National Association of Physics Teachers

On October 25, Westtown hosted the Southeast Pennsylvania Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers’ annual Demo Day. Physics teachers around Philadelphia and its neighboring areas (both active and retired) flocked here to share resources and ideas for physics demonstrations to use in classrooms. The attendees included high school teachers, college professors, and retired physics educators, including Westtown’s own former teacher Barry Feierman.

Niral Desai, who teaches physics here at Westtown and helped host the event, shared, “At the meeting we learned about ways to examine rotational motion, wave interference, electric fields, mechanical tension, general relativity, dark matter and much, much more within the confines of our classrooms. The attendees were all very grateful to Westtown for hosting this event, and all left with new perspectives and tools for teaching physics. We look forward to the next opportunity to host science conferences such as these!”