Indiana Section of the
American Association of Physics Teachers

Call for Papers

The annual spring meeting of the Indiana Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) will be held on Friday, April 28th and Saturday, April 29 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN.

On Saturday morning, we are organizing a contributed papers session. We need papers from all of you in order to make this program a success, so please consider sharing your ideas and experiences with other physics instructors. Plan now to attend and make a presentation in the paper session! Please note that detailed program information will be included in a future mailing.

Suggested Paper Topics:

• A novel way of presenting an idea or a concept;
• A demonstration or series of demonstrations;
• A student project or activity for a physics class;
• Physics research;
• Physics education research;
• Any idea that would be useful to physics teachers at any level of instruction.

All abstracts must be received by March 18 to insure inclusion in the program. Please prepare your submission according to the following guidelines:

• All copy must be typed and double spaced;
• Including footnotes, text must be limited to 150 words;
• Include author’s names, school or company affiliations, addresses, zip codes, and office telephone numbers for those not able to hear your paper in person;
• References must be set in the text in brackets, not as footnotes;
• Please list a possible session topic that would be appropriate for your paper.

Presentations will be scheduled to run 15 minutes including questions. Special time requests will be considered if time permits. Please indicate any special equipment needed.

Send submissions to:             Duane Nickell, secretary INAAPT
                                                Franklin Central High School
                                                6215 S. Franklin Road
                                                Indianapolis, In. 46259
                                                Email: duane.nickell@ftcsc.k12.in.us
                                                Phone: (317) 859-0910