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Lamar University awarded 2017 Marsh W. White Outreach Award

OCT 01, 2017
Lamar University awarded 2017 Marsh W. White Outreach Award

Lamar University awarded 2017 Marsh W. White Outreach Award

Zone and Chapter: Lamar University

Project

Project Name: Engaging Our Youth: Raising High School Students’ Interest in Physics Through Thought Provoking and Interactive Demos

Project Leaders: Carlos Caballero

Chapter Advisors: Christian Bahrim

Project Description: Our SPS chapter at Lamar University has built a tradition in promoting physics among middle and high-school students in the Southeast Texas area. We plan to continue and expand our outreach activities by hosting more high school visits and organizing road shows with interesting optics and electromagnetism demos with the goal of attracting more students to our program.

Project Media:

Project Proposal (.pdf, 537 kb)