rootAlpha Timeline
rootAlpha is beginning a journey toward becoming an active nonprofit educational entity. Check out our progress!
January 2026
Federal Filing and National Conference
rootAlpha spreads the word!
Finalizes requirements to submit paperwork as a federal 501.c.3 nonprofit educational corporation.
Presents a poster at the American Association of Physics Teachers National conference on the research behind our activities and introduces our resources to the physics teacher community.
December 2025
Submit paperwork, Finalize activities
rootAlpha becomes official!
Official recognition as a nonprofit corporation in Washington state
Prepares for the AAPT conference in January where rootAlpha and our classroom activities will be debuted to the physics teacher community in a poster presentation.
November 2025
Board finalized, Playtesting activities.
Founders complete recruiting board members and begin playtesting and refining classroom activities.
October 2025
Production begins!
rootAlpha team begins designing classroom activities
Activities in math designed for integer operations, combining like terms, and balancing equations
Activities in physics designed for bridging kinematics and forces conceptually as well as developing intuition about the relationships between kinematic values
September 2025
rootAlpha begins!
Company is started
Founders begin recruiting members to the board
Choices made about branding, website, products, mission, values, and framework.