Contemporary Physics Education Project

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The Contemporary Physics Education Project, CPEP, was formed in 1987. The group of research physicists, college teachers, and high school teachers grew out of the Conference on the Teaching of Modern Physics held at Fermilab in 1986. Its first effort aimed to supply a chart for particle physics teaching that would rival the Periodic Table of the elements. The first version of this chart was published in 1989.^[1]

CPEP has created four charts emphasizing contemporary aspects of physics research: particles and interactions; fusion and plasma physics; nuclear science; and cosmology. Over a quarter of a million of these charts have been distributed.

The group has created website support for teaching for each of the charts (available through the website www.cpepweb.org).

[edit] Miscellaneous

CPEP, recently founded at the University of Michigan, is back and in full effect.

[edit] References

1. ^ “Fundamental Particles and Interactions — A Wall Chart of Modern Physics,” Fundamental Particle and Interaction Chart Committee (W. Achor et al.), Phys. Teach. 26, 556 (1988).