Demo Resources and Undergraduate Demo Exploration
(Prof. Craig Group and UVA Undergraduate Physics Majors 2012-2013)
Funded by:
- Proposal ( .pdf, .doc )
- The first meeting Oct 15th (pizza and planning):
- Ideas from Lunch at the Garden Room Nov.1
- Some interest in cosmic muon detector
- Suggestion of outdoor physics exhibition - Rockets!
- Rivanna Radio Control Club: link
- Amateur rocket clubs: link
- Amateur rocket club in Farmville: link
- Someone should investigate NAR safety rules and regulations
- Scheduling time to watch "Physics IQ test" might be fun
- Demos from Friday Novemeber 2nd:
- Attendence was about 6 people:
- Josh gave the burning dollar demo ( See video )
- Flashlight-radio demo was awesome
- Balloons in N2 were fun
- Poon and Elton want to build a cosmic ray demo next semester
- Richard Berg will come to UVA for the "Physics IQ test"
--> suggest a joint physics colloquium with SPS (scheduled for Feb. 22)
- We could order a tesla coil (demo guys like this idea):
- We still need to see Janet's demo ( some photos )
- Planning Luncheon for spring: December 13th (TBC):
- Rockets? poon, others?
- Physics day? Josh, others?
- Cosmic ray detector? Poon, Elton, others?
- Janet's demo ( some pictures )
- Tesla coil: who?
- Some interest in rail gun
- Levitation demo
- Physics IQ test -- SPS ?
- Demo presentation at local school for "Get your geek on"? Anyone?
- Other ideas ?
- Feb 15 2013
- We ordered one of these and tried it out.
- We also did this < href ="http://demolab.phys.virginia.edu/demos/pictures/meisner_effect.jpg"> levitation demo
- Josh and Janet are interested in Physics Day (Josh really wants to do the balloon demo) link
- Elton signed up for an independent study and is learning about cosmic ray muon detection
- Janet did her demo ( some pictures ). It was aweseom (an noisy)
- We also watched videos of the meteorite that hit Russia (since it happened today..
- The "Physics IQ test" is next Friday
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