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PHYSICS and CHEMISTRY OPEN HOUSE
Saturday, April 7th, 2007
Do
you like
physics or chemistry? Would you like to learn what physics and
chemistry are all about?
The Department of Physics and Astronomy in collaboration with the
Department of Chemistry, at the University of Missouri
Columbia is hosting an Open House! This event is intended primarily for
elementary school, middle school and junior high school students who
are starting to study science and for everybody interested in science!
We would like to introduce
you all to the wonders of physics and chemistry!
The department encourages students from local
area
high schools and those considering applying to the university to visit
the department.
The department Open House gives you the opportunity to experience the
current
research activities in the department, see the teaching facilities,
speak with the professors, and participate in some hands on physics
demonstrations.
What can you expect to see at the Open House?
- Demonstrations about matter,
light, sound, motion and fluids done by students in the
Physics and Chemistry Department
- Hands-On Activities: build a
spectroscope to
split the
colors of light (scientists use similar devices to examine the
colors of light emitted by different sources such as the sun
and
stars), make color subtraction pictures and see
how three different colors
of light add to produce all possible colors, uncover secret messages by
using light, build kaleidoscopes to
mirror your favorite
colors, build a periscope for your next
submarine
voyage, put colors of light
together - and get
something different from mixing paints.
- Wonderful displays of physics
demonstration equipment that you will be able to try on your own
- Recipes for trying physics and
chemistry at
home
- Saturday
Morning Science presentation
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9:00 AM
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Doors open
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9:30 AM
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Making Rolling
Cans and cut
out pictures (rm 127 Physics Bldg)
Build a rolling can from a simple tube and a rubber band and see it go. Use
cut out paper to make nice paper figurines.
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10:00 AM
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Bouncy Balls and
Slime (Lab A206 & A207 Chemistry Bldg)
Let's mix solutions and make a bouncy ball! Even more, let's make slime and
have fun with it!
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10:30 AM
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Physics and
Chemistry Show
(rm 126 Physics Bldg)
Demonstrations about matter, light, sound, motion,
fluids and chemical reactions. We will help you answer question like:
- can
you hammer a nail with a banana?
- how
can you sleep on a bed of nails?
- how
can you see sound?
- does
light travel in a straight line?
- have
you ever met a thirsty solid?
- how
does a firefly glow?
- will
the indecisive color changing solution ever make up its mind?
Presentations will be done by students from the Physics and
Chemistry Departments.
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10:30 AM
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Saturday Morning
Science (Life
Sciences Bldg)
Prof. Kim Wise presents “Microbial diversity:
Swimming in a sea of genes”
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10:30 AM
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Color Subtraction
Pictures and Color Wheels (rm 127 Physics)
Make color subtraction pictures and see how three different colors of
light add to produce all possible colors! (activity limited to approximately
25 students/children)
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11:00 AM
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Bouncy Balls and
Slime (Lab A206 & A207 Chemistry Bldg)
Let's mix solutions and make a bouncy ball! Even more, let's make slime and
have fun with it!
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11:30 PM
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Making Spectroscopes
and Secret Messages
(Physics Bldg)
Build a Spectroscope to split the colors of light. Scientists use
similar devices to examine the colors of light emitted by different
sources such as the sun and stars.
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12:00 PM
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Bouncy Balls and
Slime (Lab A206 & A207 Chemistry Bldg)
Let's mix solutions and make a bouncy ball! Even more, let's make slime and
have fun with it!
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12:30 PM
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Doors close
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Have a
question or need
more
information about Open House? Contact us!
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