Undergraduate

PhysTEC
APS, the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), and the American Institute of Physics (AIP) have developed the PhysTEC project to improve and promote the education of future physics and physical science teachers. PhysTEC supports selected colleges and universities to develop teacher preparation programs that can serve as national models.

PTEC
The Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PTEC) is an association of physics departments dedicated to the improvement of K-12 physics and physical science teacher preparation. PTEC developed out of the PhysTEC project.

New Faculty Workshops
This annual NSF-funded conference, produced by the American Astronomical Society (AAS), American Institute of Physics Teachers (AAPT), and APS, helps new faculty understand how students learn physics and astronomy and suggests how this information can impact a new professor's teaching methods.

Undergraduate Research Statement   
The Committee on Education of the American Physical Society calls upon this nation's physics and astronomy departments to provide, as an element of best practice, all undergraduate physics and astronomy majors a significant research experience.

Joint Statement on the Education of Future Teachers
In 1999, the AIP member societies, including the APS, AIP, and AAPT, endorsed a statement about science teacher preparation. Then, in 2003, physics departments from US colleges and universities were invited to endorse this statement.

Century of Physics Timeline
A dramatic online timeline that depicts the past hundred years of physics. Also, a few sets of the poster version of the timeline, designed for the APS Centennial in 1999, are still available for purchase for $50 (US and Canada) including shipping. Download the Century of Physics Timeline Posters Order Form . International orders, please email Physics Timeline Information for details before ordering.

National Task Force on Undergraduate Physics
The APS, the AAPT, and the AIP have established this Task Force to gather information for the physics community on the reform of undergraduate physics programs across the nation. The National Task force on Undergraduate Physics (NTFUP) undertook a project entitled "Strategic Programs for Innovations in Undergraduate Physics", or SPIN-UP.  This project published a report of  case studies of physics departments that are particularly successful in producing physics graduates.

Minority Scholarship
Minority Undergraduate Scholarships are available for minority high school seniors and college freshmen and sophomores who plan to obtain a degree in physics.