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AAPT membership is a good career and financial decision for people in all areas of physics education. For an investment of under $200 per year, you will become a part of our worldwide community of over 7,000 physics educators, enjoying opportunities for professional development, networking, and student enrichment. Membership includes online access to our journals, allowing you to develop fresh material for the classroom and the lab, and to keep up to date on current research, pedagogy and physics news.


Whether you consider yourself to be a specialist in middle school, high school, undergraduate, or graduate physics education, an AAPT membership provides both the resources you need to change young lives, and the peers who are eager and able to support you.

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Higher Education or Non-Academic Membership


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