Outreach 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)

The Wonders of Physics 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)

Topics

Motion Heat Sound Electricity Magnetism Light Modern Physics

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 ($100-400)

requested per show

Some corporate donors

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 (?)

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)

Ultrafast Optical Science (U. Mich)

Michigan Reach Out! mentor program

Summer Research Experience for

undergrads

Physics Olympiad sponsorship

Public talks by center scientists

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

JILA (U. Colorado)

CU Wizards (Monthly presentations for

elementary school students (broadly

targeted)

Physics 2000 (Web-based physics lab)

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

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