Posts Tagged ‘Outreach’
Physics in a Primary School
Engaging young children about physics can sometimes be difficult, but Gavin Leithall and Paul Skrzypczyk, postgraduate physics students from the School of Physics, University of Bristol, visited Elmlea Junior School in Bristol on February 10th to do just this. They spent the day giving talks to six Year 3 and Year 4 classes as part of the school’s Science [...]
Fun with Physics at the Dorset Show
Neither grey skies nor the promise of a muddy field deterred the enthusiastic volunteers from the IOP’s South West branch as they joined with science teachers from the Thomas Hardye School to wow the crowds at the Dorset County Show on the 5th & 6th September 2009. Choose your experiment… The weekend-long agricultural show on the [...]
Physics To Go at the Devon County Show
Warm sunshine and big crowds greeted us at the 2009 Devon County Show. Amongst the amazing variety of animal shows, displays and local traders, physicists from across the South West ran a hands-on science stand as part of the ‘Science WithinTent’ marquee for the second year running. Along with the organisers – Devon & [...]
Bath Taps Into Physics
Marvin & Milo’s fun physics made its first appearance at the the annual Bath Taps Into Science Fair on March 13th & 14th 2009. Students from the Physics Department at Bath University enthusiastically demonstrated some of the ‘Do Try This At Home‘ experiments to the fascinated school children and residents of Bath.
