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The Physics Show -- A community college delivers BIG on community outreach
Frank Cascarano, David Marasco
Founded in 2007, the Foothill College Physics Show has served nearly a quarter of a million attendees in the two decades that have followed. This demo show features both performanc…
Phone physics and the Gateway Arch: Fun with friends and physics at the AAPT Winter Meeting in St. Louis
David Marasco, Bree Barnett Dreyfuss
As a famous landmark and feat of engineering, the Gateway Arch was a popular destination at the 2025 AAPT Winter Meeting in St. Louis. The visit to the observation deck of the Gate…
Clickers in the '60s at a TYC?
David Marasco
At an AAPT conference years ago, a person noticed my badge, exclaiming "I always wanted to work at Foothill College!" They told me that in the 1960s, Foothill had a lecture hall wh…
It's good to be popular in high school: A look at disparities in STEM AP offerings in Northern California public high schools
David Marasco, Bree Barnett Dreyfuss
In 2018, in response to the proposed elimination of physics at a predominately Hispanic and socioeconomically disadvantaged (SED) high school, the Northern California/Nevada chapte…
Bringing the welcome home: One section's efforts at incorporating AAPT's diversity and inclusion practices
Bree Barnett Dreyfuss, David Marasco
While AAPT and many other physics organizations have been introducing a series of effective practices around diversity and inclusion at the national level in recent years, it was w…
Schools on different corners: An investigation into the effects of ethnicity and socioeconomic status on physics offerings in Northern California public high schools
David Marasco, Bree Barnett Dreyfuss
In the spring of 2018 the Northern California/Nevada section of the American Association of Physics Teachers was alerted to a local high school's plans to eliminate physics for the…