AAPT Apparatus Competition
Current
(2003) Apparatus Competition Web Page (Entry Forms, Instructions, Etc.)
Send entries (preferably by email) to:
Richard
Flarend, Director AAPT Apparatus Competition
Physics Department
Pennsylvania State University
The information below may be out of date. Please check
the link above for the current apparatus competition site.
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Held during the AAPT summer meeting each year
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Low-cost category (cost <$65) competition held every year
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Alternating years:
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Advanced Laboratory or Lecture-Demonstration Apparatus category
(1999, 2001 etc.)
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Introductory Laboratory (including high school) Apparatus
category (2000, 2002, etc.)
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Prizes:
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Low-Cost category - $100 (Up to five prizes may be awarded)
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Best High School Entry - $100
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Intro Lab or Advanced Lab / Lecture Demo
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First Prize $1000
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Second Prize $600
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Third Prize $200
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A participant does not have to be present to win
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Sponsored by AAPT Apparatus Committee
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Generously supported by PASCO Scientific
Rules
and Regulations for Participants
Rules
for Judging
Proposed
List of Equipment for Low-Cost Competition
AAPT Web Page
AAPT Apparatus
Committee Web Page
Safety
Regulations for the 2000 Summer Apparatus
Competition in Guelph, Ontario
Apparatus
Competition Web Page at the U. S. Military Academy
(Previous Competition Winners, Pictures, Rules, Entry forms, etc.)