American Association of Physics Teachers

Challenging Perspectives -- Week 2

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Justine Boecker

This week has been an incredible and challenging week of learning, growing and changing perspectives. I was looking at some pictures and posts on Tuesday from only a week and three days earlier. They were during the last couple days of student teaching.

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Wider Perspectives -- Week 1

Friday, June 2, 2017

Justine Boecker

I can’t believe I made it to this point. I made it through the week. Everything started out busy. Friday was my last week of student teaching, Saturday I graduated, Sunday I packed and completed my last minute tasks before I left, flew out Monday morning and moved in that afternoon.

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Justine Boecker

Justine Boecker

AAPT/PTRA Teacher Professional Development Intern

AAPT Summer Meeting 2017

The AAPT 2017 Summer meeting will be held in Cincinnati, OH on July 22-26, 2017.

Final Reflections

Monday, September 5, 2016

Simon Wright

My internship with AAPT ended more than three weeks ago. Still, I find myself nearly every day using the skills I was learning and applying this summer.

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Week 9: Wrapping up Loose Ends and Bootstrap for Physics

Monday, August 8, 2016

Simon Wright

Week 9 was my final week in the AAPT office. I spent the week wrapping up a bunch of smaller projects and parts of projects, including gathering data for the Bootstrap for Physics workshop currently ongoing in New York.

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AAPT Winter Meeting 2017

The 2017 AAPT Winter Meeting will be held in Atlanta, Georgia from February 18-21 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.

Week 8: Lots of Visits!

Monday, August 1, 2016

Simon Wright

Week 8 of my internship was full of new and interesting places! On Wednesday, all the interns had the chance to visit NASA Goddard and see a lot of cool stuff there.

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Week 7: AAPT Summer Meeting + A Visit to NIST

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Simon Wright

What a week. Where do I begin?

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Week 6: Welcome to Sacramento, and the OSA Workshop

Monday, July 18, 2016

Simon Wright

I am currently in sunny (hot) Sacramento, California! I flew out on Friday and arrived at my hotel in that evening, exhausted but happy to be here. (Why is it that flying is so exhausting?

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