AAPT is pleased to announce that Ryan Bowns-Kamphuis is the recipient of the 2026 Robert L. Lipton Memorial Award. The award was presented at the 2026 AAPT Winter Meeting in Las Vegas, NV. Read more at ow.ly/oqQJ50YbFtJ #AAPTWM26 #AAPTAwards
AAPT is pleased to announce that the 2026 recipient of the Barbara Wolff-Reichert Travel Grant is Samantha Gordon, New York State Master Teacher and Director of the Nassau County section of the Science Teachers Association of NYS. Read more ➡ ow.ly/9p4850Y92pl #AAPTWM26 #PhysicsEducation
#AAPTWM26: AAPT Board members who have completed their term of service received plaques to honor their tenure and to express appreciation for their dedicated time, service, commitment, and hard work. #AAPTConference #AAPTMeeting @darsa.bsky.social @mqmlab.bsky.social
In my lecture at #aaptwm26, I went over several real (and not so real) examples of fun physics problems. Here are links to the full write up of these problems.
1. Penguins jumping off a cliff.
rjallain.medium.com/physics-anal...
Day 3 of #AAPTWM26: Plenary Speaker V: Rhett Allain, and Richtmyer Memorial Lecture awardee. #AAPTMeeting #AAPTConference
The last day of #AAPTWM26 has come to an end with the Presidential Transfer from Gabe Spalding to Debbie Andres. Congratulations, Debbie! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who attended the 2026 Winter Meeting! We hope to see you at the Summer Meeting in CA. #AAPTMeeting #AAPTConference
a straw rests across the backs of 2 chairs supporting a spring with a phone hanging from the bottom. a smiling man stands next to it.
a man sits next to a table showing a bunch of simple random items used in the physics with phones activities. they include a golf ball, a spring, a boba straw, and a d battery
2 photos from my Physics with Phones workshop @aapthq.bsky.social #AAPTWM26 today. A teacher shows his innovative approach to support a spring/mass system given a too-low conference room table. Another shows off the equipment each teacher received. Info: st.llnl.gov/sci-ed/Physi... #ITeachPhysics
Day 3 of #AAPTWM26: Exhibit Hall Raffles! Congratulations to all of the AAPT, Pasco, and Eureka Leap winners! #AAPTMeeting #AAPTConference
picture of me and bruce sherwood
My college freshman year physics professor, Bruce Sherwood, was awarded the Oersted Medal @aapthq.bsky.social #AAPTWM26 today in Las Vegas. He helped invent the amazing PLATO education system that I used in his physics class at the University of Illinois in 1979. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLATO_(...
My pedagogy matured during the golden age of blogging. I'm incredibly thankful to @rhettallain.bsky.social for being central to that work. Congratulations on your Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award! #AAPTWM26
"Everything is a real-world physics problem: for large values of real." --Rhett Allain
Great meeting! (Apparently holding a microphone doesn’t stop my gesticulating habit.) #AAPTWM26
Very disappointed to see otherwise creative speakers at #AAPTWM26 using AI “slop” images in their talks. Doing so is just saying that you’re too lazy to search for an image created by an actual artist or photographer. You can do better. 1/2 🎢
Happening now at #AAPTWM26: Reimagining Physics Learning with JoVE: Visualizing Concepts, Inspiring Insight workshop. #AAPTMeeting #AAPTConference #ITeachPhysics
Happening now at #AAPTWM26: Pathways to Leadership in AAPT. #AAPTMeeting #AAPTConference #ITeachPhysics
#AAPTWM26 Attendees: Check out the "Reimagining Physics Learning with JoVE: Visualizing Concepts, Inspiring Insight" workshop happening today at 2:30 pm in the Palace 6/7 room. #AAPTMeeting #AAPTConference #ITeachPhysics
Day 3 of #AAPTWM26: Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service to AAPT Awardee, Tatsu Takeuchi. #AAPTConference #AAPTMeeting
Day 3 of #AAPTWM26: Plenary IV Speakers and Oersted Medal awardees, Ruth Chabay and Bruce Sherwood. #AAPTConference #AAPTMeeting
Two first-time physics teaching conference presenters. Jim Perry on left and Megan Hayes-Golding on right. The slide behind them reads "Live Action Problems".
Jim Perry and I just finished presenting “Live Action Problems” at #AAPTWM26. We both very much appreciate the community for being incredibly welcoming to us as first time presenters. #ITeachPhysics
Examples and a framework for writing your own are at kalamitykat.com/2026/01/19/l....
Day 3 of #AAPTWM26: Physics with Phones - Waves and Sound, Physics through Narrative and Roleplaying sessions. #AAPTMeeting #AAPTConference
#AAPTWM26: Plenary Speaker III and Doc Brown Futures Awardee; Meghan DiBacco. #AAPTConference #AAPTMeeting
Day 2 of #AAPTWM26: @pascoscientific.bsky.social "Teaching Rotation with the Meter Stick Torque Set" workshop. #AAPTMeeting #AAPTConference #ITeachPhysics
Day 2 of #AAPTWM26: K-12 Teachers Lounge, "Classic Make and Take". #AAPTMeeting #AAPTConference #ITeachPhysics
#AAPTWM26 Attendees: Check out the PASCO scientific "Teaching Rotation with the Meter Stick Torque Set" workshop happening today at 2:30 pm in the Palace 6/7 room. #AAPTMeeting #AAPTConference #ITeachPhysics
#AAPTWM26: 1, 2, 3 Cart Fans: Infinite(ish) Acceleration Options! Vernier Science Education Workshop. #AAPTConference #AAPTMeeting
