Sunday, November 17, Noon-5pm
Rain or Shine! (In case of rain, all outdoor activities will be moved indoors)
Free & Family Friendly!
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~outreach/eyu2013.html
This
is the most exciting day of science all year in Southern California.
They have many activities and demonstrations open to the general public,
including outside groups like STAR Eco Station. Activities for all
ages include workshops, faculty and graduate student talks, planetarium
shows, solar telescope viewing, comet making, weather tours, dinosaur
fossils, physics demos, and more!
This event includes
participation from Astronomy Live!, the Departments of Physics and
Astronomy, Earth and Space Sciences, and Atmospheric and Oceanic
Sciences, the Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology,
and IEEE. The program was developed by graduate students, faculty, and
staff in each of these departments.
DAYTIME ACTIVITIES
Astronomy (12:00 - 5:00 pm) (Court of Sciences unless otherwise noted):
- How the Sun works and solar telescope viewing
- Stellar Evolution
- Bottle Rockets
- Comet Making Demo
- Pocket Solar System and Asteroids
- Constellation Detectives
- Discovery methods for finding new worlds beyond our solar system
- Planetarium Shows (Mathematical Sciences 8th floor): Every half
hour starting 12:30 pm! Pick up tickets to planetarium at the
Information Booth.
Physics (12:00 - 5:00 pm) (Physics and Astronomy Building - PAB):
- Physics Demonstrations
- Lasers and Optics
- Waves and Vibrations
- Rotational Motion
- Electricity and Magnetism
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (12:00-5:00) (Court of Sciences):
- Exploding Marshmallows--Expand marshmallows using a vacuum pump!
- Can Crushing--See how pressure can crush soda cans!
- Tornado-in-a-bottle--See and create your own vortexes!
- Cloud-in-a-bottle--See clouds being made right before your eyes!
- Portable Weather Station--Talk with experts about conditions and get an updated forecast for the day!
Chemistry (12:00-5:00 pm) (Court of Sciences):
- Find out how to make a bubble bomb for baths
- Find out what floats on top of what... and what floats on top of that!
- Watch food get frozen with liquid nitrogen
- Eat liquid nitrogen ice cream
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