{"id":756,"date":"2020-01-29T19:04:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T19:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/?p=756"},"modified":"2020-01-29T19:04:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T19:04:19","slug":"science-outreach-at-local-school-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/2020\/01\/29\/science-outreach-at-local-school-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Outreach at Local School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Undergraduate volunteers from the Department of Physics presented kid-friendly demonstrations last week at the 2020 Family Science Night at Franklin School, Corvallis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2237\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6695-cropped-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2237\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6695-cropped-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2237\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6695-cropped-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2237\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6695-cropped-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2237\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6695-cropped-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2237\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6695-cropped.jpg 1692w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2237\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6690-cropped-1024x626.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2237\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6690-cropped-1024x626.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2237\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6690-cropped-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2237\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6690-cropped-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2237\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6690-cropped-1536x940.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2237\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6690-cropped.jpg 1955w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The activities and demonstrations focused on mechanical phenomena: Marbles racing down tracks, carts on a frictionless rail, a chain fountain, and weight lifting with pulleys and double pulleys. In addition to mechanics, there were some new demos related to the physics of air included a curve-ball demonstration with paper cups, and a cloud in bottle.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many thanks to our undergraduate volunteers Steve Nieman, Ryan French, Stephanie Keyes, and Genevieve Connolly,  and faculty mentors Weihong Qiu and Ethan Minot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Physics will attend several more Family Science Nights at local schools in the upcoming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undergraduate volunteers from the Department of Physics presented kid-friendly demonstrations last week at the 2020 Family Science Night at Franklin School, Corvallis. The activities and demonstrations focused on mechanical phenomena: Marbles racing down tracks, carts on a frictionless rail, a chain fountain, and weight lifting with pulleys and double pulleys. 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