Each year, AAPT organizes a High School Physics Photo Contest. Physics students around the country are challenged to submit a photo illustrating a physics concept. The students are required to take the photo themselves and include with a written summary of the physics occuring in the photo. The following photos were judged at the 125th AAPT National Meeting in Boise, Idaho.

Look for information about next year's contest in the Spring Announcer and online: http://www.aapt.org/Contests/photocontest.cfm.

Click on the thumbnail for a full size view of the image and a description of the physics demonstrated in the photograph.

Natural Category [9 KB] First Place Katarzyna Wegrzyn La Jolla High School Teacher: Martin Teachworth [14 KB] Second Place Robert Boesel John Hersey High School Teacher: Mary Ernst [11 KB] Third Place Sarah Cheung Quince Orchard High School Teacher: Jeffrey Marker [17 KB] Honorable Mention Jason Goldman Ladue Horton Watkins High School Teacher: Richard Witt	Contrived Category [10 KB] First Place Tim Putnam Buxmont Academy at Feasterville Teacher: Barbara Knupp [14 KB] Second Place Lydia Tyler Tom C. Clark High School Teacher: Ray Gonzales [9 KB] Third Place Fallon O’Connor-Brooks Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School Teacher: Brian Dvorkin [12 KB] Honorable Mention Caitlan Smith Peters Township High School Teacher: Susan M. Hlebinsky
Special Award [14 KB] Most Artistic Shuka Moshiri John Burroughs School Teacher: Mark Schober