AAPT Advanced Labs Website
This new site (January 2007) is still under construction. Its intent is to provide a central, comprehensive
information base for college/university faculty who teach upper-level undergraduate laboratories. These
include, but are not limited to, labs in electronics, condensed matter, optics, atomic physics, mechanics,
and the like -- and also researched-based, independent-study labs.
The final format and extent of this site will be determined by advanced labs faculty who contribute ideas
and materials that can be posted here.
Questions
- What materials should be published on this site?
- What editing process should be used to maintain high quality of published materials?
- What relevant links should be included?
Please send your ideas to Harvey Leff at hsleff@csupomona.edu and/or submit them to
AAPT's Advanced Labs Listserv (see the link and description below).
Announcements
- Reception for Advanced Laboratory Instructors
A Satellite Session of the 2007 APS March Meeting, Denver, CO
Adam’s Mark Hotel Governor's Square 14
Wednesday, March 7, 2007, 6 pm to 8 pm
Sponsored by by the APS Forum on Physics Education and TeachSpin, Inc.
This event is to share ideas and plans for shining a spotlight on Advanced Labs
Development and Instruction while consuming some good wine and delicacies
Hosts: Barbara and Jonathan Reichert, Krishna Chowdary, and others to be announced
RSVP appreciated but not necessary:
jreichert@teachspin.com or kchowdar@bucknell.edu
Documents
- AAPT Advanced Labs Task Force Final Report (pdf, July 2006)
Members of the Advanced Laboratory Task Force:
Van Bistrow, University of Chicago
Bob DeSerio, University of Florida
Jeff Dunham, Middlebury College, Chair
Elizabeth George, Wittenburg University
Daryl Preston, California State University, East Bay
Patricia Sparks, Harvey Mudd College
Gerald Taylor, James Madison University
David Van Baak, Calvin College
Links
- AAPT Advanced Labs Listserv
The purpose of the listserv is to facilitate communication between people who teach or are otherwise
interested in undergraduate advanced physics laboratories. We know that many people teach such labs,
often in isolated environments. Hopefully, this listserv will foster improved teaching by the sharing of
information on successes and failures, and will bring a sense of community to teachers of advanced labs.
You may view the message archive without subscribing. You can also subscribe (free), which enables
you to contribute to the list and to receive messages of others by email.