Talkin' Physics
Column Editor: Dolores Gende, Shorecrest Preparatory School, St. Petersburg, FL
2024
New Physics Teacher Workshops by James Lincoln; William Layton; Bryn Bishop
The Physics Teacher 62, 616–617 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0235655
AP Physics: More updates and resources for 2024–2025 Amy Johnson.
The Physics Teacher 62, 540–541 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0231556
A skeptical Bode’s law lab by James Lincoln
The Physics Teacher 62, 410–411 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0209720
Artificial intelligence and high school physics by Alissa Sperling; James Lincoln
The Physics Teacher 62, 314–315 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0202994
Fan carts: Measuring fan force and friction by Steve Brehmer
The Physics Teacher 62, 234–235 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0189702
Changes in AP Physics courses effective 2024–2025 by James Lincoln
The Physics Teacher 62, 154–155 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0190721
Biot–Savart law with a smartphone: Phyphox app by James Lincoln.
The Physics Teacher 62, 72–73 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0188271
2023
AP Environmental Science for physics teachers by James Lincoln
The Physics Teacher 61, 810–811 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0180423
TPT special collection on “Climate change and sustainability in intro physics.”
Electrostatics: Doom of the Unicorns by Maicol Flores; Mateo Dutra
The Physics Teacher 714–715 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0146539
Using a science museum field trip for an alternative physics final exam by Krista K. McBride.
The Physics Teacher 61, 632–633 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0167150
Using the En-ROADS future climate simulator by Patrick Lincoln
The Physics Teacher 61, 540–541 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0167002
Labs and demos with a one-farad capacitor
The Physics Teacher 61, 408 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0152309
Frequency fun lab
The Physics Teacher 61, 314 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0147476
Self-guided field trips as an alternative to final exams
The Physics Teacher 61, 234 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0143084
Teach beyond the syllabus, occasionally
The Physics Teacher 61, 152 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0017025
NGSS says Yes! to teaching circuits
The Physics Teacher 61, 90 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0016765
2022
Autopsy of a failed extension policy. The Physics Teacher 60, 792 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0015304.
Way too many demos with the constant velocity car The Physics Teacher 60, 710 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0015009
The circle of light: A new lab on total internal reflection The Physics Teacher 60, 618 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0014309
On the myth of red hot and blue cold: A scientific history by James Lincoln The Physics Teacher 60, 522 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0013864
Best-fit lines and the AP Physics test
The Physics Teacher 60, 396 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0010402
Get dizzy: A kinesthetic lab on angular speed
The Physics Teacher 60, 314 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0010003
The hand boiler and how it does not work
The Physics Teacher 60, 234 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0009697
A Physics Story: Literacy technique for learning the language of physics
The Physics Teacher 60, 154 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0009431
Lab activities on temperature and thermodynamics Video Abstract Icon
The Physics Teacher 60, 74 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0002746
2020
Inertia is how much, not if
The Physics Teacher 58, 682 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0002746
Pendulum physics poetry: Thus, dances the horizon!
The Physics Teacher 58, 604 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0002392
COVID-19 AP Physics Writing “Workshop”
The Physics Teacher 58, 522 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0002081
Redesigning assessments for remote learning
The Physics Teacher 58, 440 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0001849
Energy lab practicum: It’s all about the system
The Physics Teacher 58, 282 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5145483
From rolling without slipping to sweet spots
The Physics Teacher 58, 218 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5145425
Unlocking student potential: A comparison and ranking task
The Physics Teacher 58, 136 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5144802
Engagement and joy in the active learning classroom
The Physics Teacher 58, 76 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5141986
2019
Experiential learning model in two-dimensional kinematics
The Physics Teacher 57, 648 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5135803
From the simple to the surprisingly complex – An incremental study of elasticity
The Physics Teacher 57, 570 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5131137
Rectilinear movement and functions through the analysis of videos with Tracker
The Physics Teacher 57, 506 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5126842
Unpacking the new AP Physics resources
The Physics Teacher 57, 426 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5124293
Inquiry-based electrostatics
The Physics Teacher 57, 346 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5098933
Modeling a High Road/Low Road race quantitatively using Desmos
The Physics Teacher 57, 266 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5095391
ABCD’s of explaining your reasoning
The Physics Teacher 57, 202 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5092492
Resurrection of the Physics Alliance at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania
The Physics Teacher 57, 124 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088482
Using a modified Boyle’s law experiment to estimate the density of salts
The Physics Teacher 57, 58 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5084936