1. (The Wonders of Physics)
Outreach
9/4/2018
The audience
General Public
Students
Scientists
The issues
How do we get their attention?
What do we do once you have it?
Proven expertise
(The Wonders of Physics)

2. The Wonders of Physics
9/4/2018
Fast-paced demonstration show covering all areas of classical physics
20 years, 161 public campus presentations, >50,000 people
15 years, ~800 traveling shows, ~50,000 people mostly in WI but throughout the USA
20 hours of videotapes
Teacher workshops
Web sites (2)
Lecture Kit (NSF funded)

3. Topics
Motion
Heat
Sound
Electricity
Magnetism
Light
Modern Physics

4. Traveling Show Over 800 shows in 15 yrs Mostly precollege schools
Full-time outreach person (Jim Reardon) supported half by DOE (MST) and half by NSF
Donations ($ ) requested per show
Some corporate donors

5. Proposed Activities Additional plasma demonstrations
Minorities & impoverished areas
Expanded Web presence
Graduate student / postdoc training
Workshops for K-12 teachers
Lesson plans for teachers (?)
Assessment of results (?)
Advisory board (?)

6. What are Others Doing? Ultrafast Optical Science (Univ of Michigan)
Cosmological Physics (Univ Chicago)
JILA (Univ Colorado)
MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms
IceCube (Univ of Wisconsin)

7. Ultrafast Optical Science (U. Mich)
Michigan Reach Out! mentor program
Summer Research Experience for undergrads
Physics Olympiad sponsorship
Public talks by center scientists

8. Cosmological Physics (U. Chicago)
Weekend courses in cosmology for educators
TA support for hands-on lab for inner-city 7-12 graders
Visiting scholars from other institutions
6-8 week cosmology curriculum for middle school under development

9. JILA (U. Colorado)
CU Wizards (Monthly presentations for elementary school students (broadly targeted)
Physics 2000 (Web-based physics lab)

10. MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms
TOPS (Teaching opportunities in physical science) targets undergrads in science interesting in teaching
Art exhibit
School visits (only one listed on Website!)
Video program for Japanese public TV

11. IceCube (U. Wisconsin)
2-week summer workshops for teachers (15 teachers in 2002)
Classroom curriculums developed as part of workshop
Extensive written materials on Web
Message board where teachers can get answers from scientists