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Quantum Topics in the Introductory Physics Classroom
The United Nations officially declared 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. The Physics Teacher joined the festivities by publishing a collection of papers devoted to the idea of teaching about quantum mechanics in the introductory physics course. Read this collection’s papers published in The Physics Teacher below.
Guest Editors:
Kevin Valson Jacob, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
Farai Mazhandu, The Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, Oklahoma City, OK
Zac Patterson, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Ann-Marie Mårtensson-Pendrill, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Michael Zheng, St. John’s University, Queens, NY

PAPERS
Jeremy Levy; Chandralekha Singh
PAPERS
Mhlambululi Mafu; Farai Mazhandu
PAPERS
Nicoline Berit Campbell Birkeland; Maria Vetleseter Bøe
PAPERS
Apekshya Ghimire; Chandralekha Singh
ASTRONOTES
Richard Gelderman
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Derrick Hylton; Shannon Sung; Dylan Bulseco
PAPERS
Jed Brody; Grant-Christopher Worthington Sykes
PAPERS
Dennis Krause; Nikolai Jones
TALKIN’ PHYSICS
Eric A. Schiff
PAPERS
Ramon E. Lopez; Karen Jo Matsler
PAPERS
Azar Khosravani; Constantin Rasinariu
PAPERS
Josephine C. Meyer; Steven James Pollock; Bethany R. Wilcox; Gina Passante