Name: CSAAPT, AAPT-SEPS, NJAAPT Spring 2026 Joint Semi-Virtual Meeting
Start: 2026-04-18T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-19T12:00:00-04:00
Location: University of Delaware, Sharp Laboratory

CSAAPT, AAPT-SEPS, NJAAPT Spring 2026 Joint Semi-Virtual Meeting

from Saturday, April 18, 2026 (8:00 AM) to Sunday, April 19, 2026 (12:00 PM)

Monday, April 13, 2026
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Friday, April 17, 2026
Saturday, April 18, 2026

8:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
Registration and Breakfast
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

8:30 AM Opening Remark
Opening Remark
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
8:45 AM Plenary Talk 1
Plenary Talk 1
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Contributions

8:45 AM Bringing the Stars to the People - Federica Bianco (University of Delaware)
9:45 AM Break
Break
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM Parallel 1
Parallel 1
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

10:00 AM Astrophysics in the Physics Classroom - AAPT-NASA HEAT Learning Modules OVERVIEW - Anne Tabor-Morris (Georgian Court University)

10:15 AM HANDS-ON Astrophysics in the Physics Classroom - AAPT-NASA HEAT Learning Modules DEMO - Anne Tabor-Morris (Georgian Court University)

10:30 AM CosmicWatch: Bringing Particle Physics into the Classroom - Spencer Axani (University of Delaware)

10:45 AM Torricelli’s Law: A capstone lab for AP Physics 1 that includes viscosity - P.D. Kaplan (Montclair HS)
Parallel 1
Parallel 1
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

10:00 AM Physics and Art - a new class - Sean Lally (Jemicy School)

10:15 AM Clarity through Competence: Supporting Physics Majors with Specifications Grading - Veronique Petit (University of Delaware)

10:30 AM Beyond Accommodations: Supporting Students with Disabilities - Shahida Dar

10:45 AM Two fun Student Lab Activities - Richard Terwilliger (Retired Physics/Earth Science Teacher - Suffern Central School District, Suffern, NY)
Parallel 1
Parallel 1
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

10:00 AM Connecting an RLC Circuit to a Diode - Carl Mungan (U.S. Naval Academy)

10:15 AM Galileo's Law of Odd Numbers - Jan Fiala

10:30 AM Beyond the Rindler Horizon: An Interpretive Quantum Puzzle for Students of Relativity - William McConville (Widener University)

10:45 AM Relativity on Rotated Graph Paper - ROBERTO SALGADO (St Catherine U (St Paul, MN))
Astronomy Session
Astronomy Session
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

10:00 AM Artemis II and Space Weather - Elana Resnick (NASA GSFC CCMC | ASRC Federal)

10:30 AM The Dragonfly Mission to Titan - Sarah Horst (Johns Hopkins University)
11:00 AM Break
Break
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM Plenary Talk 2
Plenary Talk 2
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Contributions

11:15 AM Building A Quantum-Ready Workforce - Gretchen Campbell (University of Maryland)
12:15 PM Group Photo
Group Photo
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM

12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM Demo Make-and-take Workshop
Demo Make-and-take Workshop
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM Room 100: Make-and-Take Workshop - Richard Terwilliger (Retired Physics/Earth Science Teacher - Suffern Central School District, Suffern, NY)
Parallel 2
Parallel 2
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM Becoming The L.E.Mentor : a Journey in Science through Showmanship - Art Pallone (Penn State Harrisburg)

1:45 PM Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Is Physics Severing its Relationship with Mathematics - Rejwan Ali (NJAAPT)

2:00 PM An Easy Way to See Radio Waves - Robert Schwartz (SEPS-AAPT)

2:15 PM Origami Physics : Circularity of Plane Shapes - AdeBanjo Oriade (University of Delaware)

2:30 PM Origami Vector Demonstrations in 2D and 3D - AdeBanjo Oriade (University of Delaware)
PASCO Workshop
PASCO Workshop
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM PASCO Workshop - Kathlyn Chall (PASCO)
Parallel 2
Parallel 2
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM How to teach what a photon really is - James Freericks (Georgetown University)

1:45 PM Superposition of Quantum Mechanics and SCALE-UP in the Classroom - Gerald Feldman (George Washington University)

2:00 PM Designing Pedagogy for Quantum Entanglement - Robert Hilborn (University of Maryland)

2:15 PM Just Follow the Arrows to Build Quantum Intuition for the Mach-Zehnder Interferometer - Jason Tran (Georgetown University)

2:30 PM Building the Quantum Pathway from the Classroom Up: Teacher PD in Polarization - Maajida Murdock (Morgan State University)
2:45 PM Break
Break
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM Demo Share-a-thon
Demo Share-a-thon
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Contributions

3:00 PM Tesla coils in the classroom - William A. Tobias (University of Virginia)

3:30 PM My Favorite 5 Demonstrations - Richard Terwilliger (Retired Physics/Earth Science Teacher - Suffern Central School District, Suffern, NY)
Parallel 2
Parallel 2
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Contributions

3:00 PM Force Theater: embodied learning activities for visualizing microscopic interactions - Alfredo Sánchez (University of Delaware)

3:15 PM The Real Costs of Authenticity: Integrating ISLE and Project-Based Learning - Andres Akamine (Boyd J. Michael, III Technical High)

3:30 PM A Week-Long Astronomy Camp for Secondary School Students - Deborah Skapik (Friends' Central School)

3:45 PM IceCube Masterclass : Exposing High-school students to the Frontiers of Astroparticle Research - Paras Koundal (Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware)

4:00 PM 3JCN Physics Simulation: Enhancing Physics Education with Interactive 3D Visualizations - Thomas Nguyen (Palomar College)
Parallel 3
Parallel 3
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Contributions

3:00 PM Getting Your Students on Track: Applying the 5 A’s of Alignment in Physics Labs - Sithy Maharoof

3:15 PM Roles, tools, and labs: Examining a heterogenous small group of students’ perspectives in an introductory studio physics course - Mark Akubo (University of Delaware)

3:30 PM Enhancing Advanced Laboratory Education: Resources, Activities, and Support from ALPhA - Xin Du (Widener University Department of Physics)

3:45 PM Every Point Counts and Aligning Grades with Learning: Standards-Based and Standards-Referenced Grading in Practice - Oren Levi (Princeton Public Schools)

4:00 PM Video analysis assignments to supplement introductory physics labs - Maxim Bychkov (University of Virginia)
Parallel 3
Parallel 3
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Contributions

3:00 PM A table-top demonstration of magnetohydrodynamic flow - Kausik Das (University of Maryland Eastern Shore)

3:15 PM Fourier without the Math - Jeremy Carlo (Villanova Uiversity)

3:30 PM What's Happening with OPTYCs? - Kris Lui (AAPT - OPTYCs)

3:45 PM A retrospective from Figuring Physics - Paul Hewitt (The Physics Teacher)
4:15 PM Raffle Drawing & Closing Remark
Raffle Drawing & Closing Remark
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

4:30 PM NJAAPT Business Meeting
NJAAPT Business Meeting
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

AAPT-SEPS Business Meeting
AAPT-SEPS Business Meeting
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

CSAAPT Business Meeting
CSAAPT Business Meeting
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Sunday, April 19, 2026

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