Department of Physics and Astronomy Open House!

Saturday November 3, 2007 - 10:00AM-4:30PM

Clippinger Laboratories, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

Physics Shows - Lab Tours - Hallway Activities - Talks
Geared towards all ages

The open house is free and open to anyone. Activities and talks will be geared towards a wide range of ages from elementary grades up through the ever-young and curious at heart. (That's a graceful way of saying K-99 in education speak).

Activities and tentative times are given here:

Contest for 11th and 12th graders: Click here for more information

Physics Shows: (shows about 20-25 minutes duration)

Fun with Liquid Nitrogen: 10,11,12,1,2,3
What NOT to do with Your Microwave: 10:30,11:30,12:30,1:30:2:30,3:30
Levitation: Beating back Gravity: 10,10:30,11:30,12:30,1:30,2:30,4:00
The Power of Air (featuring our Ping-Pong ball cannon and 'Pencil through Plywood' demo): 10,10:30,11,12,12:30,1,2,2:30,3:30,4
Waves, Resonance and Shattered Glass: Breaking a Beaker with Sound: 10,11,11:30,1,2,3,4
Breaking Apart Light: "Seeing" Atoms and the Universe: Participants will make a spectroscope - 10:30,11:30,2:20,3:30
Breaking Apart Light: "Seeing" Atoms and Quantum Dots: 10,11,12,1:30,2:30,3:30
Relative Reality: A Relativistic Cruise through a City: 12,1:30,3
Astronomy Videos: 1:00,2:30 (Note change in number of showings)
New Addition:Magic School Bus Plays Ball: a study of baseball on a frictionless field: 3:30-4:15

Lab Tours:

Edwards Accelerator Lab: Tours meet in Clippinger Lobby: 10:30,11:30,12:30,1:30,2:30 - group size limited to 16.
Atom Manipulation Lab: Tours meet in Clippinger Lobby every twenty minutes between 10 and noon and between 2 and 4. Group size limited to 10 per tour
Scanning Electron Microscope Lab: open 10:30-12:00 and 1:30-3:00
Laser "Tweezers" Lab: open 10:30-12:00 and 1:30-3:00

General Talks:

Careers in Physics: 10:30AM
Scholarships and Financial Aid: 11:00AM
Ask a Scientist Panel: 12:00 and 3:30PM
Ohio Unversity's Window on the Universe: A Guided Virtual Tour of the MDM Observatory, Dr. Tom Statler - 1:00PM-1:40PM
Physics of Musical Instruments - Dr. Marty Kordesch - 2:30PM-3:10PM

Hallway Activities: All Day

Hovercraft
Bowling Ball Slalom
Egg Drop Challenge
Angular Momentum Demo
Solar Viewing (Weather Permitting)
Future Scientist Awards - Small prizes for participating in certain activities and talks

Parking

Parking is available in front and to the side of Clippinger Laboratories. Parking is free on Saturdays and Sundays. There is no football game that day. Overflow parking can be found by Walter Hall and the Stadium. Parking information is available here. Clippinger is building 81 and is located at H-6.

Poster (2 MB pdf file)

More Information:

For more information, contact Prof. Mark Lucas (lucasm@ohio.edu)

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