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Physics Education
Advancing Physics Education and Careers for All
APS is a leading voice for physics education and supports physics educators at all levels through its programs, publications, and resources.
Why Study Physics?
Undergraduate Physics
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
Resources for Faculty and Students
Wide variety of resources for undergraduate physics faculty and students.
Undergraduate Physics Resources
High School Physics
High School Teachers Days
APS produces High School Physics Teachers Days at several APS meetings. Teachers Days offer local teachers presentations on physics and education research, hands-on workshops on teaching, and lunch with physicists—all free to teachers.
Teachers Days Information and Registration
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. APS produces the content for the ComPADRE outreach website Physics to Go and the Physics Careers Resource. ComPADRE also hosts the PTEC website.
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
