Lab for Kids at Cardozo High School Today, we were at Benjamin N. Cardozo High School doing our Lab for Kids Event. First time at Cardozo – and I loved it. Firstly, they have all of their students take physics in 9th grade. YES…

Lab for Kids at Cardozo High School
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Cut Back on the Sweets. Eat More Veggies and Math Most of us do not love being told what we should eat. Still, we accept, at least in principle, that vegetables are good for us, even when we would rather skip them. Math deserves the same reluctant…

We really need to be better at math. Today's blog post explores this more. #ITeachMath #ITeachPhysics

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From Lab to Liftoff: Hoverboards and Electric Tiles at Adelphi Physics | Adelphi University Physics majors at Adelphi no longer just solve problems on a whiteboard—they build their own solutions from scratch.

Our teaching efforts were featured in Pres. Storm's Newsletter. @adelphiu.bsky.social #ITeachPhysics

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Lab for Kids at Mineola High School Adelphi had a fun day visiting Dr. Maria Navarra and Professor Carissa Giuliano’s classrooms yesterday. Adelphi students Andrew Dazna (’26), Alyssa Zambuto (’26), and Carolina Gue…

As always, we love visiting Mineola High School.
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Three Miscellaneous Thoughts for Your Thursday! My Students are so Nice to Me I had to miss a conference because of a family emergency. Alyssa, Andrew, Anjali, and Kylie got me this cool novelty license plate. I LOVE IT! :) Weather Report I thou…

Cool Students, cold temperatures and AGI

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Lab For Kids Starts 2026 at Lindenhurst High School Go Bulldogs! On Tuesday January 27, our team (Andrew Danza, Dr. Daniel Gysbers, and myself) were at Lindenhurst high school. It is the first Lab for Kids of the season and a new school. I have been…

Lab for Kids from @adelphiu.bsky.social at Lindenhurst High School. #ITeachPhysics

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Sounds like a fun class that I want to take.

Enshittification: A Book Review You can’t beat the cover of this book: Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It by Cory Doctorow! It screams “pick me up and read me.” And you should! The b…

Another Book Review: #Enshittification

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Prospective High School Physics Teachers from Adelphi University Attend the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) winter meeting in Las Vegas Alyssa Zambuto, Kylie Goldade, Anjali Macwan (Biology), and Andrew Danza attended the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) winter meeting in Las Vegas. The team presented a poster: A. Za…

Pre-service @adelphiu.bsky.social Physics Majors/Teachers at the @aapthq.bsky.social Winter Meeting.
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#PhysTEC

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Proud Moments: Colleen’s Peice Accepted Into Recent Chicken Soup for the Soul Book My amazingly beautiful, brilliant, and super star wife Colleen B. Wright had a very cute peice selected for publication in the latest Chicken Soup of the Soul book: Change your Habits Change Your L…

I am very proud of Colleen B. Wright's piece in the latest Chicken Soup of the Soul book. #CSSChangeYourHabits

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Students Bringing the Energy, Drones in Project Lab & Westbury Lab for Kids! The students I work with are so inspiring. I’ll be honest I am drained, no energy, end of the semester and then I see what they are doing and how much amazing energy they bring and it lifts m…

I love it when the #students bring the energy! Makes my job easier. Updates on Project Lab and Lab for Kids:
#ITeachPhysics #WestburySTEAM @adelphiu.bsky.social #PhysTEC

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Jack Riegger Makes Optics Resource for NYS Physics Teachers As part of our Project Lab this semester Jack Riegger (sophonore physics teacher and pre-service physics teacher) created a resources for New York State high school physics teachers. The goal is he…

Making Resources for #NYS #Physics #TEACHers
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Experimental Physics Research at Its Best/Worst So, I am teaching this project lab course this semester.  Students get a full semester to make an awesome project.  It has been a roller coaster.  ups and downs all day long! I love working with th…

Both me and my students are getting a good dose of #experimental #physics with my project lab. Today's projects are really next level.

#Iteachphysics @adelphiu.bsky.social

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Two More Fun Project Labs Continuing to report on some of the projects from my Project Lab class. Today I am reporting out on two very different projects. Micheal Ishal’s Hydroelectric Dam! The water turns a wheel tha…

I am so lucky to be teaching project lab this semester. So many cool projects. #ITeachPhysics @adelphiu.bsky.social

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Braden Patterson’s Project Is Electric This semester I am teaching our new class Sophomore Project Lab.  It’s a mix of research and engineering.  Basically, students pick a project and then go to work.  They get a whole semester to comp…

I am going to have so much fun reporting out all of these awesome projects from my project lab class. #ITeachPhysics @adelphiu.bsky.social

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PhysTec Teachers of the Year Announced PhysTEC teachers of the year annouced. National Teacher of the Year: Deborah Armstrong, Mineola High School The 2025 National Teacher of the Year is Deborah Armstrong of Mineola High School in Mine…

Love that #PhysTEC Teachers of the Year are Announced!

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The Sky Is Falling.  That’s fine, Just Take Action. Sometimes it feels like the sky is falling and sometimes it is.  The news is scary.  Aljazeera reported that nearly 70,000 people from Gaza have died in the war ( It feels like genocide.&…

Shit is bad, but we can make it better by acting!
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Take Action! Final Project Ideas! After a week of thinking and designing these are the projects that we came up with for my first year seminar class: The main point is take ACTION. CREATE!

Final Project Ideas for My First Year Seminar Class! Let's have fun and take ACTION!

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Cosmic Pathways Chicago? Just Saying! I had the best discussion this morning. The result was an idea: Cosmic Pathways Chicago! Watch this space! Great things are happening!

Oh boy am I excited. #CosmicPathways #Chicago #ITeachPhysics

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WOW! As a kid, I would have been foaming at the mouth listening to every story from grandpa.

I am so Lame! I asked my students in my first year seminar class to write down the problems that really bothered them in today’s world – we are getting ready for our final project. Here is the list t…

How do you deal #politics in the classroom? #HigherEd

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I love my students! When I was at this conference last week, I had an online programming workshop for my students. I didn’t think my students were getting the assignment. In particular, this Wednesday’s cl…

Uplifting essays from students uplift

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Daniel Cocchiola – Watertown Councilman I’m very proud to report that my brother-in-law Daniel Cocchiola was just elected to the Watertown Connecticut town council. Way to go, Dan. A lot of people are upset with the way the world is goin…

Congratuations to Dan Cocchiola
#Elections #WatertownCT

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This is actually beautiful!

I’m dragging today. I’m dragging today.  October was insanely busy!  In the last couple of weeks, I have had some absolutely amazing interactions but I have not had a day to lay around and watch TV in a long…

I am dragging today!
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Final Day at SPSCon! Debrief: Conference was amazing! Kylie’s poster was best in category Mariane’s poster was awesome! Dante and Mariane represented Adelphi’s Physics Club amazing! Be a Shark II was …

Last Day #SPSCon

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Day 2 At SPSCon – Sharks, Dr. Renee Horton, Getting the Adelphi Team Together A great day at SPSCon Denver! Here is a run down: I ran the Be a Shark workshop and it was a hit! The students were having so much fun and were connecting. It was perfect! We got all the workshops …

Day 2 at #SPSCon

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Pictures from Day 1 at SPSCon It has been amazing! But I am running around something silly! Here is pictures from Day 1 at SPSCon:

Pictures from Day 1 at #SPSCon

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SPS National Council Meeting and Getting Ready for SPSCon! The last few days I have been in Denver, CO helping the SPS team put the final touches on the Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Congress which starts in a few hours. It’s been wonderful time to chat wit…

Getting ready for #SPSCon 2025
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My First Podcast Visit – University Business! Today, University Business aired my first podcast visit! It was so fun, check it out here: A special thanks to Alcino Donadel! It was definitely an interesting experience – hopefully I will g…

My First Podcast Visit!

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