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CMSO Outreach

Enjoy physics demonstrations and shows to spark interest in science careers among kids. Features past successes, workshops, and outreach programs.

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CMSO Outreach

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  1. CMSO Outreach Clint Sprott Rachael Lancor Department of Physics University of Wisconsin - Madison presented to the CMSO Planning Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin on December 7, 2006

  2. Objective To generate interest in physics and encourage children to consider careers in science.

  3. Philosophy Make entertaining presentations to audiences that would not normally be motivated to attend a lecture on physics.

  4. Past Year’s Progress • 6 major on-campus shows • Major show for 500 people and teacher workshop in Aveiro, Portugal • 23 hours of video now on DVD and streamed on the Web (http://sprott.info/wop.htm#videos) • Physics Demonstrations book published by UW Press (2006) – Reviewed in October 2006 Physics Today • Consulting for Chicago Museum of Science and Industry • 150 traveling shows • Grand Tour of all 72 Wisconsin counties completed • East Coast tour with presentations in PA, NJ, DE, VA, MD • Presentation at NSTA Conference in Anaheim, CA • Third annual Integration Bee • Plans underway for Teacher workshop • Assessment done (229 responses to survey)

  5. Web Survey Questions • What kind of presentation of The Wonders of Physics have you seen? • How many years ago did you first see The Wonders of Physics? • How many presentations of The Wonders of Physics have you seen? • Was the presentation clearly audible? • Were the demonstrations clearly visible? • How was the length of the presentation? • How was the level of the explanations? • Did you learn anything about physics from the presentation? • Did you learn anything about plasmas from the presentation? • Did the presentation encourage you to study more physics? • How has The Wonders of Physics influenced you, and what changes would make it more effective? • With which of the following products and services were you previously familiar? • What is your gender? • What is your age? • What is your ethnicity? • What is your ZIP code?

  6. Web Survey Results

  7. Recent and Scheduled Shows September 29: Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WIOctober 13:     Edgewood Campus School, Madison, WIOctober 18:  Wales Elementary, Kettle Moraine School District, Wales, WIOctober 19: Cottage Grove Elementary School, Cottage Grove, WIOctober 30: AMY @ James Martin School, Philadelphia, PANovember 1: W.B. Saul HS, Philadelphia, PANovember 2: J.R. Masterman School, Philadelphia, PANovember 3: Camden Academy Charter  HS, Camden, NJNovember 4: Delmarva Christian HS, Georgetown, DENovember 6: Overbrook HS, Philadelphia, PANovember 7: Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, MDNovember 8: Wayside ES, Potomac, MDNovember 9: Krieger-Schechter Day School, Baltimore, MDNovember 10: Smart's Mill MS, Leesburg, VANovember 11: Expanding Your Horizons (at UW)November 21: Falk Elementary, Madison, WIDecember 7: DeForest Middle School (at UW)    December 14: Spring Green Elementary School, Spring Green, WI        December 31: Space Place, Madison, WIJanuary 26: Baraboo Middle School Science Club, Baraboo, WIJanuary 29: Garland Elementary, Milwaukee, WIJanuary 31: Merrill High School, Merrill, WIFebruary 2: Waterloo Intermediate/Middle School, Waterloo, WIFebruary 12: St. Joan of Arc Parish School, Nashotah, WIFebruary 14: Cushing Elementary, Kettle Moraine School District, Delafield, WIMarch 8: Deerfield Elementary School, Deerfield, WIMarch 13: Kate Goodrich Elementary School, Merrill, WIMarch 24: Science Expeditions (at UW)March 26: Beaver Dam Middle School (at UW)April 5: Hartland North Elementary, Hartland, WIApril 19-21: Engineering Expo (at UW)April 25: Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Menomonee Falls, WI

  8. Integration Bee Students compete for prizes in live-action calculus competition. • Now in fourth year • Encourage math skills necessary for science careers • (ie first-year calculus) • 75 students participated in 2006

  9. Other CMSO OutreachTalks at physics departments that don’t feature plasmas Self-Organization in Magnetized Plasmas, M. Brown American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics Distinguished Lecture Program 11/8/04 2/1/05 2/16/05 4/7/05 4/14/05 10/17/05 10/19/05 Vassar College Bucknell University Reed College Lawrence University Loyola University Kansas Ohio Northern 11/9/05 11/10/05 2/1/06 3/10/06 3/20/06 4/21/06 Colorado St. Olafs College of New Jersey Trinity College Iowa State University Wake Forest

  10. Other CMSO OutreachLectures to the Public Self-Organization, C. Sprott Denison University Edgewood College 4/05 3/06 North Shore Library, Glendale, WI UW Founders’ Day, Atlanta, GA 3/06 4/06 Talks to specialists in other disciplines Fusion Research at UW-Madison, D. Den Hartog Ohio State University, Mechanical Engineering Department May 19, 2005 CMSO Overview and Activities, V. Pariev Lebedev Physical Institute, Puschino Radio Astronomy Observatory Fall 2005 Museum Exhibit UW Space Place (est. completion June 2007)

  11. APS-DPP Meeting Philadelphia, PA October 30-November 3, 2006 • 4 school visits in Philadelphia and Camden, NJ • 13 “big” shows (50-200 students) • 10 additional classroom visits • ~1,625 total students • 1 day of outreach to plasma physicists

  12. Near Term Plans • CMSO posters in Chamberlin Hall entrance • Workshops at Space Place • Teacher Workshops

  13. Workshops at Space Place • 1st Saturday of the Month • First one was last Saturday • Part of a workshop series given by Astronomy, Chemistry, and Biotechnology • Topics include: • Physics of Roller Coasters • Liquid Nitrogen Physics • Electricity, Magnetism, & Plasmas • Circuits • Sound • Light & Lasers

  14. Teacher Workshops • Wonders of Physics Workshop • Aimed at Elementary and Middle School Teachers • Summer 2007 • Plasma Physics Workshop • Aimed at High School Physics Teachers • Summer 2008

  15. Long Term Plans • Collaborate with other PFCs to work with Exploratorium (San Francisco) on ~$1M program introducing “cutting edge” PFC science to the general public

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