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So, I'm a little late with this posting, but I wanted to let folks know that this coming Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings (January 8-10) will be the first Physics is Phun shows of 2009. This week, our topic is Electricity and Magnetism (i.e. Things That Go Zap).
For anyone new to these repetitive announcements I'm prone to, Physics is Phun is U-MD's series of public outreach shows on physics. A few times a year, we do a show, repeated for three nights, on a particular topic in physics. They're aimed at roughly a high school level audience, but anyone can get something out of them- we routinely get folks in the audience ranging from bright ten-year-olds up to retirees.
If you're interested in seeing the show, it's at 7:00 each of the three evenings in the UMD Physics Building's main lecture halls (rooms 1410 and 1412, combined into one for the evening). At 7:00 we begin with some hands-on demonstrations for the audience to wander around and look at or play with. At 7:30, we begin the more formal lecture-and-demonstration presentation, which lasts for an hour or so.
Also, we're hunting for a few volunteers to help with the show. What we need are people to be extra assistants for the hands-on preshow, to help demonstrate things to the audience as they come in. You don't need a lot of knowledge of physics, just curiousity and a willingness to play with toys. Volunteers gather an hour or so before the show for pizza, and then our fearless leader (Dr. Berg) shows off the evening's toys and each volunteer picks one to learn to use and demonstrate. It's really quite painless.
If you're interested in volunteering, contact the Physics student services office at 301-405-7935 to sign up (this is important, so we know how much pizza to order), then come down to Physics Room 0402 (behind the lecture halls) around 6:00 or a little before.
Directions and more details, along with a list of other upcoming shows, are here: http://www.physics.umd.edu/lecdem/outreach/phph/phph.htm
For anyone new to these repetitive announcements I'm prone to, Physics is Phun is U-MD's series of public outreach shows on physics. A few times a year, we do a show, repeated for three nights, on a particular topic in physics. They're aimed at roughly a high school level audience, but anyone can get something out of them- we routinely get folks in the audience ranging from bright ten-year-olds up to retirees.
If you're interested in seeing the show, it's at 7:00 each of the three evenings in the UMD Physics Building's main lecture halls (rooms 1410 and 1412, combined into one for the evening). At 7:00 we begin with some hands-on demonstrations for the audience to wander around and look at or play with. At 7:30, we begin the more formal lecture-and-demonstration presentation, which lasts for an hour or so.
Also, we're hunting for a few volunteers to help with the show. What we need are people to be extra assistants for the hands-on preshow, to help demonstrate things to the audience as they come in. You don't need a lot of knowledge of physics, just curiousity and a willingness to play with toys. Volunteers gather an hour or so before the show for pizza, and then our fearless leader (Dr. Berg) shows off the evening's toys and each volunteer picks one to learn to use and demonstrate. It's really quite painless.
If you're interested in volunteering, contact the Physics student services office at 301-405-7935 to sign up (this is important, so we know how much pizza to order), then come down to Physics Room 0402 (behind the lecture halls) around 6:00 or a little before.
Directions and more details, along with a list of other upcoming shows, are here: http://www.physics.umd.edu/lecdem/outreach/phph/phph.htm