Jane Bray Nelson is a national Physics Teaching Resource Agent (PTRA) and has led over 100 PTRA workshops, including an NSF funded five year program to improve high school physics instruction across the state of Alabama. Ms. Nelson was awarded the AAPT Distinguished Service Award in 2011, the Presidential Awardee for Excellence in Science Teaching in 1988, and inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame in 2002. She is the author of numerous articles on physics teaching and co-author for the high school textbook, Physics Principles and Problems (Glencoe/McGraw Hill).
Jim Nelson has led over 100 PTRA workshops, including an NSF funded five year program to improve high school physics instruction across the state of Alabama. Mr. Nelson was President of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) in 2004 and President of the Florida Association of Science Supervisors in 2001. In 1986, he was a Presidential Awardee for Excellence in Science Teaching. He has authored numerous journal articles on physics teaching as well as co-authored with Jane Nelson two books: Teaching about Magnets and Magnetism Resource Guide (AAPT) and Teaching About Kinematics Resource Guide (AAPT).
