This month's Physics Teacher has an article @barnettdreyfuss.bsky.social and I wrote together. I love the "fun with friends and physics" framing, it's important to remember that phyics can be both joyful and social. pubs.aip.org/aapt/pte/art...

Phone Physics and the Gateway Arch: Fun with Friends and Physics at the AAPT Winter Meeting in St. Louis

As a famous landmark and feat of engineering, the Gateway Arch was a popular destination at the 2025 AAPT Winter Meeting in St. Louis. The visit to the observat

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Science fun for the family! Physics Show performances start in two weeks. Tell your friends they can get their seats at www.thephysicsshow.com

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If you have never had fun with physics... ...you haven't been to The Physics Show!

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PSA: Right around this time over three decades ago, I failed my department's qualifying exam. It felt like the end of the world. But I bounced back, passed the next year, got my degree, and have had a pretty good career. Grad students, be kind to yourselves.

Back in the chair. Trying to get good deeds done while I still have summer.

SF Bay Area folks, we just put tickets to our September shows on sale at www.thephysicsshow.com. Tell your friends!

The Physics Show

If you have never had fun with physics... ...you haven't been to The Physics Show!

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Here I am in a museum with a Helen Levitt. Looking for a first-day Ranking Task introduction? Make a set of images from art in your life, and ask the students to sort the art by age. Introduces students to a tool, and humanizes their teacher. For more, see doi.org/10.1119/5.03...

I recently recalled a film I saw in elementary school that ended in a hanging. With more research, I found it was An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge, where the main character, Farquhar, is executed for trying to destroy a bridge during war. It was Farquharson who was on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge...

I got my annual permission letter from my cardiologist to donate blood. Went straight to the blood center.

My first-day exercise is in this month's The Physics Teacher. Among other things, it lets students know that their teacher is a human with interests outside of STEM.

How old is my art? A first-day ranking task introduction

While many physics instructors use ranking task exercises1 and group work in their teaching, the process is novel enough that many students benefit from an intr

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We were interviewed for TV! Tell your friends! And tell them that they can still get tickets for our December shows. www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...

Foothill College's Physics Show puts the fun in science fundamentals

For nearly two decades, Foothill College in Los Altos Hills has used its Physics Show to foster an excitement for science and for college, especially among underrepresented communities. Mary Lee repor...

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A quick reminder that seats for our December performances are now on sale. Tell your friends. Tickets at: www.thephysicsshow.com

We just put 15,000 Physics Show tickets on sale for Dec/Jan. They make great holiday gifts: www.thephysicsshow.com

This month's Physics Teacher has a piece on the Physics Show (doi.org/10.1119/5.02...)! It's great to see our model disseminated. @barnettdreyfuss.bsky.social tells her journey in the American Journal of Physics (doi.org/10.1119/5.03...). We came up in the same ecosystem, it was a joy to read.

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

We've put away our equipment and cleaned the stage. Over the past two weeks we've done physics outreach shows for 10k+ members of the public and roughly 2500 kids from Title 1 schools.

Second day of field trip shows for kids from Title 1 schools.

Today we hosted 800+ kids from Title 1 schools. Let your friends know they can support our science outreach work by buying tickets for our weekend performances. www.thephysicsshow.com

Silicon Valley folks, we will have Physics Show performances for the next two weekends. Tell your friends that they can get seats at www.thephysicsshow.com. Proceeds go towards bringing kids from Title 1 schools to our campus for fun science learning!

The Physics Show

If you have never had fun with physics ... ... you haven't been to The Physics Show!

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Rolled past a milestone. If you are able, please donate blood.

Some of the service I've been doing around physics/astro/STEMM professional societies.

Democracy Forward@democracyforward.org · last yr.

BREAKING: Coalition Sues to Protect the National Science Foundation from Trump and DOGE Assault We’re suing on behalf of educators, researchers, professors, and graduate students to stop the latest effort by the Trump administration to weaponize federal funding to push their anti-equity agenda. 🧵

🦋 STEP UP has officially joined Bluesky! In addition to continuing to post content on our existing social media accounts (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn), you can now find our content right here.

Giving blood. Please donate if you are able. #Give4Life

Very happy to see this. Fond memory of ud being sent to another room for too much talking during a new physics teachers workshop 20 years ago.

AAPTHQ@aapthq.bsky.social · last yr.

AAPT is pleased to announce that the 2025 Paul Zitzewitz Excellence in K-12 Physics Teaching Award winner is Bree Barnett Dreyfuss, Science teacher at Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, CA. The award will be presented at #AAPTSM25. Read more ➡ ow.ly/vSgF50VwJX2 #AAPTAwards

If you are eligible, please donate blood. This is a direct way you can help others. #Give4Life #EverydayBrave

"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."

College Board deleted vids for multiple classes on AP Classroom about issues dealing with American Indians, Slavery, Racism, and sexism. For APUSH the first two videos on Slavery in the British Colonies were deleted, videos on Native American societies and Euro conquest, and Reconstruction. #edusky

Back in the chair. If you are eligible, please donate. So much of our world is a dumpster fire, but this is a direct way you can help others. #Give4Life #EverydayBrave

www.linkedin.com/posts/americ... Less serious stuff. These canvases are on display in the @aapthq.bsky.social DC office. @melfromqns.bsky.social and @thephysicsshow.bsky.social helped transport them from the hotel. Photo credit to a friend @aapmhq.bsky.social . Taken after an AIP event.

American Association of Physics Teachers - AAPT on LinkedIn: We are excited to share that the ACP-DC office has received some amazing…

We are excited to share that the ACP-DC office has received some amazing art! A huge thank you to Wepeel R. Cat, Penelope Luka Burt Reynolds Knaub, and Luka…

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We are doing a weekend of performances at the end of March. Tickets are at www.thephysicsshow.com. Same setlist as last Dec/Jan.

The Physics Show

If you have never had fun with physics ... ... you haven't been to The Physics Show!

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It's the #DayOfRemembrance. Over the past month I have thought often of my grandparents' lessons. They taught to resist, even if the odds are overwhelmingly against you. Comply when needed, but only when needed. Nurture and protect your communities. They survived, and so will we.