Outreach and Entertainment
Bill Sprott
Organized by the University of Wisconsin. Includes information about the program, including shows, videotapes and demonstration software, as well as a lecture kit. Also contains …
Blake Lilly Prize from AIP
Whenever you or your SPS chapter "take physics on the road," you are already eligible for the Blake Lilly Prize. The Blake Lilly Prize is an opportunity to be publicly …
Cavendish Laboratory: Educational Outreach
Lectures, seminars, conferences, resources and other educational events at the home of Cambridge University's Physics Department.
Dr. Megavolt
In the three short years since that remarkable June evening in 1996 when Dr. MegaVolt emerged from the laboratory of Dr. Austin Richards and struck the consciousness of a shocked p…
Frontier Physics
Home of the physics outreach program for Northern Illinois University. Site includes information on the Frontier Physics Road Show, annual High School Events and several other the…
Guidelines for Technical Professionals - Teacher Resources
Guidelines for professionals to prepare and present effective K-12 math, science, technology and engineering education activities.
Isaac and Albert's Excellent Adventure
There is a tradition at North Carolina State University of using demonstrations in our Physics Classes to show students the reality behind the equations. The Physics Department and…
Jearl Walker Discusses the Flying Circus
Reflects on successes and failures doing the 'bed of nails' trick, and tells how to get videotapes of some of his shows.
Little Shop of Physics
Science experiments that can be done at home; resources for teachers; and information about the Little Shop of Physics, an outreach program of the Colorado State University Physic…
National Ocean Sciences Bowl
An academic competition for high school students that focuses on ocean-related topics. Every year around the nation, students compete in regional tournaments hosted by research in…
NPR : Singing in the Key of Science
NPR science correspondent Joe Palca talks with a physics professor who serenades his students with ditties about E=mc^2 and the like. Professor Walter Smith at Haverford College of…
Outreach Program in the SDSU Physics Department
Describes the program, its goals and some of the results.
Physics Circus at UCSB
A group of enthusiastic UCSB Physics Department graduate and undergraduate students take a collection of demonstration experiments on the road to local schools and present an actio…
Physics Olympics at the University of Maryland
An annual contest held in the spring at the U of Maryland campus. Here are the rules, scores, and pictures from previous events.
Physics Outreach at Florida State University
The FSU Physics Department offers a number of on-campus and travelling programs of interest to scientists-to-be of all ages.
Saturday Morning Physics at University of Michigan
An opportunity to hear physicists discuss their work in non-technical terms. The multimedia presentations include hands-on demonstrations of the principles discussed, along with s…
Sharing Science
Developed and implemented to create an interactive means of sharing science. Another primary motive of this site was to bridge the gap between elementary schools and the high scho…
The Physics Van
Part of an outreach program at the University of Illinois Physics Department.
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