Department of Physics & Physical Sciences, 308.865.8011
Thirty high school physics and chemistry students and their teachers from Elba and Ord will be on the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus for the fourth annual Physics Day.
The event features a day of active learning experiences in physics, a tour of the campus, lunch in the Nebraskan Student Union and a planetarium show.
Organizers of the event are Dr. Trecia Markes and Dr. Mark Markes of the UNK Department of Physics & Physical Sciences, along with a number of science education and physics majors. The UNK faculty and students will give presentations on force, motion, light and electrical circuits.
Accompanying the high school students are their teachers Marie Nielsen of Elba and Wendy Alexander of Ord.
The day’s schedule of activities and locations include:
SCHEDULE
March 30, 2006
I. Introduction — 8:30 – 8:40
Dr. Mark Markes and Dr. Trecia Markes BHS 106
II. Session I — 8:45 – 9:40
Group I Group II Group III
Motion and Force Light Electricity
BHS 106 BHS 109 BHS 105
III. Session II — 9:45 – 10:40
Group I Group II Group III
Electricity Motion and Force Light
BHS 105 BHS 106 BHS 109
IV. Break — 10:45 – 10:55
V. Planetarium Show — 11:00 – 11:45
Dr. Jose Mena-Werth BHS, Planetarium
VI. Tour of the campus — 11:50 – 12:05
VII. Lunch — 12:05 – 12:45
Courtesy of the Admissions Office The Nebraskan Student Union Cafeteria
VIII. About UNK — 12:50 – 1:10
Dusty Newton, Admissions Office Memorial Student Affairs Building
IX. Session III — 1:20 – 2:15
Group I Group II Group III
Light Electricity Motion and Force
BHS 109 BHS 105 BHS 106
X. Closing and Evaluation — 2:15 – 2:30
Dr. Mark Markes and Dr. Trecia Markes BHS 106
