James Lincoln
About James
James Lincoln is an experienced physics teacher with graduate degrees in education and applied physics. He has become known nationally as a physics education expert specializing in original demonstrations, the history of physics, and innovative hands-on instruction.
James' Work with the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
James' involvement with AAPT has spanned over 15 years, and includes video production, consulting, workshops, and more. He brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the program as the Chair of AAPT's Committee on Apparatus, and has previously served as President of the Southern California Chapter of the AAPT, as a member of the California State Advisory for the Next Generation Science Standards, and as an AP Physics Exam Reader.
AAPT a professional membership association of scientists dedicated to enhancing the understanding and appreciation of physics through teaching. They host meetings each summer and winter where physics professionals can attend workshops, network, and learn about the latest physics resources.
James' Videos
Dive into the addition of fluids in AP Physics 1, or simply deepen your students understanding of applied physics. Getting students into hands-on experiments like these designed by James Lincoln are fun, engaging ways to ignite their curiosity.
The Gyroscope Wheel from Arbor Scientific is a unique and safe educational tool that allows students to explore rotational inertia, gyroscopic precession, and angular momentum in one of the most fascinating and engaging physics demos ever.
This video is a collection of demonstrations that are either original or very rare. They come from many physics demonstrations that have been developed by James Lincoln over the years.
James' Blogs
James Lincoln performs a variety of possible experiments to explain how mass and distance affect rotational inertia, variable inertia, and torque.
Aside from Newton’s Cradle and the Faith in Physics pendulum, there are not very many well-known energy and momentum demonstrations. Expand your energy and momentum demo toolbox with these 7 cool classroom demos.
Don't let errors prevent you from teaching electricity and magnetism. Let us all be “right” and use the three right-hand rules described in this CoolStuff post.
