Physics Teacher

Papers
(The TQCC of Physics Teacher is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
The Ball Bearing High Voltage Generator – A Demonstration Apparatus Illustrating Electrostatic Concepts at Multiple Levels27
Fluids Demonstrations III: Viscous Flow in Modified Thin Enclosures, Centrifugal Effect, Vortical Flow, and Turbulence20
Poggendorff’s Scales—Demonstration of Newton’s Laws in a Less Traditional Way17
Small Direct Current Electric Motors14
Developing a Physical Science Course Focused on Sustainability14
Perspectives of Scientists Involved in World War II13
Using a Styrofoam Sphere and Video Analysis to Demonstrate the Linearly Resisted Harmonic Oscillator12
The Relative Motion When Accelerating the Container of an Object Submerged in a Fluid10
A Gauss’s Law Computer Simulation in GlowScript8
Rolling with Slipping and Transition to Pure Rolling on an Inclined Plane8
Vessel Drainage Under the Influence of Gravity8
Birefringence without polarizers8
Reinventing the Wheel: An Alternative Rotational Inertia Lab for Introductory, Calculus-Based Physics8
A Modified Recipe for Interactive Classroom Demonstrations7
David Butler’s “How Far Away Is It?”7
Measuring Atmospheric Radon Levels Using a Cloud Chamber7
Use of a Scrapped Hard Disk Drive for Physics Teaching7
The 3D-Printed Twirly Whirly: A New Spin on a Toy for Teaching Moment of Inertia7
Figuring Physics Answer to October Question7
Answer to December 2022 Figuring Physics Question7
Implications of Negative Energy by Dr. Katerina Visnjic7
Solution to the November, 2022 Challenge Pros and cones.*6
Teach Poiseuille First — A Call for a Paradigm Shift in Fluid Dynamics Education6
Darek Dewey’s Twitter physics videos6
Answer to September 2024 Figuring Physics Question6
ABOUT GRAVITY6
Systematic Errors and the Chappaquiddick Accident6
Let’s start with the ABCs6
Videos Helping Plan Physics Instruction for Blind Students6
Shrub sphericity: Solutions for Fermi Questions, January 20236
Better interactive astronomy lectures using the Laser-Assisted Student Engagement Routine6
Low-Cost Experiment to Determine the Moment of Inertia of the Fidget Spinner by Video Analysis6
Hollywood Trial Features Kinematics and the Work–Energy Theorem6
A Tool for Exploring Our Fluid Earth5
A textbook my students actually use5
TORQUES ON A METERSTICK5
Geometry and the Cause of the Seasons: The Changing Hours of Daylight and Elevation Angle of the Sun at Noon5
Repurposing Concept Inventories to Help Students Find Gaps in Explanations5
Brad Moser’s “Physics Alive!” 30th podcast features Carl Wieman on teaching expertise5
The game of grades and the hidden curriculum5
Kinematics in One Dimension—A Smartphone Approach5
Performing acoustics experiments using inexpensive Bluetooth speakers and smartphone signal generator applications5
Is Physics in Crisis? The Mystery of the W Boson5
NarraCubes: A Virtual Dice Simulator to Incorporate Storytelling in Physics Classes5
RC and RLC Circuit Research Using Arduino and LabVIEW4
If Your School Is Old Enough4
Answer to October 2023 Figuring Physics Question4
Reflections on the Physics and Astronomy Student Reading Society (PhASRS) at San José State University4
COVID Hasn’t Finished with Us Yet; Also, University of Toronto’s “Physics in the Time of COVID-19”4
Developing Playful Devices as a Tool to Learn and Teach Physics4
Using a Spreadsheet Program to Fit a Gaussian Function4
Reflecting on a difficult year4
In Service of Equity: 3D-Printed Models in University Introductory Physics4
Measuring the Magnetic Field Vector of Earth4
A low-cost device to demonstrate simple harmonic motion4
Low-Cost Methods for Improving Data Collection Speed in Microwave Bragg Diffraction4
An Arduino-Based Experimental Setup for Teaching Light Color Mixing, Light Intensity Detection, and Ambient Temperature Sensing3
FPAT—A Framework for Facilitating the Teaching and Learning of Using Fermi Problems Originating in Mathematics Education Research3
Which Way to Go: Exploring Force Arrow Placement3
Measurement of the Velocity of Sound Through Resonance in Air Columns as a Homemade Experiment3
Degeneracy pressure in stars and stellar corpses3
Graphic Relation Between Amplitude and Sound Intensity Level3
From Applied Physics to Interdisciplinary Activities for a Climate Science Itinerary in the First Year of College3
Comment on “ChatGPT and deliberate practice for interpreting graphs”3
Revisiting a Classic Magic Trick with Rayleigh–Taylor Instabilities3
Writing Virtual Reality Teaching Resources3
A drop in the bucket?: Solutions for Fermi Questions, December 20223
Solar Eclipse and Cosmic Ray Flux3
Listen! A Smartphone Inquiry on the Domino Effect3
April Figuring Physics Answer3
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on faculty members’ time allocation3
Empowering Journey Making an Interactive Video Vignette3
Solution to the April 2023 Challenge: Resistivity is futile*3
Field of employment for new physics bachelors3
Colorful dew drops3
2025 AAPT Awards at the Winter Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri3
Measurement of g using a pendulum and a smartphone proximity sensor3
Using a Smartphone Barometer to Measure the Excess Pressure of a Soap Bubble3
A Novel Method for Measurement of the Refractive Indices of Transparent Solid Media Using Laser Interferometry3
“I Landed a Rocket Like SpaceX”3
An Angular Method to Calculate the Electric Field of a Long Cylindrical Shell3
NIF Achieves Fusion Milestone3
Analog environments3
Using the Predict–Observe–Explain Technique to Address Misconceptions About Image Inversion in Spherical and Cylindrical Mirrors3
Changes in AP Physics courses effective 2024–20253
Demonstration of Thermoelectric Power Generation with a Thermoelectric Cooler3
Interactive Simulations of Upper Limbs3
Sign and Sense of an Induced Electric Current by a Nearby Moving Magnet3
A little “light” play3
(University) Physics in a Nutshell by Tobias Wegener3
Less content is more in introductory astronomy3
Impetus-Force-Like Drawings May Be Less Common Than You Think3
Solution to the September, 2022 Challenge Second to one.*3
More Motor Winding3
Reflections of Quantum Educators on Strategies to Diversify the Second Quantum Revolution3
Solutions for Fermi Questions, November 2021: Question 1: Chess moves; Question 2: Cat litter3
The Physical Cause of Atmospheric Pressure: Weight of Air or Molecular Motion and Impacts?2
Beyond The Big Bang Theory: Revealing the Everyday Research Lives of Theoretical Physics Faculty2
Experimental Evidence for the Direction of Friction on a Pulled Spool2
What do graduates do with a physics bachelor’s degree?2
Magnetically Coupled Oscillators and a Smartphone2
A Simple Lissajous Figure Device2
An Arduino Investigation of the Temperature Dependence of the Speed of Sound in Air2
Arons at Amherst2
Collisions of Coins2
Figuring Physics September Answer2
An Off-Center, Elastic Collision: Conservation of Kinetic Energy Without a Perfect Coefficient of Restitution2
The Dancing Flame: A New Twist on an Old Classic2
A Microcontroller-Based Experiment to Determine the Magnetic Field Near a Straight Current-Carrying Wire2
A bridge too low2
Initial employment sectors of new physics bachelors2
Reparameterization of Two-Dimensional Projectile Motion2
Solution to the May, 2022 Challenge From B or not from B.*2
Creative Astronomy: Broadening the Scope of an Online General Education Course by Leveraging an Authentic Collaboration between Learning Assistant and Instructor2
The hand boiler and how it does not work2
Tangential and Normal Acceleration Components in Projectile Motion2
Weight, weight, don’t tell me2
Postgraduation planning during the pandemic2
Comment on “Solving More Calculus-Based Physics Problems with Trigonometry”2
Sky smiley face2
Slamming a door2
The Different Colors Displayed by a Circular Polarizing Filter2
Technology Connections2
Creating physics concept cartoons using ChatGPT2
Mission to Mars — Concept and Implementation of a Design-Based (Hands-On) Smartphone Experiment Helping Students Understand the Effects Caused by Differences in Air Pressure2
Observation of Optical Corona Through Water Droplets in Class2
A Practical Approach to Physics for Non-Scientists2
A proposed experimental activity to determine optical properties of acrylic by using smartphones as measurement instruments2
Pictures of Signs in Sea Waves2
Charging a Capacitor with Another Capacitor by Using Arduino2
A Brief Introduction to Quantum Computing2
The Brachistochrone: An Excellent Problem for All Levels of Physics Students2
Tracking Inequity: An Actionable Approach to Addressing Inequities in Physics Classrooms2
Our Shifting Understandings of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Physics2
A Deeper Look at the Sadly Cannot Thermodynamic Cycle2
Reflection and refraction at Corkscrew Swamp2
Carbon Nanodots in Beer and Cola: An Interesting Way to Introduce Nanomaterials and Their Applications2
Determination of the Charge of an Electron Using Faraday’s Law of Electrolysis2
Hands-On Quantum: Teaching Core Quantum Concepts with Bloch Cubes2
Visualizing Electric Fields Using Rubbed Balloons as the High-Voltage Source2
Using Math in Physics: 4. Toy models2
What Is Cosmic Inflation?2
Calculating the Duration of Impact When a Solid Sphere Collides on a Flat Rigid Wall2
Ups and more ups2
The Physical Pendulum: An Illustrative Teaching Laboratory Example Using a Long Rod2
Solutions for Fermi Questions, April 20222
Using Arduino in Introductory Thermal Energy Experiments—The Case of Thermal Equilibrium2
Incorporating 3D-Printing Projects into Introductory Physics Labs2
Not your typical Tower of Sauron2
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse Revisited2
A Simple Classroom Double Pendulum2
Using the Pickering Polarimeter Today2
What Does It Mean to “Make Sense” of Physics?2
Answer to January 2025 Figuring Physics Question2
A Coincidence in the Spring–Rod System2
Enhancing Student Learning of Global Warming Through Reflective Writing2
Shadow hands2
Symmetrical Cubic Arrangements of Resistors: An Experimental Approach2
The bat signal2
Probing Mechanical Properties of a Spider Web Using a Simple Rubber Band Model2
Damped Oscillations—A Smartphone Approach2
May Figuring Physics Answer2
Making the Physics of Energy and Climate Accessible to All2
Demonstrating the beginnings of radio communications2
Ride goes before a fall – 22
The Physics of Electric Cars2
Numbers in physics teaching2
GPS-Synchronized Data Collection and Time Stamping2
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
Apply a smartphone’s magnetometer to measure the AC current of electrical equipment2
Learning Electromagnetism through a Playful County Fair Game Project2
An estimation of an article2
Happy 100th Birthday, Quantum Mechanics!2
What schools offer degrees in physics and astronomy?2
Early Quantum Mechanics—Dr. Jorge S. Diaz’s JK0 YouTube channel2
Origin of the Laplace Force Applied to a Current-Carrying Wire Immersed in a Magnetic Field2
Understanding the Law of Conservation of Momentum in One-Dimensional Collisions Between Two Objects Using the Velocity Space Approach2
Resting a disk on a rough incline2
Conservation of Angular Momentum with Slightly Modified Commercial Apparatuses2
Pulling a Spool2
More Japanese Physics Circles2
Polarization by reflection2
The Sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic: A Case Study in Thermal Inversion and Atmospheric Refraction Phenomena2
Quiz of four resistors2
“Density” of light and pi2
Physics bachelor’s degree recipients and the MCAT1
A Tool for Introductory Physics Students to Conduct Optics Experiments: A Self-Made Dark Box1
A Color-Mixing Setup for a Physics Teaching Laboratory1
A Radiant Heating Experiment and Analogy with Earth’s Surface Temperature1
Thank You to Our Referees: June 1, 2023–May 31, 20241
Methods to Simplify Object Tracking in Video Data1
Rotorcraft RPM on Mars1
Horizontal air mass1
An Unexpected Observation in an Underwater Optical Experiment1
The PoLS-T Network: HS Physics Education Global Network Initiative1
Additional citation of import1
Adapting an Activity to Be an Engineering Project1
Building and using solar wax melters1
Drawing the Light Paths at a Lens to Find Its Effective Focal Length and Principal Planes1
Geometrical optics of doves1
Additional Experiments with the e/m Apparatus1
Answer to April 2023 Figuring Physics Question1
What Did James Watt Really Invent?1
Free-Body Diagrams and Bogus Work1
Virtual Laboratories in Physics Education1
PARST Educational Tool for Planet Positioning1
Putting Potential at the Core of Teaching Electric Circuits1
Measurement of Young’s Modulus Using a Michelson Interferometer1
A question of transparency: Solutions for Fermi Questions, March 20251
Engineering in Classroom STEM: “Hour of Engineering” and “Engineering Sport”1
Low-Cost Astrophotography with a Smartphone: STEAM in Action1
BOOK-FEATHER DROP1
Sunset in a tube demonstration1
More astronauts who went to the Moon1
New Veritasium Video on Air Resistance1
Project FRESH Air: A Community Engagement Project About Health and Climate1
A Golf Ball Trajectory Experiment1
The Sun in Augmented Reality: An Interactive Resource for Physics Learning1
Testing Home Electrical Wiring to Destruction1
Comment on “Free-Body Diagrams and Bogus Work”1
The Shape of Earth: An Early Test of Newtonian Physics1
National Science Board Science Indicators Published; Yes, “COVID Math” Is a Real Thing1
Using Space Junk to Measure G1
Solution to the October, 2021 Challenge Tackle This!*1
Reflection from a Potential Well and from a Potential Barrier1
A Microscopic Perspective on the Work Done by an Ideal Gas1
Figuring Physics April Answer1
Introducing Neurodiversity to the Physics Education Community1
A Qualitative Analysis of Simple Harmonic Motion1
Is Gravity a Force or Not? A Tale of Scientific Models1
Answer to February 2025 Figuring Physics Question1
Adventures with Close-Up Lenses1
Linear Algebra Notation in Introductory Physics?1
Magnetic materials? No dilemma!1
Supporting Students with ADHD in Introductory Physics Courses: Four Steps for Instructors1
The simplest schlieren imaging using a smartphone1
Aristotle’s wheel paradox appreciated1
Studying the Foundations of Optics with the Master1
Mechanically Generated Random Numbers in High School1
Qualitatively Demonstrating the Localization of the Michelson Circular Fringes1
How Does Our Solar System Work? Tracking Planetary Motion in the Classroom by Using Video Analysis in Astronomical Model Experiments1
Thank you to our referees April 8, 2021–May 31, 20221
Answer to December 2023 Figuring Physics Question1
Development of Operational Observation Tools for Modeling Spatial Division Patterns1
Figuring Physics February Answer1
Determining Charge Stored on a Capacitor Using Numerical Integration with a Spreadsheet1
Caleb Bonyun’s “Physics Is Fun”1
Sun pillar1
The Train Whistle1
Science Conferences: A Pathway for Enacting the NGSS1
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