Physics Teacher

Article	Citations
Birefringence without polarizers	29
Reinventing the Wheel: An Alternative Rotational Inertia Lab for Introductory, Calculus-Based Physics	22
Poggendorff’s Scales—Demonstration of Newton’s Laws in a Less Traditional Way	21
Small Direct Current Electric Motors	18
Perspectives of Scientists Involved in World War II	17
Developing a Physical Science Course Focused on Sustainability	17
The Relative Motion When Accelerating the Container of an Object Submerged in a Fluid	12
Implications of Negative Energy by Dr. Katerina Visnjic	12
Geometry and the Cause of the Seasons: The Changing Hours of Daylight and Elevation Angle of the Sun at Noon	10
David Butler’s “How Far Away Is It?”	10
Shrub sphericity: Solutions for Fermi Questions, January 2023	9
Hollywood Trial Features Kinematics and the Work–Energy Theorem	9
Use of a Scrapped Hard Disk Drive for Physics Teaching	9
Solution to the November, 2022 Challenge Pros and cones.*	9
Seeing the Light	9
A Modified Recipe for Interactive Classroom Demonstrations	9
Answer to September 2024 Figuring Physics Question	9
Videos Helping Plan Physics Instruction for Blind Students	9
A simple classroom experiment to determine the refractive index of water with smartphone-based observations	8
Answer to December 2022 Figuring Physics Question	8
Darek Dewey’s Twitter physics videos	8
Performing acoustics experiments using inexpensive Bluetooth speakers and smartphone signal generator applications	7
A textbook my students actually use	7
A Tool for Exploring Our Fluid Earth	7
The 3D-Printed Twirly Whirly: A New Spin on a Toy for Teaching Moment of Inertia	7

NarraCubes: A Virtual Dice Simulator to Incorporate Storytelling in Physics Classes	7
Repurposing Concept Inventories to Help Students Find Gaps in Explanations	7
ABOUT GRAVITY	7
Development of a Teaching Program for Emergent Process Models	7
Kinematics in One Dimension—A Smartphone Approach	7
A Gauss’s Law Computer Simulation in GlowScript	6
The Conservation and Transformation of Mechanical Energy to Thermal Energy: An Experiment and Its Use as a Teaching Tool for Physics Students	6
Using a Styrofoam Sphere and Video Analysis to Demonstrate the Linearly Resisted Harmonic Oscillator	6
Rolling with Slipping and Transition to Pure Rolling on an Inclined Plane	6
A smartphone-based simple method for determination of the spring constant	6
Measuring Atmospheric Radon Levels Using a Cloud Chamber	6
Is Physics in Crisis? The Mystery of the W Boson	5
Move over, Tatooine	5
From Applied Physics to Interdisciplinary Activities for a Climate Science Itinerary in the First Year of College	5
TORQUES ON A METERSTICK	5
A little “light” play	5
A low-cost device to demonstrate simple harmonic motion	4
Comment on “ChatGPT and deliberate practice for interpreting graphs”	4
COVID Hasn’t Finished with Us Yet; Also, University of Toronto’s “Physics in the Time of COVID-19”	4
Measuring the Magnetic Field Vector of Earth	4
Less content is more in introductory astronomy	4
Listen! A Smartphone Inquiry on the Domino Effect	4
The game of grades and the hidden curriculum	4
Exploring surface tension using Kelvin’s equation and smartphone videography	4
Answer to October 2023 Figuring Physics Question	4
Sign and Sense of an Induced Electric Current by a Nearby Moving Magnet	4
Low-Cost Methods for Improving Data Collection Speed in Microwave Bragg Diffraction	4
Developing Playful Devices as a Tool to Learn and Teach Physics	4
Conservation of Momentum in Newton’s Cradle	4
Colorful dew drops	4
If Your School Is Old Enough	4
Connecting Disciplines: An Application of Vectors in Advanced Statistics	4
In Service of Equity: 3D-Printed Models in University Introductory Physics	4
Reflecting on a difficult year	4
RC and RLC Circuit Research Using Arduino and LabVIEW	4
(University) Physics in a Nutshell by Tobias Wegener	4
2025 AAPT Awards at the Winter Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri	4
Reversing the Fun Fly Stick	4
Which Way to Go: Exploring Force Arrow Placement	4
Investigating Resonance in Paper Pipes and a Flameless Rubens Tube with a Smartphone	4
Using a Spreadsheet Program to Fit a Gaussian Function	4
Reflections on the Physics and Astronomy Student Reading Society (PhASRS) at San José State University	4
Pictures of Signs in Sea Waves	3
Using the Predict–Observe–Explain Technique to Address Misconceptions About Image Inversion in Spherical and Cylindrical Mirrors	3
A Practical Approach to Physics for Non-Scientists	3
Probing Mechanical Properties of a Spider Web Using a Simple Rubber Band Model	3
An Arduino Investigation of the Temperature Dependence of the Speed of Sound in Air	3
Symmetrical Cubic Arrangements of Resistors: An Experimental Approach	3
AAPT Advocacy Resources for STEM Education and Science	3
Field of employment for new physics bachelors	3

Reflections of Quantum Educators on Strategies to Diversify the Second Quantum Revolution	3
Solution to the April 2023 Challenge: Resistivity is futile*	3
Supporting Effective and Inclusive Group Work in Introductory Physics Courses: A Guide for Instructors	3
Using a Smartphone Barometer to Measure the Excess Pressure of a Soap Bubble	3
Writing Virtual Reality Teaching Resources	3
What’s Cool About That Moon?	3
An Angular Method to Calculate the Electric Field of a Long Cylindrical Shell	3
FPAT—A Framework for Facilitating the Teaching and Learning of Using Fermi Problems Originating in Mathematics Education Research	3
Magnetically Coupled Oscillators and a Smartphone	3
Effective Focal Length of a Two-Lens System	3
Ups and more ups	3
Solar Eclipse and Cosmic Ray Flux	3
Experimental Evidence for the Direction of Friction on a Pulled Spool	3
Reflection and refraction at Corkscrew Swamp	3
The Dancing Flame: A New Twist on an Old Classic	3
Tracking Inequity: An Actionable Approach to Addressing Inequities in Physics Classrooms	3
Degeneracy pressure in stars and stellar corpses	3
What does a physics bachelor earn?	3
Interactive Simulations of Upper Limbs	3
A Coincidence in the Spring–Rod System	3
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on faculty members’ time allocation	3
Three chapters of homework in 11 minutes?	3
Analog environments	3
Bailey Bridges	3
An Arduino-Based Experimental Setup for Teaching Light Color Mixing, Light Intensity Detection, and Ambient Temperature Sensing	3
A drop in the bucket?: Solutions for Fermi Questions, December 2022	3
Mission to Mars — Concept and Implementation of a Design-Based (Hands-On) Smartphone Experiment Helping Students Understand the Effects Caused by Differences in Air Pressure	3
Starting from scratch(es): Solutions for Fermi Questions, October 2025	3
Slamming a door	3
A Brief Introduction to Quantum Computing	3
NIF Achieves Fusion Milestone	3
Using the Pickering Polarimeter Today	3
Measurement of the Velocity of Sound Through Resonance in Air Columns as a Homemade Experiment	3
Demonstration of Thermoelectric Power Generation with a Thermoelectric Cooler	3
May Figuring Physics Answer	3
A Novel Method for Measurement of the Refractive Indices of Transparent Solid Media Using Laser Interferometry	3
“I Landed a Rocket Like SpaceX”	3
Changes in AP Physics courses effective 2024–2025	3
Solution to the September, 2022 Challenge Second to one.*	3
Revisiting a Classic Magic Trick with Rayleigh–Taylor Instabilities	3
Impetus-Force-Like Drawings May Be Less Common Than You Think	3
Using Smartphones to Perform Kinematic Analysis in Sports with the FizziQ App: Example of the Pole Vault	3
More Motor Winding	3
Quiz of four resistors	3
April Figuring Physics Answer	3
Empowering Journey Making an Interactive Video Vignette	3
Early Quantum Mechanics—Dr. Jorge S. Diaz’s JK0 YouTube channel	3
Visualizing Electric Fields Using Rubbed Balloons as the High-Voltage Source	2
A Deeper Look at the Sadly Cannot Thermodynamic Cycle	2
Answer to April 2022 Figuring Physics Question	2
Creating physics concept cartoons using ChatGPT	2
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on faculty members’ work-life balance	2
Figuring Physics September Answer	2
Rock paintings: Solutions for Fermi Questions, September 2022	2
An Off-Center, Elastic Collision: Conservation of Kinetic Energy Without a Perfect Coefficient of Restitution	2
Eric Meloche’s “Physics Ninja”	2
Answer to January 2025 Figuring Physics Question	2
Not your typical Tower of Sauron	2
Measuring Force and Acceleration in a Moving Elevator to Verify Newton’s Second Law	2
Damped Oscillations—A Smartphone Approach	2
The Different Colors Displayed by a Circular Polarizing Filter	2
What Is Cosmic Inflation?	2
Incorporating 3D-Printing Projects into Introductory Physics Labs	2
A proposed experimental activity to determine optical properties of acrylic by using smartphones as measurement instruments	2
A Microcontroller-Based Experiment to Determine the Magnetic Field Near a Straight Current-Carrying Wire	2
Reparameterization of Two-Dimensional Projectile Motion	2
Observation of Optical Corona Through Water Droplets in Class	2
AAPT Awards	2
Carbon Nanodots in Beer and Cola: An Interesting Way to Introduce Nanomaterials and Their Applications	2
Electronics with Prof MAD	2
Solution to the May, 2022 Challenge From B or not from B.*	2
Application of the Oscillation Concept: Measuring the Human Respiration Rate in Various Activities Using a Smartphone’s Magnetometer Sensor	2
Tangential and Normal Acceleration Components in Projectile Motion	2
Visualization and Exploration of the Electric Field of a Point Charge Using Computer Software	2
Comparing Sliding vs. Rolling to Determine Moments of Inertia of 3D-Printed Cylinders	2
Polarization by reflection	2
Physics Intuition About Vectors Can Help Us Understand Generative Artificial Intelligence	2
Shadow hands	2
The Sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic: A Case Study in Thermal Inversion and Atmospheric Refraction Phenomena	2
Eugene K’s “Physics Videos” features “Black Holes as you’ve never seen them”	2

Initial employment sectors of new physics bachelors	2
DART: Planetary Defense in the Introductory Physics Curriculum	2
GPS-Synchronized Data Collection and Time Stamping	2
Origin of the Laplace Force Applied to a Current-Carrying Wire Immersed in a Magnetic Field	2
Learning Electromagnetism through a Playful County Fair Game Project	2
Solutions for Fermi Questions, January 2022: Question 1: Snow volume; Question 2: Longbow arrow velocity	2
More Japanese Physics Circles	2
The Physical Pendulum: An Illustrative Teaching Laboratory Example Using a Long Rod	2
Technology Connections	2
A bridge too low	2
“Density” of light and pi	2
Charging a Capacitor with Another Capacitor by Using Arduino	2
Easily Measuring the Solar Rotation Rate in June and December	2
The bat signal	2
Reversibility of Light Disproves the Two-Prism Method	2
Creative Astronomy: Broadening the Scope of an Online General Education Course by Leveraging an Authentic Collaboration between Learning Assistant and Instructor	2
3D-printed hoop springs for experimenting with impulse	2
An estimation of an article	2
Motion of Spinning Rings and Washers on a Vertical Rod	2
A Simple Lissajous Figure Device	2
Weight, weight, don’t tell me	2
Simulating Physics Experiments in Spreadsheets II—Experimenting with the Half-Deflection Method, Resistance of a Voltmeter, and a Meter Bridge	2
Using Arduino in Introductory Thermal Energy Experiments—The Case of Thermal Equilibrium	2
Happy 100th Birthday, Quantum Mechanics!	2
Ethnophysics in Project-Based Seamless Learning About Temperature and Heat	2
Quantum lessons: The discovery that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium	2
Numbers in physics teaching	2
Tutorials in Climate Change	2
Our Shifting Understandings of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Physics	2
Application of Optical Path Drawing Technology: The Light Intensity Problem of Double-Slit Interference	2
Apply a smartphone’s magnetometer to measure the AC current of electrical equipment	2
Two demonstrations of atmospheric pressure designed by students	2
Understanding the Law of Conservation of Momentum in One-Dimensional Collisions Between Two Objects Using the Velocity Space Approach	2
Two Accelerating Clocks: A Relativistic Thought Experiment	2
Determination of the Charge of an Electron Using Faraday’s Law of Electrolysis	2
Pulling a Spool	2
Solutions for Fermi Questions, April 2022	2
Making the Physics of Energy and Climate Accessible to All	2
The hand boiler and how it does not work	2
Thank you to our referees: June 1, 2024–May 31, 2025	2
Beyond The Big Bang Theory: Revealing the Everyday Research Lives of Theoretical Physics Faculty	2
What do graduates do with a physics bachelor’s degree?	2
Conservation of Angular Momentum with Slightly Modified Commercial Apparatuses	2
Arons at Amherst	2
A Simple Classroom Double Pendulum	2
Postgraduation planning during the pandemic	2
Measurement of Cabin Pressure During a Flight with a Smartphone	2
The Physics of Electric Cars	2
Superhydrophobic Sand Repels Water	2
Resting a disk on a rough incline	2
Hands-On Quantum: Teaching Core Quantum Concepts with Bloch Cubes	2
Answer to December 2025 Figuring Physics Question	2
Sky smiley face	2
Experiments with mobile devices — A retrospective on 10 years of iPhysicsLabs	2
Erratum: “A Simulation Experiment Using Algodoo: What Force Makes a Car Accelerate, and What Does the Acceleration Depend On?” Phys. Teach. 61, 271–275 (2023)	2
Building and using solar wax melters	1
Comment on “Free-Body Diagrams and Bogus Work”	1
Mechanically Generated Random Numbers in High School	1
Thinking Hard About Physics Before Calculating: An Example from Pendulum Physics	1
A Revisitation of Boyle’s “Void in the Void” Experiment	1
A Qualitative Analysis of Simple Harmonic Motion	1
vt.physics—Video Physics from the UK	1
How Does Our Solar System Work? Tracking Planetary Motion in the Classroom by Using Video Analysis in Astronomical Model Experiments	1
Lock n’ love: Solutions for Fermi Questions, April 2025	1
More astronauts who went to the Moon	1
Rethinking the Ideal Gas Law Using Graphs	1
Figuring Physics April Answer	1
Answer to April 2023 Figuring Physics Question	1
A question of transparency: Solutions for Fermi Questions, March 2025	1
ASAP STEM Lesson Plan Database	1
New Veritasium Video on Air Resistance	1
Problem-Based Learning via X-Shaped Diffraction Patterns Using Everyday Objects	1
Putting Potential at the Core of Teaching Electric Circuits	1
The NSF canceled the OPTYCs grant, but we won’t lose our focus	1
Answer to October 2025 Figuring Physics Question	1
Teaching an Acoustics Lab Remotely during the Pandemic and Beyond	1
A Tool for Introductory Physics Students to Conduct Optics Experiments: A Self-Made Dark Box	1
Determination of Voltage–Current Curves: Pulse-Width Modulation-Powered Exploration of Ohmic and Nonohmic Elements with Arduino	1
Studying the Foundations of Optics with the Master	1
Caleb Bonyun’s “Physics Is Fun”	1
Energy and Equity Portal: Integrating Energy, Equity, and Place in High School Physics	1
A Radiant Heating Experiment and Analogy with Earth’s Surface Temperature	1
The simplest schlieren imaging using a smartphone	1
A Golf Ball Trajectory Experiment	1
Effectiveness of a Teaching Program Using GeoGebra to Learn about Probability in the Context of Atomic Orbitals	1
Precise Measurement of Liquid Concentration Using the Mach–Zehnder Interferometer	1
Climate, Estimation, and Action in Physics	1
Transdisciplinary Adventures in a Physics Classroom: Teaching Climate Change	1
Project FRESH Air: A Community Engagement Project About Health and Climate	1
Aristotle’s wheel paradox appreciated	1
Sunset in a tube demonstration	1
Michael Marder’s Physics Teacher Preparation Commentary	1
The Sun in Augmented Reality: An Interactive Resource for Physics Learning	1
Physics bachelor’s degree recipients and the MCAT	1
Answer to February 2025 Figuring Physics Question	1