1. Hairy Science The Peninsula School Chau, James, Alex K, Alex L

2. Project To determine the diameters of various types of hair using light diffraction based on Young’s double slit experiment and atomic force microscopy. To prove the practicality of physics application in determining the dimensions of microscopic objects.

4. Hair strand AFM 3D rendering Staphylococcus sample AFM rendering

5. Why Should We care about the Research here?

6. How Has Our View of Science or Scientists Changed? Expectation VS Reality

7. Am I capable, do I belong?

8. What Have We Learnt?

9. Acknowledgements The Department of Chemistry and Physics, LTU The Growing Tall Poppies Program Team Mentors: Paraschos Astikidis Hannah Coughlan Nick Tran Grant Mills - The Growing Tall Poppies Science Partnership Program : Dr Eroia Barone-Nugent