Past Talks

March 23, 2024 Talk

Powering Clean Power Generation in the Physics Classroom

Speaker: David Wirth

PoLS-T Network Talk Series and LIVE Q&A | March 23, 2024 | 11:00am to 12:00pm EST

March 2, 2024 Talk

Links PoLS-T: Building a Global Network of High School Physics Educators

Speaker: Mark Windschitl

PoLS-T Network Talk Series and LIVE Q&A | March 2, 2024 | 11:00am to 12:00pm EST

Coffee Hour: March 11, 2024

"Coffee Talk"

Coffee Hour Guest: Mark Windschitl, Professor of Science Education at University of Washington
LIVE & FREE High School Physics Classroom Education Discussion Hour. | Match 11, 2024 | 6:00pm to 7:00pm EST
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/VboLhbuEytYdAe83A

Coffee Hour: January/February 2024

"Coffee Talk"

Coffee Talk Guest: Danielle Buggé, 2022 PhysTEC Teacher of the Year!
LIVE & FREE High School Physics Classroom Education Discussion Hour. | February 5, 2024 | 7:00pm to 8:00pm EST
Watch Danielle's PoLS-T Talk on our YouTube channel!

January 2024 Talk

Thinking (and failing) Like a Scientist: Cultivating Growth Mindsets of High School Physics

Speaker: Dr. Danielle Buggè, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

PoLS-T Network Talk Series and LIVE Q&A | January 27, 2024 | 11:00am to 12:00pm EST

October 2023 Talk

"Coffee Talk"

Coffee Talk Guest: Joe Cossette, PhysTEC Teacher of the Year!
PoLS-T Network Talk Series and LIVE Q&A | October 9, 2023 | 11:00am to 12:00pm EST

September 2023 Talk

"From Mission to Revision: The Iterative Process of Teaching Physics"

Speaker: Joe Cossette
PoLS-T Network Talk Series and LIVE Q&A | September 23, 2023 | 11:20am to 12:00pm EST

July 2022 Workshop

"Using Physics Education Research to Improve High School Physics"

PoLS-T Summer Workshop | July 12, 2022 (All day) to Thursday, July 14, 2022 (All day) EST

April 2022 Talk

"Pandemic as Portal: The Human Side of Changing Education"

Speaker: Julie Jungalwala, Institute for the Future of Learning and Harvard University
PoLS-T Network Talk Series and LIVE Q&A | April 2, 2022 | 11:00am to 12:00pm EST

February 2022 Talk

"Education for the Innovation Era | Engaged by Learning (Tony Wagner shares a keynote talk he gave at the NEASC in Dec 2020)"

Speaker: Tony Wagner, Learning Policy Institute
PoLS-T Network Talk Series and LIVE Q&A | February 12, 2022 | 11:00am to 12:00pm EST

January 2022 Talk

"What School Could Be' and Sundance Documentary Film 'Most Likely to Succeed"

Speaker: Ted Dintersmith, Author, Film Producer, Innovation Expert and founder of WhatSchoolCouldBe.org
PoLS-T Network Talk Series and LIVE Q&A Discussion & Book Giveaway | January 22, 2022 | 11:00am to 12:00pm EST

November 2021 Talk

"The Flipping Physics Journey into Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning"

Speaker: Jonathan Thomas-Palmer, Flipping Physics & Community High School, Ann Arbor, MI
PoLS-T Talk LIVE Discussion Series | November 20, 2021 | 11:00am to 12:00pm

October 2021 Talk

"Cultivating a Passion for Physics: Everyday Actions for Developing Your Students’ Physics Identity"

Speaker: Catherine Garland, Community College of Vermont
PoLS-T Talk LIVE Discussion Series | October 27, 2021 | 4:00pm to 5:00pm

September 2021 Talk

"Changing the Culture for the Love of Learning"

Speaker: Al-Karim Gangji, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY) and Herricks High School in New Hyde Park, NY
PoLS-T Talk LIVE Discussion Series | September 25, 2021 | 11:00am to 12:00pm