Name: Physics Regents Labs
Start: 2026-07-07T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-07-10T15:00:00-04:00
Location: The City College of New York

A 4-day workshop reviewing each of the Physics Regents labs with discussion, pedagogy, and tools to help you and your students.
About this Event

KEY INFORMATION

LOCATION: CUNY City College of NY campus in the North Academic Center building, located at 137th St. and Amsterdam Ave., Manhattan
DATE & TIME: Tuesday, July 7 - Friday, July 10, 2026, 9am - 3pm daily.
LED BY: Asya Shpiro, Alan Zollner, and Jason Klein
CTLE AVAILABLE: 24
THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: NY Chemistry Physics teachers

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

The NYS Regents Physics labs were introduced statewide this past school year, and we want to help you learn to teach them! This workshop will build on strategies and structures developed from other areas over the past two years, and applied to the Physics labs. We will explore active learning strategies for deepening your student’s understanding of crucial conceptual models and help you effectively implement a student-centered, NGSS and NYS Regents-aligned approach tailored to physical science education.

In this four-day workshop, you will engage with each of the labs’ required experiments and activities. In the mornings of lab days, you will mainly be in “student mode” where you will perform each in a small group, as per the directions, with analysis and reporting out. In the afternoon, we will switch to “teacher mode” and you will discuss topics like how to implement that lab, when and how to build it into your plan, troubleshooting that may come up, differentiation, local requirements, and modifications you can make. The 4th day will be focussed on discussions and on developing tools and strategies you can use in your classroom. Expect the following structure:

Day 1 - Lab: Forces and Interactions: Induction Junction – What is your Function? (PE: HS-PS2-5)
Day 2 - Lab: Energy: Thermal Tales – The Story of Energy and Calorimetry (PE: HS-PS3-4)
Day 3 - Lab: Energy: Wheels to Watts – Converting Energy and Maximizing Efficiency (PE: HS-PS3-3)
Day 4 - Practical day: planning your year, challenges and successes, discussions on Regents Exams, OpenSciEd, and other topics TBD

(The ordering of the days above is tentative, and subject to change.)

We welcome all teachers and administrators, both new and experienced, to join us for this engaging workshop to help your students and you make the most of Regents Physics next year!

WORKSHOP LEADER

Asya Shpiro is a New York City Public School Physics and Mathematics teacher, conducting Regents and AP Physics classes to a diverse urban student population. Her strength is design and implementation of rigorous and coherent curricula, and development of hands-on laboratory exercises. She received her PhD degree in Physics from New York University and MA degree in Mathematics Education from Brooklyn College, CUNY.

Jason Klein teaches Regents Physics and AP Physics C at Medgar Evers College Preparatory School in Brooklyn, and has been a physics educator in NYC public schools for over 25 years. A participant in many STEMteachersNYC courses since 2013, and a member of its Physics Working Group, he is excited to be a co-leader for this summer’s Physics Regents Labs workshop. Jason holds a B.S. in Physics and Philosophy from SUNY Binghamton, and earned a M.A. in Physics at CCNY.

Alan Zollner has been teaching Regents Physics for 15 years in Westchester County. He is a NYS Master Teacher Emeritus in the Mid-Hudson Region and member of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Prior to teaching high school Alan was a Senior Engineer in Industry with a background in Mechanical Engineering. He brings a passion for making learning fun, challenging, and connected to the real world.

ABOUT STEMteachersNYC

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