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Educational Outreach and Shadow Program for High School and Middle School Students
The University of Arizona Department of Physics offers an educational outreach and shadow program for high school and middle school students. Each month, students are invited to the Physics Department to tour laboratories, meet with professors and students, and sit in on classes and labs.
Program participants "shadow" physics faculty and researchers to gain insight into the careers of academic physicists. The goal of the program is to encourage young students to study physics and related subjects, and to excite them about physics research and careers.
See also more special and ongoing outreach events
Physics Phun Nite
This annual event takes place in November. It's a free event for the public where Physics Department members (faculty, staff, students, and friends of the department) present various physics experiments and demonstrations "without the lecture." Due to popular demand, this event was recently expanded to two nights. Physics Phun Nite is sponsored by the UA Physics Department and is the department's most popular event. Activities are free and can only be described as a showcase of the most fascinating physical principles. Past years have featured such diverse demonstrations as the Van de Graaff, a bed of nails, optical illusions, singing/dueling sewer pipes, burning bubles, giant smoke rings, light sabers, rocket propulsion, and so much more!
For annual community outreach events see: http://www.physics.arizona.edu/physics2006/outreach.php?page=annual_community
TAPT - Tucson Area Physics Teachers meets monthly as a support and social network, as well as to exchange technical and administrative information, for physics teachers. The monthly meetings feature invited speakers on topics of interest to the group. For more information, contact Ingrid Novodvorsky (novod@physics.arizona.edu), or Karie Meyers, Amphi High School, (kmeyers@amphi.com).
