Last updated November 13, 2001.
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Friday Activities at a Glance
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Friday's activities will take place at the Science Museum
of Virginia
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2500 W. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23233
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| Registration: 4:00-7:30 pm, in the Forum room Registration fee: $5 The registration covers the Planetarium Show and the tour of the Physics at the Science Museum of Virginia, and also breakfast and lunch on Saturday. Banquet: $25 Association dues: $10 |
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| Workshops: 4:00-5:30 pm | |||
| 4:00 | W1: Gravity Experiments and Demonstrations David Hagan Science Museum of Virginia dhagan@smv.mus.va.us Attendance limit: 15 Workshop fee: no fee Experiments and demonstrations for the Physics and Physical Science teacher. Teachers will be introduced to experiments using interactive exhibits at the museum: the Earth-Moon Gravity Wells, Galileo's Leaning Tower, and the prototype Microgravity Drop Tower. Using the pendulum to distinguish variations in the value of g will be explained. |
W2: High Speed Photography Andrew Jackson asjackson@earthlink.net Attendance limit: 24 Workshop fee: |
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| 5:30 | Reception Refreshments will be served. Welcoming Remarks by Dr. Pat Fishback Director of Science Education, Science Museum of Virginia |
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| 6:00 | Planetarium Show LiveSky Show in the Digistar II IMAX Dome and Planetarium Kenneth Wilson, Director of Astronomy of the Museum, will present the LiveSky show in the museum's planetarium, highlighting phenomena in the November and December night sky. This is a live and interactive show that will allow teachers to ask questions and to request a special focus on objects of interest. The Leonid Meteor shower will be one of the primary topics. |
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| 7:00 | Physics Exhibits Tour of the Science Museum of Virginia's interactive physics exhibits |
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Banquet |
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"http://www.physics.udel.edu/csaapt/Fall2001/ataglance-fri.html"
Last updated November 13, 2001. |