The University of Southern Mississippi awarded 2016 Marsh W. White Outreach Award
OCT 01, 2016
The University of Southern Mississippi awarded 2016 Marsh W. White Outreach Award
Zone and Chapter: University of Southern Mississippi
Project
Project Name: Bringing Physics to the Community for People of All Ages
Project Leaders: Robert McGrath
Chapter Advisors: Michael Vera
Project Description: Our chapter regularly promotes physics to the general public in addition to the outreach efforts focused on students in grades K-12. We annually show physics demonstrations at a city event called Hubfest. This event draws attendees from all over Mississippi and the SPS booth draws crowds of spectators. We provide demonstrations in Thermodynamics usually and are looking to expand into more Optics demonstrations this year.
Project Media:
Project Proposal (.pdf, 537 kb) Final Report (.pdf, 466 kb)