Joe Milliano
@joemilliano.bsky.social
Physics teacher #iteachphysics #modphys
Teaching AP Physics C: E&M for the first time this year. The more I try to build intuitive understandings of these complex ideas, the bigger fan I become of the luminiferous aether model. Many ideas are more intuitive with this model, even if it's not consistent with all experimental data. 🎢⚡️
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Teaching AP Physics C: E&M for the first time this year. The more I try to build intuitive understandings of these complex ideas, the bigger fan I become of the luminiferous aether model. Many ideas are more intuitive with this model, even if it's not consistent with all experimental data. 🎢⚡️
Tilting the rings perpendicular to the velocity vector at that point is such a good idea! #iteachphysics
This year's edition of Rings of Fire!
Students are given initial height and velocity of the launched marble. Each group has to calculate the height of their ring at their assigned horizontal distance.
#EduSky #iTeachPhysics
Students are given initial height and velocity of the launched marble. Each group has to calculate the height of their ring at their assigned horizontal distance.
#EduSky #iTeachPhysics
November 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Tilting the rings perpendicular to the velocity vector at that point is such a good idea! #iteachphysics
The longer I teach physics, the less interested I become in teaching about energy. It seems like every time we use the idea of energy to try and explain something, we're actually hiding the underlying mechanism which causes that thing to happen. #iteachphysics 🎢
October 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The longer I teach physics, the less interested I become in teaching about energy. It seems like every time we use the idea of energy to try and explain something, we're actually hiding the underlying mechanism which causes that thing to happen. #iteachphysics 🎢
Today was Day 1 for us, and let me tell you, it felt good to be in the classroom. Teaching rocks 🎢
September 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Today was Day 1 for us, and let me tell you, it felt good to be in the classroom. Teaching rocks 🎢
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Did I collect accelerometer data using @phyphox.org riding the Washington Monument elevator today? Of course! The velocity (2.6 m/s) is a little faster than most elevators. Acceleration is lower than most. Max position of 153 m compares well with 500 ft height of observation level. #ITeachPhysics
August 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Did I collect accelerometer data using @phyphox.org riding the Washington Monument elevator today? Of course! The velocity (2.6 m/s) is a little faster than most elevators. Acceleration is lower than most. Max position of 153 m compares well with 500 ft height of observation level. #ITeachPhysics
Reflections and lessons learned from teaching 4 one-week LEGO robotics camps this past July #iteachphysics 🎢
August 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reflections and lessons learned from teaching 4 one-week LEGO robotics camps this past July #iteachphysics 🎢
How long is the cable on this crane? #iteachphysics 🎢
August 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How long is the cable on this crane? #iteachphysics 🎢
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DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
August 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
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Are Oil Pipelines GOOD for the Environment???
YouTube video by hankschannel
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June 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Water reflecting off of lake water is polarized #iteachphysics 🎢
June 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Water reflecting off of lake water is polarized #iteachphysics 🎢
I just want to know what @pascoscientific.bsky.social was thinking when they named this product. The word "oscillator" is right there #iteachphysics 🎢
June 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I just want to know what @pascoscientific.bsky.social was thinking when they named this product. The word "oscillator" is right there #iteachphysics 🎢
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@joemilliano.bsky.social made this nice visual for this:
linear to rotational quantities animation
YouTube video by Joe Milliano
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May 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
@joemilliano.bsky.social made this nice visual for this:
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For those who teach #APPhysics, I recenty re-did my catalog of released free response as a spreadsheet that has free response for all four courses. Make a copy to use the sorting and filtering tools. #ITeachPhysics
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
AP Physics Released Free Response Catalog
docs.google.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
For those who teach #APPhysics, I recenty re-did my catalog of released free response as a spreadsheet that has free response for all four courses. Make a copy to use the sorting and filtering tools. #ITeachPhysics
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Thank you for turning me on to the air capacitor! Here's the one my colleague built: youtu.be/kwXCZE0ccgg
Air Capacitor Demonstration
YouTube video by Megan Hayes-Golding
youtu.be
May 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Thank you for turning me on to the air capacitor! Here's the one my colleague built: youtu.be/kwXCZE0ccgg
Parallel circuits should be called current adders instead of current dividers #iteachphysics
May 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Parallel circuits should be called current adders instead of current dividers #iteachphysics
One goal of mine is to have a quantitative, not-simulated lab for every equation on the AP Physics equation sheets. I'm glad @mburnskaurin.bsky.social's shared this delicious idea for thermal conduction. #iteachphysics
April 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
One goal of mine is to have a quantitative, not-simulated lab for every equation on the AP Physics equation sheets. I'm glad @mburnskaurin.bsky.social's shared this delicious idea for thermal conduction. #iteachphysics
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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
April 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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
"I also think there are some hard conversations to be had around kids who are missing foundational skills/knowledge, and what's best for them might not always be what teachers *prefer.*"
Whew. I've been thinking about this a lot re: my love of inquiry- and modeling-based instruction #iteachphysics
Whew. I've been thinking about this a lot re: my love of inquiry- and modeling-based instruction #iteachphysics
Thanks for these thoughtful comments--I agree that all these tensions exist! I also think there are some hard conversations to be had around kids who are missing foundational skills/knowledge, and what's best for them might not always be what teachers *prefer.* There aren't easy answers here!
March 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"I also think there are some hard conversations to be had around kids who are missing foundational skills/knowledge, and what's best for them might not always be what teachers *prefer.*"
Whew. I've been thinking about this a lot re: my love of inquiry- and modeling-based instruction #iteachphysics
Whew. I've been thinking about this a lot re: my love of inquiry- and modeling-based instruction #iteachphysics
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PhET? Never heard of it. I've got all the simulations I need from @afreeparticle.com #iteachphysics
🎢 New Simulation for #iTeachPhysics:
Mass-Spring System in Gravitational Field
Demonstrate what changes (& what doesn't) when a g-field is added. Replace spring force with net force, and spring potential energy with total potential, & it looks a very similar!
Link in reply.
Mass-Spring System in Gravitational Field
Demonstrate what changes (& what doesn't) when a g-field is added. Replace spring force with net force, and spring potential energy with total potential, & it looks a very similar!
Link in reply.
March 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM
PhET? Never heard of it. I've got all the simulations I need from @afreeparticle.com #iteachphysics
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🎢 New Simulation for #iTeachPhysics:
Mass-Spring System in Gravitational Field
Demonstrate what changes (& what doesn't) when a g-field is added. Replace spring force with net force, and spring potential energy with total potential, & it looks a very similar!
Link in reply.
Mass-Spring System in Gravitational Field
Demonstrate what changes (& what doesn't) when a g-field is added. Replace spring force with net force, and spring potential energy with total potential, & it looks a very similar!
Link in reply.
March 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🎢 New Simulation for #iTeachPhysics:
Mass-Spring System in Gravitational Field
Demonstrate what changes (& what doesn't) when a g-field is added. Replace spring force with net force, and spring potential energy with total potential, & it looks a very similar!
Link in reply.
Mass-Spring System in Gravitational Field
Demonstrate what changes (& what doesn't) when a g-field is added. Replace spring force with net force, and spring potential energy with total potential, & it looks a very similar!
Link in reply.
Crowdsourcing opinions! Comment below!
We are currently choosing furniture for the physics rooms in our new science building. Which would you choose? #iteachphysics
Option A - Adjustable height and casters. No storage. Three to a table.
Option B - Fixed in place. Yes Storage. Two to a table side.
We are currently choosing furniture for the physics rooms in our new science building. Which would you choose? #iteachphysics
Option A - Adjustable height and casters. No storage. Three to a table.
Option B - Fixed in place. Yes Storage. Two to a table side.
March 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Crowdsourcing opinions! Comment below!
We are currently choosing furniture for the physics rooms in our new science building. Which would you choose? #iteachphysics
Option A - Adjustable height and casters. No storage. Three to a table.
Option B - Fixed in place. Yes Storage. Two to a table side.
We are currently choosing furniture for the physics rooms in our new science building. Which would you choose? #iteachphysics
Option A - Adjustable height and casters. No storage. Three to a table.
Option B - Fixed in place. Yes Storage. Two to a table side.