WAPT is a section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). The goal of the WAPT is to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics, especially as it pertains to the teaching of physics.

The 2011 WAPT meeting was held October 28th and 29th (Friday and Saturday) at UW-Stevens Point. Meeting Website

Highlights of the meeting can be found at the meeting website including the talks and workshops. One of the more important talks was on the new AP standards. More information on this can be found at the following links, or by contacting Gary Baier.

Roger Hanke was awarded the Service to the Teaching of Physics at by President Matt Vonk at our annual meeting in Stevens Point. Roger has been active in WAPT for years and recently retired from Northcentral Technical College. We honor his longterm committment to our organization and to our profession.

New k-12 core standards in science and new AP physics curriculum
Gary Baier Green Bay East High School garybaier@att.net
https://download.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13165
http://www.achieve.org/
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/Standards_Framework_Homepage.html
http://www.compadre.org/psrc/items/detail.cfm?ID=10310

Joint the WAPT on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/l/fbad8;facebook.wapt.org

National Task Force on Teacher Education in Physics: Report Synopsis Report from the NSF on teacher education.

Report on the teaching of Astronomy in high schools.

Our own Jim Mallmann from MSOE won first prize at the AATP unlimited cost apparatus competition! He won with his Remote Breathing Status Monitor. Details can be found in this pdf.  Outside of the oscilloscope he said the cost was about $3! .

TALKS and MINUTES FROM THE CHIPPEWA FALLS MEETING MEETING with LINKS

Wisconsin Section Report December 2008 (by Jim Mallmann)

Using Research-Based Curricula and Tools to Promote Active Learning in Introductory Courses

For our K-12 colleagues:

1. Please check the letter of intent to the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery for a great opportunity for K-12 teachers; details are given at this WIERC site that contains a survey for K-12 teachers.

2. Please check this AAPT message to all high school teachers.

3. The AAPT Teacher Preparation Committee is looking for your input. Please contact Paul Hickman (Chair of the committee).

Also, check out A Stronger AAPT - From Teachers to Teaching: a call for action by the AAPT office.

ComPADRE is a website devoted to digital resources for all physics educators, and is worth a look. http://compadre.org/

We welcome to the WAPT anyone interested in physics and related disciplines, whether or not they teach courses in these disciplines.

If you would like to join the WAPT, please feel free to send a message to the WAPT webmaster.