I
appreciate all of the students who responded to my challenge and
prodding
with
so many wonderful memories!
Each year the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) publishes a calendar with student photo contest entries that are selected from many hundreds of entries from around the world each year (I know that they have exceeded a thousand entries in some past years). A school is limited to 15 photo/essay entries each year.
McGill-Toolen Catholic High School student Bayleigh Wilson's was a winner in 2017! The 2018 AAPT Calendar features a photo submitted by McGill-Toolen Catholic High School Physics student Bayleigh Wilson (2020) TWICE. I was delighted to see that her picture was selected to be on the cover of the calendar. I was even more delighted to see that BOTH her essay and picture are featured for the month of March 2018 as well! The insightful, coherent and physically accurate essay (an important part of the contest is the essay) is prominently placed with the photo on the calendar.
The calendar is sent to everyone who receives "The Physics Teacher" journal (over 37,000 worldwide) and it prominently displays "McGill-Toolen Catholic High School" (Mobile, Alabama) and Bayleigh Wilson's insightful physically accurate essay (an important part of the contest is the essay).
This is not "just a science" competition. This particular competition requires an artistic flair, fluency in writing the essay and an awareness of how awesome and beautiful creation is. So intellectual, emotive and spiritual artistry were all involved! Such a selection means Bayleigh Wilson has multiple talents and skills obtained in more than just a science class.
Another stellar student accomplishment!
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Combining
my love for competition and interest in science was something I did
from early on in my career.
I
also liked to do “action research” to evaluate initiatives in my
class and department.
“Physics
First” was a department wide change in science sequence that I
wanted to implement if able to.
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