New Regents Physics Labs: Induction Junction

KEY INFORMATION

• LOCATION: CUNY City College of NY, North Academic Center (exact room will be emailed to participants)
• DATE & TIME: Saturday, January 31, 2026, from 9am - 3pm
• LED BY: Asya Shpiro & Oghaghare “Gary” Okobiah
• CTLE AVAILABLE: 6
• THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: NYS Regents physics teachers, and those who support them.

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

The NYS Regents Physics labs have just been introduced, and we want to help you learn and prepare. This workshop will build on strategies and structures that worked well for our Life Science series last year, and explores 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. To do this, you will engage with the required experiments and activities designed to help students build a critical understanding of these models.

In this workshop, the first in a series for all 3 labs, we will run the Forces and Interactions: Induction Junction – What is your Function? (PE: HS-PS2-5) lab.

Additionally, participants will engage in both “student mode” and “teacher mode” so that they can experience these activities through both lenses and add practical tools to the teacher toolbox. We will also have structured discussions about the new changes in the New York State Regents curriculum and test, strategies for accommodating district-specific curricular requirements, various student populations, laboratory resources, and the use of “Reflective Checklists” as a way of promoting student reflection throughout a unit.

We welcome all teachers and administrators, both new and experienced, to join us for this engaging workshop!

WORKSHOP LEADERS

Oghaghare (Ghare) Okobiah is currently working at Brownsville Collaborative Middle School, teaching Mathematics and Science. He has been a part of STEMTEACHERSNYC where he is constantly learning and implementing instruction that helps students flourish as lifelong learners.

Asya Shpiro (bio coming soon!)

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