The Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography engages in a wide variety of outreach activities on its own and in collaboration with various partner organizations. The goals of these activities range from promoting awareness of physics and career opportunities in physics to providing support for enrichment and curriculum based acitivity in schools.

• What does a physicist look like? See if you can spot the physicist in this poster.

• Do you want to see physics in action? A number of demonstrations illustrating principles in specific areas of physics are described below.

Electricity and Magnetism
Light
Low Temperature and Thermal Physics
Mechanical and Energy
Sound

For more information contact:

Dr. Hilding Neilson