Ohio Section AAPT objectives

  • advancement of the teaching of physics 
  • furtherance of appreciation of the role of physics in our culture
  • exchange of information and ideas among members of the physics community of Ohio. (Constitution Article II Objectives)

List Serve and Membership

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Keep up with local information, workshop offerings, job openings, and of course OSAAPT Fall and Spring meetings and informal coffee circles.  You do not need to be a member to be on the list serve. To be added to the list serve send a blank email to
join-osaapt@mail.aapt.org
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 New Members Welcome!
Any teacher of physics or physical science and all university physics students are welcome and encouraged to join. High school students are welcome to attend the semiannual meetings. First time visitors and high school students are always free.
OSAAPT EQUIPMENT GRANT
Returning this year:  All active OSAAPT Members who teach physics or physical science have the opportunity to write an application to receive equipment for classroom/lab use.  The application is now available for this  opportunity being offered by one of our generous OSAAPT members!
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Conferences, Meetings, and Events

OSAAPT Meeting

Next Formal OS/AAPT local meeting is March 17, 2018 at Baldwin Wallace University, Wilker Hall 
​320 Front Street, Berea, OH 44017
Mar 17, 2018 Spring Workshop Agenda (Subject to Change):  
​8-9:00 registration, coffee 
9:00 Welcome 
9:05-9:50 Cedar Point Interactive Physics Session Presented by Dave Revta of BWU
Break
10:00-11:00 Video Conference: Michael Strange on Interactive Amusement Park Physics Activities  with online grading system.
​https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nReyGATe_Zy8z-30rgEd6fR5jlbZUYQTBoLt46GK_aQ/edit#slide=id.p
Break
11:10 - 12.10 "A Path To Standards Based Grading":  Presented by Michael Lerner of Beachwood HS
https://goo.gl/epC3RB
12:10 - 1:00: lunch
1:00 - 1:40:  Business Meeting, Awarding of Equipment Grant, and 'How I do It' Short presentations
1:50 - 3:00: Two Parallel Work Sessions:   
  1. Standards based Grading Work Session: Opportunity to meet with Michael Lerner to get started writing/identifying standards for course.
  2. Cedar Point Brainstorming and "How I Do It at Cedar Point" Sharing Session:  Join us as we share ideas and activities that have challenged our students well and develop new ones for use on that day at the park or in school activities for those students who cannot travel to the amusement park.

AAPT

Winter Meeting:
Jan 6-9​, 2018
​San Diego, CA

Summer Meeting:
July 28-Aug 01, 2018
Washington, DC
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