Name: CSAAPT Fall 2026 Semi-Virtual Meeting / PICUP Workshop
Start: 2026-10-10T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-11T12:00:00-04:00
Location: William & Mary, Integrated Science Center 4

CSAAPT Fall 2026 Semi-Virtual Meeting / PICUP Workshop

from Saturday, October 10, 2026 (8:00 AM) to Sunday, October 11, 2026 (12:00 PM)

Monday, October 5, 2026
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Friday, October 9, 2026
Saturday, October 10, 2026

8:00 AM Registration & Breakfast
Registration & 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 Using Challenges to synthesize student understanding of Physics Concepts, and having a fun Physics Day at the end of grading periods - Brad Miller (Spotsylvania County Public Schools)
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 Implementing Dual Enrollment Honors Physics: Pedagogical Shift, Administrative Alignment, and the ISLE Framework - Andres Akamine (Boonsboro High School)

10:15 AM Education and Outreach Activities at QCoR, UMD College Park - Muge Karagoz

10:30 AM PhysicsFest at William&Mary - Irina Novikova (William&Mary)

10:45 AM Get Your Fill of Capitol Hill: Advocating for Federal Science Policy as a Physics Instructor - Elissa Levy (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology)
Parallel 1
Parallel 1
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

10:00 AM Real Hands-On Active Learning Activities in a Physics of Sports Class - Richard Lindgren (University of Virginia) William A. Tobias (University of Virginia)

10:30 AM Obstacles as Opportunities: Designing Labs That Cultivate Discovery - Elena Kuchina (Virginia Peninsula Community College)

10:45 AM Building a Local College–High School Physics Teaching Partnership – A PhysTEC Project - Michael Price (Dover High School) Qi Lu (Delaware State University)
Parallel 1
Parallel 1
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

10:00 AM When the Irreversible Becomes Reversible - Carl Mungan (U.S. Naval Academy)

10:15 AM Relativity on Rotated Graph Paper: Diagrams for the Muon Experiment - ROBERTO SALGADO (Hampton U)

10:30 AM From Discrete Pattern to Continuous Motion: Galileo’s Law of Odd Numbers - Jan Fiala

10:45 AM A variation of the cart, string, pulley, and weight problem - Tatsu Takeuchi (Virginia Tech)
11:00 AM Break
Break
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM Parallel 2
Parallel 2
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:15 AM Teaching Computation as we enter the Foothills of AGI - Larry Engelhardt (Francis Marion University (Florence, SC))

11:30 AM Rediscovering Placentinus and "De Percussione" - David Morgan (Richard Bland College)

11:45 AM Teaching Writing in Physics: an Interdisciplinary Approach - Alexander van der Horst

12:00 PM An experimental-driven introduction to developing the quantum formalism for spin in a Modern Physics class - James Freericks (Georgetown University)

12:15 PM Escaping Schrödinger’s Swamp: Putting the Right Spin on Quantum Mechanics - Gerald Feldman (George Washington University)
Demo Make-and-Take Workshop
Demo Make-and-Take Workshop
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:15 AM Make-n-Take Workshop - Richard Terwilliger (Retired Physics/Earth Science Teacher - Suffern Central School District, Suffern, NY)
Parallel 2
Parallel 2
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:15 AM Maintaining Rigor, Expanding Assessment: Applying UDL in Physics - Sithy Maharoof

11:30 AM 3 Read Exam Taking Strategy - Shannon Payne (Newport News Public Schools)

11:45 AM Beyond Plug & Chug: Learning Tasks for Understanding Physics - CeeCee Bishop (Chesapeake Bay Governor's School)

12:00 PM When AI Becomes the Grader: Comparing LLMs Versus Human Graders on Physics Essays - Jason Tran (Georgetown University)

12:15 PM Grading Multiple-Choice Questions via Partial Elimination - Atsushi Yoshida (University of Virginia)
12:30 PM High School Teacher Meet and Greet
High School Teacher Meet and Greet
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Contributions

12:30 PM High School Teacher Meet and Greet - CeeCee Bishop (Chesapeake Bay Governor's School)
lunch
lunch
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
1:45 PM Plenary Talk 2
Plenary Talk 2
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Contributions

1:45 PM Investigations into Student Reasoning on Mathematics across the Domains of Physics and Physics - Warren Christensen (North Dakota State University)
2:45 PM Group Photo & Break
Group Photo & Break
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM Parallel 3
Parallel 3
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Contributions

3:15 PM Misinformation Mondays: Navigating Scientific Information and Expertise in Physics Classrooms - Rachele Dominguez (Randolph-Macon College)

3:30 PM Virtual Science Teachers: Helping Students Think Like Scientists Through Real-World Data - Suzanne Sprague (Virtual Science Teachers)

3:45 PM K-12 Quantum Education Programs: Access and Reach - Laura Akesson (Department of Energy)
Parallel 3
Parallel 3
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Contributions

3:15 PM The Vertical Force Table - Richard Terwilliger (Retired Physics/Earth Science Teacher - Suffern Central School District, Suffern, NY)

3:30 PM Series of Mini Demos - Richard Terwilliger (Retired Physics/Earth Science Teacher - Suffern Central School District, Suffern, NY)

3:45 PM From Random Rolls to Real Physics: Demonstrations of Decay and Discovery - Elena Kuchina (Virginia Peninsula Community College)

4:00 PM Demonstrating Sound Waves Using a Laser. - Molly Murphy (Christopher Newport University)
Parallel 3
Parallel 3
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Contributions

3:15 PM Impact of Math Prerequisites on Student Performance in Calculus-Based Intro Physics - Carissa Capuano (Virginia Commonwealth University)

3:30 PM Physics First: teaching physics to high school freshmen regardless of prerequisites - Tommy Bertram (ACPS)

3:45 PM When Learning Resources Are Everywhere, How Should We Reimagine Human Support? Perspectives from Introductory Physics - Pritam Mandal (Virginia Tech)

4:00 PM Developing Metacognition and Building Community through Discussion Activities in a Physics Course - Alfredo Sánchez (University of Delaware)
4:15 PM Closing Remark
Closing Remark
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

4:30 PM Business Meeting
Business Meeting
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Sunday, October 11, 2026

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