Presentations at CSAAPT meetings

• Talks
• Spring 2017 : Momentum Centric Pedagogy of Newton's Laws
• Spring 2018 : Proposal of a New Terminology for Newton's 3rd Law
• Fall 2018 : Why do we Teach Geometrical Optics before Wave Optics?
• Spring 2019 : Huygen's Principle and Feynman's Path Integral
• Spring 2021 : How do you prevent students from searching for homework solutions on the web?
• Fall 2022 : Is Relativity in HS Crazy?


• Demos
• Spring 2019 : Catenary and Suspension Bridges - the Shape of a Hanging String/Cable
• Fall 2019 : The Tautochrone/Brachistochrone Problems: How to make the Period of a Pendulum independent of its Amplitude
• Fall 2020 : Using Mathematica to Create Interactive Physics Apps (Example Mathematica File)

Mathematica Animations and CDF's

• Geometrical Optics
• Thin Lens (cdf, nb)
• Mirrors (cdf. nb)
• Geometry of Conic Sections (cdf, nb)
• Optics of Conic Sections - focal point to focal point (cdf, nb)
• Optics of Conic Sections - focussing of parallel rays (cdf, nb)
• Arecibo Telescope Design (cdf, nb)


• Brachistochrone/Tautochrone
• Cycloid (gif, mov, avi, cdf, nb)
• Tautochrone Pendulum (mov, avi, cdf, nb)


• Waves
• Wave Animation (gif, cdf, nb)


• Uniform Circular Motion
• Position, Velocity, and Acceleration (gif)


• Simple Harmonic Motion
• x-Projection of Uniform Circular Motion (gif)
• y-Projection of Uniform Circular Motion (gif)