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As we prepare for the upcoming school year, we must face the possibility that another period of distance learning might become necessary.  If you are teaching Physics Mechanics and plan on using [...]

Exciting news in astronomy and for the theory of general relativity! Did you read about the recent discovery where astronomers were able to observe light being emitted from the back side of a [...]

Want to help make a difference while you shop in the Amazon app, at no extra cost to you? Simply follow the instructions below to select “American Modeling Teachers Association” as [...]

The Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program is a yearlong professional learning opportunity and short-term exchange for elementary, middle, and high school educators from the United [...]

Join the ASU Physics Department IDEA (inclusion, diversity, and equity alliance) team on Wednesday, November 18 at 7:30pm (ET).  This talk will address why diversity is important and how an [...]

If you’ve never had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Hestenes, the ‘father’ of Modeling Instruction, here is a great video that may be of interest to you.  The interview is from [...]

AMTA has once again earned a top-rated nonprofit badge from greatnonprofits.org and we’d like to thank our supporters.   According to a study by Software Advice, the GreatNonprofits [...]

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was jointly awarded on Wednesday to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for their work on the development of Crispr-Cas9, a method for genome editing. Read [...]

The National Academies Press recently released a pre-publication book titled, Teaching K-12 Science and Engineering During a Crisis, by Jennifer Self.  It contains information that may be helpful [...]

AMTA would like to congratulate Melissa Girmscheid (AZ), who was selected as the 2nd place winner of the Air Force Association/Rolls Royce 2020 National Aerospace/STEM Teacher of the Year award. [...]