"The demonstrations were wonderfully choreographed and established visual images with many of the fundamental interactions in physics," said Shalini Nair, [WISE] club president and electrical engineering major. "These demonstrations will provide a basis for understanding that the girls can call upon throughout their years in school."
Excerpt from SMU Daily Campus: Friday, March 30, 2001, "SMU brings science to kids" by Reed M. Johnson
2001 Physics Circus Photos Here
This was from the Physics Circus at SMU
2007 Physics Circus Photos Here
This was from the Physics Circus at University Park Elementary School.
2011 Physics Circus Photos Here
This was from the Physics Circus at University Park Elementary School.
Physics Circus: Lecture
w/ Audience Participation
An interactive lecture as an
excuse to show off my favorite demonstrations.
Audience
Level: This presentation has been adapted for all grade
levels (K-12+), as well as advanced audiences.
A rough
outline of this presentation in PDF
or HTML
Music and Physics: Lecture
& Demonstration
An interactive lecture to illustrate
the close relation between physics and music using physics
demonstrations and (real live) musical instruments.
Audience
Level: This presentation has been adapted for all grade
levels (K-12+), as well as advanced audiences.
A rough
outline of this presentation in PDF
or HTML
Probability Circus: Lecture
& Demonstration
An interactive lecture to illustrate
some strange facts about probability, chance, and coincidence.
Audience Level: This presentation has been
adapted for grade levels (7-12+), as well as advanced audiences.
A rough outline of this presentation in PDF
or HTML
From Imagination to Discovery:
Quest for the fundamental structure of nature
What are the fundamental building blocks of nature, and what
holds them together? How can we learn about them if they are too
small to see? What is still left undiscovered? What is the Higgs
boson, and why is it so interesting. When will we have the answers
to these questions?
Audience Level: Grade
levels (4-12+), as well as advanced audiences.
The Group Theory of Rubik's
Cube: An application of mathematics
Mathematical
symmetry as applied to Rubik's cube, and other physical examples.
Finite groups, similarity transformations, commutator groups,
parity, the Rubik's group, orbits.
Audience Level:
Advanced high school, & College.
Preparing for a Science Fair: A Judge's
Perspective
Topics include: Review of the scientific
method; Learning from an incorrect hypothesis; Data taking and
recording; Analysis and presentation; A graph is worth 1000 words.
Audience Level: Grade levels (4-12+).
Limited availability during my term as
Dallas Science Fair Director.