Feb. 4-8, 2012 Winter Meeting   Ontario, California
145 Jul. 28 - Aug. 1, 2012 Summer Meeting   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
146 Jan. 5-9, 2013 Winter Meeting   New Orleans, Louisiana
147 Jul. 13-17, 2013 Summer Meeting   Portland, Oregon
 
Constitution and bylaws
Continuing Professional Development Units - available for attending ISAAPT workshops
Council listserv - for sending e-mail to the officers and council members.  Only those on the list may use it.
Council minutes - April 2, 2011
Distinguished Service Citation - The 2011 recipient was Tom Snyder of Lincoln Land Community College

Favorite links - AAPT, AIP, APS, AVS, SPS, nearby sections, publications, articulation initiative...
Guidebook program - for physics teacher education majors at Illinois schools
Hosts of section meetings | Planning Guide for Hosts | Dates for Easter
Illinois colleges and universities
Membership information - Who are we? How do you become a member?

History - list of officers
Leaders archive  - Council members, officers and appointed positions
Outstanding high school physics teacher - Jay Walgren was the recipient in 2010-2011
Past Meetings - information from the archives
Picture archive
 
 Repairing the Illinois High School Physics Teacher Pipeline
Saturday Physics at UIUC
Student Research Symposium
The Illinois Physics Teacher - latest edition: Fall 2011
Upcoming meetings
 
Top Five Physics Links - sent in by physics teachers in Illinois.

Quarknet

87 Flash Animations

Example:
 DC circuit and water analogy

 Ask a Scientist 97 Physics Sites
(Word document)

Sorted by type. Each includes a brief description and a rating from one to five stars.
PhET - Interactive Physics Simulations
Fermilab David M. Harrison
University of Toronto		 Argonne National
Laboratory		 Rebecca Vieyra Students and Faculty
University of Colorado

Awesome Web tool:  Wolfram Alpha - making the world's knowledge computable | examples
   
David R. Renneke, Webmaster
 DavidRenneke@augustana.edu		 (309) 786-5247
 Last update:  November 29, 2011