The annual AAPT Physics Video Contest challenges students or faculty members to demonstrate physics in action with a short video (five minutes or less). The video must be taken by the submitting student/faculty member. Entries are judged on suitability for instructional use. Contests are held in conjunction with the AAPT National Meetings. 2006 Contest Winners
First Place
Student: Shan Wang
School: Nease High School, St. Augustine, FL
Second Place
Student: Mike Costello
School: Niles West High School, Skokie, IL
Teacher: Joseph Serpico
Third Place
Cory Brown
Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, IL
Lynne Zielinski, Teacher
Teacher Winners
Joseph Serpico and Lance Soltys
Niles West High School, Skokie, IL
2005 Contest Winners
First Place: Physics—It's Magic
Margaret Loenig and Carrie Mitchell
Nerinx Hall High School, Webster Groves, MO
Teacher: Julie Sutfin
Second Place: Physics of the Old West
Whitney Hayden
The Ethyl Walker School, Simsbury, CT
Teacher: Dan Dreyfuss
Third Place: Let's Get Physical
John Brooks and Julia Foran
Highland Park High School, Dallas, TX
Teacher: Trina Cannon
Honorable Mention: Physics of Law Enforcement
Dillon Richardson and Rachel Scott
Lemon Bay High School, Englewood, FL
Teacher: Frank Lock
2004 Contest Winners
First Place: Pool Hall Physics
Evan Award
The Ethel Walker School, Simsbury, CT
Teacher: Daniel Dreyfuss
Second Place: Grocery Store Physics
Dan Clifton
Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, Plymouth Meeting, PA
Teacher: Don Scholl
Third Place: The Blair Fish Project
Jamie Cannon and Susanna Harris
Lemon Bay High School, Englewood, FL
Teacher: Frank Lock
2003 Contest Winners
First Place
Christine Cabrera
Nerinx Hall High School, Groves, MO
Teacher: Julie Sutfin Webster
Second Place
John Essenberg and Anthony Fiore
Lemon Bay High School, Englewood, FL
Teacher: Frank Lock
Third Place
Angela Henderson
The Ethel Walker School, Simsburg, CT
Teacher: Daniel Dreyfuss