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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

AP Physics C video on inductance and inductors. Tried discussing RL and RC circuits conceptually, leaving derivations for in-class practice #iteachphysics 🎢 youtu.be/CZCE-d-BT6E

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Inductance and Inductors in Circuits

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Marianna Ruggerio @msruggerio.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The whole #iTeachPhysics community, honestly. I got to connect with rockstars like @barnettdreyfuss.bsky.social @the-physics-well.net @cossettej.bsky.social @joemilliano.bsky.social @msaphysics.bsky.social @martastoeckel.bsky.social and so many more on Twitter and then got to connect IRL with AAPT.

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Newton's Third Law Example Problems ➡️ type-feeler-dealer force notation ➡️ examples at rest and accelerating ➡️ multiple types of interactions between the same two objects #iteachphysics 🎢 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf4R...

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Newton's Third Law Example Problems

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Big ideas in electricity and magnetism summarized #iteachphysics 🎢

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

My favorite piece of student feedback on my midyear survey: "We're (unfortunately) always on task, and we do many helpful activities in the time given." 🎢 #iteachphysics

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

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. 🎢⚡️

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Tilting the rings perpendicular to the velocity vector at that point is such a good idea! #iteachphysics

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

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 🎢

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

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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Dan Burns @the-physics-well.net · 09/08/2025

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

image of Washington Monument taken today

graph of position vs time, time form 0 to 70s, showing steady upward slope, graph of velocity showing increase from 0 to a steady level of 2.6 m/s, followed by a drop to zero. then acceleration graph with a short part at 0.5 followed by a long period of zero, then short part of -0.5.

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Reflections and lessons learned from teaching 4 one-week LEGO robotics camps this past July #iteachphysics 🎢

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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

Post from "The Rundown"

July 18 at 5:30 PM
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DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online.
The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery.
While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material.
Source: TechCrunch

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Water reflecting off of lake water is polarized #iteachphysics 🎢

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

I just want to know what @pascoscientific.bsky.social was thinking when they named this product. The word "oscillator" is right there #iteachphysics 🎢

An image of a device from Pasco Scientific that is called, for some reason, a mechanical vibrator

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Marta R. Stoeckel, PhD, NBCT @martastoeckel.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

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...

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AP Physics Released Free Response Catalog

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Megan HG @meganhg.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Thank you for turning me on to the air capacitor! Here's the one my colleague built: youtu.be/kwXCZE0ccgg

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Air Capacitor Demonstration

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Parallel circuits should be called current adders instead of current dividers #iteachphysics

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

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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AAPTHQ @aapthq.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

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

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

"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

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

PhET? Never heard of it. I've got all the simulations I need from @afreeparticle.com #iteachphysics

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Michael Freeman @afreeparticle.com · 26/03/2025

🎢 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.

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

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.

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Physics challenge: Explain how this is consistent with the Law of Conservation of Energy #iteachphysics www.tiktok.com/@aaron_hakal...

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12 days until premiere! #teeterboard #show #production #culture #acrobatics

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Helen Reynolds @helenrey.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Woo hoo!! These are GORGEOUS! Thanks @joemilliano.bsky.social !! #iteachphysics

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Practicing solving in terms of variables! I think this better communicates what I mean by "solve in terms of given variables before plugging in values" more than saying "solve in terms of the given variables before plugging in values." #iteachphysics

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

New Desmos Card Sort Alert! Match the animated force diagrams with their corresponding net force vs time graph and velocity vs time graph! #iteachphysics #Desmos teacher.desmos.com/activitybuil...

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Force and Motion Representations

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Arglin Kampling @arglin.isonlykinda.gay · 26/02/2025

I felt like trying to model a real-life object in Desmos 3D for the first time. I decided to make a bowl of ramen. :3 (Graph will take some time to load, please be patient!) desmos.com/3d/b7dvddonco

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

It finally happened this year! One of my favorite types of questions from students. "Mr. Milliano, can we assume that this person pulling the penguin on a sled is on Earth?" #iteachphysics #QuestionEverything

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Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Here’s a video of the waiter’s tray demo for everyone who was curious. #ITeachPhysics ⚛️🧪

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Joe Milliano @joemilliano.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Does anyone know if retractable ID lanyards provide a constant force, and if the magnitude of that force is independent of load? They could be a game changer for Newton's Second Law labs, if so. #iteachphysics 🎢🧪⚛️

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Michael Freeman @afreeparticle.com · 19/01/2025

Someone on fb said they couldn't find an animation of an exploding projectile, so naturally I had to make one without searching myself. Link to desmos in reply. Video Description: A red and blue box moving in a parabola, at one moment they split, but center of mass continues in parabola.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I finally built @joemilliano.bsky.social's swingy thingies, and we got solid data for centripetal acceleration! Well worth the time and money to make. #edusky #iteachphysics

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Ben Wildeboer @willyb.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

From Doug Sample (couldn't find Bsky): Energy challenge w/ hoop springs. Ss measure 'k' experimentally, then calculate how far along the track a cart will move uphill. Ss only get the cart when ready to test. @joemilliano.bsky.social is mentioned. #iTeachPhysics

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Joe Cossette @cossettej.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I modified a @joemilliano.bsky.social and @afreeparticle.com Desmos interactive to make my own exoplanet transit graphs. I'm definitely in over my head on this one and there are some pretty inelegant work arounds but it gave me the example graphs I needed 😅 www.desmos.com/calculator/r...

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Transit Data

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Michael Freeman @afreeparticle.com · 30/11/2024

Love this first of all, but is there any talk among #iTeachMath teachers about not naming variables the same as the unit (t for time, instead of h for hours)? I find in #iTeachPhysics, students get conceptually confused between units and variables, and feel helpless to stop it before it happens...

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Michael Freeman @afreeparticle.com · 24/11/2024

🍎🎢 Save the Dog from the Dog-Eating Monsters! Newly updated with randomized starting values for each run. Practice for equations of motions using a real life situation that your students can relate to. Thanks for the suggestion @hoffy99.bsky.social Link: afreeparticle.com/savedog2.html

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Michael Freeman @afreeparticle.com · 16/11/2024

🎢 The ratio of frequencies in a perfect fifth is 3:2. You can show this by just speeding up a 3:2 polyrhythm! Source: vimeo.com/loudon

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Joe Cossette @cossettej.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I'm really excited about the problem that I used for our cumulative review of mechanics. In 15 parts, students had to do a little bit of everything that we've been working on so far this year 😏 #iteachphysics 🎢 Lesson Details: passionatelycurioussci.weebly.com/blog/mechani...

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Bree Barnett Dreyfuss @barnettdreyfuss.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

A problem about the normal Force varying between a stack of objects led to a quick demo. Love these little scales, high capacity and thin. 🎢

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