Physics Education

APS is a leading voice for physics education and supports physics educators at all levels through its programs, publications, and resources.
  Why Study Physics?
  History of APS Involvement in Education

Undergraduate Physics

Teach Physics Video

Improving Physics Teacher Education
PhysTEC is a joint APS-American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) project to improve and promote the education of future physics and physical science teachers.
  PhysTEC Videos
  PhysTEC Website
  PhysTEC Conferences

Award for Improving Undergraduate Physics Education
Wide variety of resources for undergraduate physics faculty and students.
2013 Award Recipients
Award Application and Nomination

Resources for Faculty and Students
Wide variety of resources for undergraduate physics faculty and students.
Undergraduate Physics Resources

APS Minority Scholarships

Deadline:  February 1, 2013

Minority high school seniors and college freshmen and sophomores, if you plan to get a degree in physics, you're eligible for a scholarship.  Apply now!
  Minority Undergraduate Scholarships

High School Physics

  High School Teacher Resources

Physics and Instructional Resources
Physics and Instructional Resources (PAIR) is a pilot project in physics teacher professional development designed to support physics teachers in need of content and/or material resources.
  About PAIR Project

Wavefront Newsletter

Educators, Stay Informed!
APS Wavefront is a free electronic newsletter for physics educators.  Sign up to stay informed about APS programs, upcoming meetings, recent APS actions, and activities within the physics community.
Sign-up for Wavefront Newsletter
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Physics Education Research (PER) Speakers List

APS provides a database of speakers who have offered to give talks on physics education research (PER).
  PER Speaker Database

Graduate Education in Physics

This conference was held by APS and AAPT to address the status and future of graduate education in physics.
  Conference Agenda with Session Notes
  Graduate Education in Physics Report   (10MB)

Professional Development for New Faculty Members

APS, AAPT, and the American Astronomical Society (AAS) offer biannual NSF-funded New Faculty Workshops, to introduce new faculty members to research-based teaching, grant opportunities in research and education, time-management and other professional development issues.

ComPADRE Digital Library

APS has partnered with AAPT, the American Institute of Physics, and AAS to create the ComPADRE digital library, a collection of electronic educational materials in physics and astronomy. Together, APS and ComPADRE have developed the outreach website Physics to Go, the Physics Careers Resource, and the PhysTEC website, PTEC.

Award for Improving Undergraduate Physics Education

The APS Committee on Education awards physics departments and/or undergraduate-serving programs in physics that support best practices in education at the undergraduate level.
Application Information

Education Committee and Forum

  Committee on Education
  Forum on Education