Physics Teacher

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The Ball Bearing High Voltage Generator – A Demonstration Apparatus Illustrating Electrostatic Concepts at Multiple Levels	27
Fluids Demonstrations III: Viscous Flow in Modified Thin Enclosures, Centrifugal Effect, Vortical Flow, and Turbulence	20
Small Direct Current Electric Motors	17
Poggendorff’s Scales—Demonstration of Newton’s Laws in a Less Traditional Way	17
Developing a Physical Science Course Focused on Sustainability	15
Perspectives of Scientists Involved in World War II	15
Using a Styrofoam Sphere and Video Analysis to Demonstrate the Linearly Resisted Harmonic Oscillator	13
The Relative Motion When Accelerating the Container of an Object Submerged in a Fluid	11
Birefringence without polarizers	9
Reinventing the Wheel: An Alternative Rotational Inertia Lab for Introductory, Calculus-Based Physics	9
Rolling with Slipping and Transition to Pure Rolling on an Inclined Plane	9
A Gauss’s Law Computer Simulation in GlowScript	9
Use of a Scrapped Hard Disk Drive for Physics Teaching	8
Figuring Physics Answer to October Question	8
A Modified Recipe for Interactive Classroom Demonstrations	8
Measuring Atmospheric Radon Levels Using a Cloud Chamber	8
David Butler’s “How Far Away Is It?”	7
Implications of Negative Energy by Dr. Katerina Visnjic	7
ABOUT GRAVITY	7
Let’s start with the ABCs	7
Answer to December 2022 Figuring Physics Question	7
Shrub sphericity: Solutions for Fermi Questions, January 2023	7
Better interactive astronomy lectures using the Laser-Assisted Student Engagement Routine	7
Low-Cost Experiment to Determine the Moment of Inertia of the Fidget Spinner by Video Analysis	7
The 3D-Printed Twirly Whirly: A New Spin on a Toy for Teaching Moment of Inertia	7

Solution to the November, 2022 Challenge Pros and cones.*	7
Teach Poiseuille First — A Call for a Paradigm Shift in Fluid Dynamics Education	7
Systematic Errors and the Chappaquiddick Accident	7
Hollywood Trial Features Kinematics and the Work–Energy Theorem	6
A Tool for Exploring Our Fluid Earth	6
Darek Dewey’s Twitter physics videos	6
Kinematics in One Dimension—A Smartphone Approach	6
Repurposing Concept Inventories to Help Students Find Gaps in Explanations	6
Videos Helping Plan Physics Instruction for Blind Students	6
Answer to September 2024 Figuring Physics Question	6
A textbook my students actually use	6
Performing acoustics experiments using inexpensive Bluetooth speakers and smartphone signal generator applications	5
COVID Hasn’t Finished with Us Yet; Also, University of Toronto’s “Physics in the Time of COVID-19”	5
TORQUES ON A METERSTICK	5
Brad Moser’s “Physics Alive!” 30th podcast features Carl Wieman on teaching expertise	5
Geometry and the Cause of the Seasons: The Changing Hours of Daylight and Elevation Angle of the Sun at Noon	5
Is Physics in Crisis? The Mystery of the W Boson	5
In Service of Equity: 3D-Printed Models in University Introductory Physics	5
NarraCubes: A Virtual Dice Simulator to Incorporate Storytelling in Physics Classes	5
Development of a Teaching Program for Emergent Process Models	5
The game of grades and the hidden curriculum	5
Conservation of Momentum in Newton’s Cradle	5
Vessel Drainage Under the Influence of Gravity	5
Reflections on the Physics and Astronomy Student Reading Society (PhASRS) at San José State University	4
RC and RLC Circuit Research Using Arduino and LabVIEW	4
If Your School Is Old Enough	4
Reflecting on a difficult year	4
Comment on “ChatGPT and deliberate practice for interpreting graphs”	4
Reversing the Fun Fly Stick	4
Developing Playful Devices as a Tool to Learn and Teach Physics	4
Using a Spreadsheet Program to Fit a Gaussian Function	4
Low-Cost Methods for Improving Data Collection Speed in Microwave Bragg Diffraction	4
(University) Physics in a Nutshell by Tobias Wegener	4
Exploring surface tension using Kelvin’s equation and smartphone videography	4
Measuring the Magnetic Field Vector of Earth	4
Answer to October 2023 Figuring Physics Question	4
Sign and Sense of an Induced Electric Current by a Nearby Moving Magnet	4
A low-cost device to demonstrate simple harmonic motion	4
A Coincidence in the Spring–Rod System	3
Impetus-Force-Like Drawings May Be Less Common Than You Think	3
April Figuring Physics Answer	3
Solution to the April 2023 Challenge: Resistivity is futile*	3
Solar Eclipse and Cosmic Ray Flux	3
A little “light” play	3
A drop in the bucket?: Solutions for Fermi Questions, December 2022	3
Which Way to Go: Exploring Force Arrow Placement	3
Graphic Relation Between Amplitude and Sound Intensity Level	3
Measurement of g using a pendulum and a smartphone proximity sensor	3
Changes in AP Physics courses effective 2024–2025	3
Experimental Evidence for the Direction of Friction on a Pulled Spool	3

A Practical Approach to Physics for Non-Scientists	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
Using a Smartphone Barometer to Measure the Excess Pressure of a Soap Bubble	3
FPAT—A Framework for Facilitating the Teaching and Learning of Using Fermi Problems Originating in Mathematics Education Research	3
Field of employment for new physics bachelors	3
Solutions for Fermi Questions, November 2021: Question 1: Chess moves; Question 2: Cat litter	3
Writing Virtual Reality Teaching Resources	3
Degeneracy pressure in stars and stellar corpses	3
Analog environments	3
Solution to the September, 2022 Challenge Second to one.*	3
Colorful dew drops	3
2025 AAPT Awards at the Winter Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri	3
Demonstration of Thermoelectric Power Generation with a Thermoelectric Cooler	3
A Novel Method for Measurement of the Refractive Indices of Transparent Solid Media Using Laser Interferometry	3
Using the Predict–Observe–Explain Technique to Address Misconceptions About Image Inversion in Spherical and Cylindrical Mirrors	3
Using the Pickering Polarimeter Today	3
The Physical Cause of Atmospheric Pressure: Weight of Air or Molecular Motion and Impacts?	3
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on faculty members’ time allocation	3
Quiz of four resistors	3
Revisiting a Classic Magic Trick with Rayleigh–Taylor Instabilities	3
“I Landed a Rocket Like SpaceX”	3
Interactive Simulations of Upper Limbs	3
NIF Achieves Fusion Milestone	3
An Arduino-Based Experimental Setup for Teaching Light Color Mixing, Light Intensity Detection, and Ambient Temperature Sensing	3
An Angular Method to Calculate the Electric Field of a Long Cylindrical Shell	3
Listen! A Smartphone Inquiry on the Domino Effect	3
More Motor Winding	3
Less content is more in introductory astronomy	3
From Applied Physics to Interdisciplinary Activities for a Climate Science Itinerary in the First Year of College	3
Empowering Journey Making an Interactive Video Vignette	3
Probing Mechanical Properties of a Spider Web Using a Simple Rubber Band Model	3
Symmetrical Cubic Arrangements of Resistors: An Experimental Approach	3
Enhancing Student Learning of Global Warming Through Reflective Writing	3
Reflections of Quantum Educators on Strategies to Diversify the Second Quantum Revolution	3
Tracking Inequity: An Actionable Approach to Addressing Inequities in Physics Classrooms	2
Application of the Oscillation Concept: Measuring the Human Respiration Rate in Various Activities Using a Smartphone’s Magnetometer Sensor	2
Solution to the May, 2022 Challenge From B or not from B.*	2
What does a physics bachelor earn?	2
Superhydrophobic Sand Repels Water	2
Weight, weight, don’t tell me	2
Reflection and refraction at Corkscrew Swamp	2
Origin of the Laplace Force Applied to a Current-Carrying Wire Immersed in a Magnetic Field	2
A bridge too low	2
Hands-On Quantum: Teaching Core Quantum Concepts with Bloch Cubes	2
A Simple Classroom Double Pendulum	2
Pictures of Signs in Sea Waves	2
Initial employment sectors of new physics bachelors	2
Sky smiley face	2
Calculating the Duration of Impact When a Solid Sphere Collides on a Flat Rigid Wall	2
Solutions for Fermi Questions, April 2022	2
GPS-Synchronized Data Collection and Time Stamping	2
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse Revisited	2
Not your typical Tower of Sauron	2
Answer to January 2025 Figuring Physics Question	2
The Different Colors Displayed by a Circular Polarizing Filter	2
The Physics of Electric Cars	2
Shadow hands	2
Ride goes before a fall – 2	2
An Off-Center, Elastic Collision: Conservation of Kinetic Energy Without a Perfect Coefficient of Restitution	2
Figuring Physics September Answer	2
Postgraduation planning during the pandemic	2
Using Math in Physics: 4. Toy models	2
A Brief Introduction to Quantum Computing	2
Carbon Nanodots in Beer and Cola: An Interesting Way to Introduce Nanomaterials and Their Applications	2
Learning Electromagnetism through a Playful County Fair Game Project	2
An Arduino Investigation of the Temperature Dependence of the Speed of Sound in Air	2
Measurement of Cabin Pressure During a Flight with a Smartphone	2
Damped Oscillations—A Smartphone Approach	2
Using Arduino in Introductory Thermal Energy Experiments—The Case of Thermal Equilibrium	2
A Microcontroller-Based Experiment to Determine the Magnetic Field Near a Straight Current-Carrying Wire	2
Creating physics concept cartoons using ChatGPT	2
Numbers in physics teaching	2
The bat signal	2
Our Shifting Understandings of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Physics	2
The Physical Pendulum: An Illustrative Teaching Laboratory Example Using a Long Rod	2
Incorporating 3D-Printing Projects into Introductory Physics Labs	2
Slamming a door	2
What Is Cosmic Inflation?	2
What schools offer degrees in physics and astronomy?	2
Understanding the Law of Conservation of Momentum in One-Dimensional Collisions Between Two Objects Using the Velocity Space Approach	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
The hand boiler and how it does not work	2
Pulling a Spool	2
“Density” of light and pi	2
An estimation of an article	2
A Deeper Look at the Sadly Cannot Thermodynamic Cycle	2
Measurement of the Velocity of Sound Through Resonance in Air Columns as a Homemade Experiment	2
Beyond The Big Bang Theory: Revealing the Everyday Research Lives of Theoretical Physics Faculty	2
The Brachistochrone: An Excellent Problem for All Levels of Physics Students	2
The Dancing Flame: A New Twist on an Old Classic	2
What do graduates do with a physics bachelor’s degree?	2
Visualizing Electric Fields Using Rubbed Balloons as the High-Voltage Source	2
May Figuring Physics Answer	2
Simulating Physics Experiments in Spreadsheets II—Experimenting with the Half-Deflection Method, Resistance of a Voltmeter, and a Meter Bridge	2
Reparameterization of Two-Dimensional Projectile Motion	2
AAPT Advocacy Resources for STEM Education and Science	2
Experiments with mobile devices — A retrospective on 10 years of iPhysicsLabs	2
Early Quantum Mechanics—Dr. Jorge S. Diaz’s JK0 YouTube channel	2
Demonstrating the beginnings of radio communications	2
Charging a Capacitor with Another Capacitor by Using Arduino	2
Determination of the Charge of an Electron Using Faraday’s Law of Electrolysis	2
Creative Astronomy: Broadening the Scope of an Online General Education Course by Leveraging an Authentic Collaboration between Learning Assistant and Instructor	2
Thank you to our referees: June 1, 2024–May 31, 2025	2
The Sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic: A Case Study in Thermal Inversion and Atmospheric Refraction Phenomena	2
Apply a smartphone’s magnetometer to measure the AC current of electrical equipment	2
Ups and more ups	2
Resting a disk on a rough incline	2
Technology Connections	2
Collisions of Coins	2
Comment on “Solving More Calculus-Based Physics Problems with Trigonometry”	2
Happy 100th Birthday, Quantum Mechanics!	2
More Japanese Physics Circles	2
Making the Physics of Energy and Climate Accessible to All	2
Observation of Optical Corona Through Water Droplets in Class	2
Arons at Amherst	2
Conservation of Angular Momentum with Slightly Modified Commercial Apparatuses	2
Tangential and Normal Acceleration Components in Projectile Motion	2
A proposed experimental activity to determine optical properties of acrylic by using smartphones as measurement instruments	2
What Does It Mean to “Make Sense” of Physics?	2
Magnetically Coupled Oscillators and a Smartphone	2
Physics Intuition About Vectors Can Help Us Understand Generative Artificial Intelligence	2
Polarization by reflection	2
Is Gravity a Force or Not? A Tale of Scientific Models	1
National Science Board Science Indicators Published; Yes, “COVID Math” Is a Real Thing	1
Development of Operational Observation Tools for Modeling Spatial Division Patterns	1
Answer to March 2025 Figuring Physics Question	1
Thank You to Our Referees: June 1, 2023–May 31, 2024	1
A Radiant Heating Experiment and Analogy with Earth’s Surface Temperature	1
The NSF canceled the OPTYCs grant, but we won’t lose our focus	1
Additional citation of import	1
A Revisitation of Boyle’s “Void in the Void” Experiment	1
Physics bachelor’s degree recipients and the MCAT	1
Michael Marder’s Physics Teacher Preparation Commentary	1
Adventures with Close-Up Lenses	1
Determining Charge Stored on a Capacitor Using Numerical Integration with a Spreadsheet	1
Supporting Students with ADHD in Introductory Physics Courses: Four Steps for Instructors	1
Science Conferences: A Pathway for Enacting the NGSS	1
New Veritasium Video on Air Resistance	1
A Golf Ball Trajectory Experiment	1
Horizontal air mass	1
Reflection from a Potential Well and from a Potential Barrier	1
Rotorcraft RPM on Mars	1
Figuring Physics February Answer	1
A question of transparency: Solutions for Fermi Questions, March 2025	1
Precise Measurement of Liquid Concentration Using the Mach–Zehnder Interferometer	1
Low-Cost Astrophotography with a Smartphone: STEAM in Action	1
Caleb Bonyun’s “Physics Is Fun”	1
Linear Algebra Notation in Introductory Physics?	1
Virtual Laboratories in Physics Education	1
Drawing the Light Paths at a Lens to Find Its Effective Focal Length and Principal Planes	1
Determination of Voltage–Current Curves: Pulse-Width Modulation-Powered Exploration of Ohmic and Nonohmic Elements with Arduino	1
BOOK-FEATHER DROP	1
Transdisciplinary Adventures in a Physics Classroom: Teaching Climate Change	1
Putting Potential at the Core of Teaching Electric Circuits	1
Seeing vs. Measuring	1
Aristotle’s wheel paradox appreciated	1
Mechanically Generated Random Numbers in High School	1
Testing Home Electrical Wiring to Destruction	1
The Shape of Earth: An Early Test of Newtonian Physics	1
Magnetic materials? No dilemma!	1
Additional Experiments with the e/m Apparatus	1
Answer to February 2025 Figuring Physics Question	1
Engineering in Classroom STEM: “Hour of Engineering” and “Engineering Sport”	1
Methods to Simplify Object Tracking in Video Data	1
Solution to the October, 2021 Challenge Tackle This!*	1
Smartphones and the Acoustic Doppler Effect in High School	1
Figuring Physics April Answer	1
The Sun in Augmented Reality: An Interactive Resource for Physics Learning	1
Replicating the Oxford Electric Bell: A simple high-voltage battery demonstration!	1
The PoLS-T Network: HS Physics Education Global Network Initiative	1
A New Lecture-Tutorial for Teaching Interferometry to Astro 101 Students	1
Climate, Estimation, and Action in Physics	1
Answer to April 2023 Figuring Physics Question	1
Thank you to our referees April 8, 2021–May 31, 2022	1
Adapting an Activity to Be an Engineering Project	1