• The next meeting will be on Thursday, Sep. 28 at 11:30 am in Science 120.  A group picture will be taken.
• Open House - "Franklin is Electric" - 1:00 to 4:00 pm, Sunday, Oct. 1, First floor, Science building.

• President: Gabe Caceres
• V. President: Laura Luloff
• Secretary: Alaina Orwitz
• Treasurer: Rose Davidson
• Outreach: Jenna McAdam
• Publicity:  Alaina, Laura and Jenna

SPS National

Club Photo taken September 29, 2005

• Field trip on Sep. 27-28, 2005 to "Legacy of Einstein", Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota.  Speakers included Wolfgang Ketterle, Thomas Levenson, Kip Thorne, Sylvester James Gates, Wendy Freeman and George F. R. Ellis.
• Special guest John Rigden gave a talk titled "The Questions Einstein Faced in 1905 and His Responses" on Oct. 6, 2005.  He also gave an excellent public lecture at the Bettendorf Public Library that evening.  Dan Barrett and Tom Foss did some physics demos from 6:00 to 7:00 pm at the library just preceding the talk.  Here is a complete list of activities for their "Einstein's Big Idea" events in September and October.
• Construction of the cardboard boat Heisenberg II for homecoming.  The crew was Alaina Orwitz and Rachel Adams.
• At three regular club meetings in October and November, we watched the NOVA special "Einstein's Big Idea".
• Halloween Open House at the observatory, Oct. 28, 2005.  The main attraction was Mars.  There were about 200 visitors.
• Physics Open House celebrating the World Year of Physics 2005 - Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005, 1:00 to 4:00 pm
• Christmas party featuring liquid nitrogen ice cream.
• There was a panel discussion on the "Mission to Mars" on Jan. 30, 2006.
• Attended "Magnificent Desolation, Walking on the Moon 3D" at the IMAX in Davenport on Feb. 12, 2006.
• Two hour field trip on Feb. 16, 2006 to visit the QC Elite Robotics team robot build site in Milan.  This year the robot is designed to shoot hoops and defend against another robot that is also shooting hoops at the same goal.
• Picnic at the Sieglaffs - Sunday, Apr. 9, 2006 at 4:00 pm.
• Science night at Hamilton school on Tuesday, Apr. 18, 2006.
• Zone 9 meeting of SPS hosted by Augustana - Apr. 21-22, 2006.  Keynote speaker - Dr. Jim Kakalios, U. of Minnesota, "Physics of Superheros"
• Pyrotechnics training and fireworks show - Mike Farrier's farm, Walcott, Iowa - Sunday, Apr. 23, 2006
• Astronomy Day Open House - activities in the Planetarium and Observatory - Saturday, May 6, 2006
• Physics Open House celebrating the 300^th birthday of Benjamin Franklin, Sunday, May 7, 2006
• Bake sale in the Science building - May 10-12
• Field trip to Iowa State University - Friday, May 19, 2006

Field trip to Iowa State University - flow visualization, virtual reality, race cars - Friday, May 19, 2006

Physics Open House celebrating the 300^th birthday of Benjamin Franklin, Sunday, May 7, 2006

Plasma ball

LN marshmallows

Glass harmonica

Infrared viewer

Sigma Pi Sigma Honors Banquet - April 30, 2006

The guest speaker was Dr. Talat Rahman,
"Should we tell our daughters to become scientists?".
Stacey Gilson, Laura Luloff, Christopher Kinne, Ryan Kruidenier and James Shearouse.

Pyrotechnics training and fireworks show - Mike Farrier's farm, Walcott, Iowa - Sunday, Apr. 23, 2006

What a show!

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Zone 9 meeting of SPS hosted by Augustana - Apr. 21-22, 2006.

James Kakalios
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Panel discussion on "Preparing for and Applying to Graduate School"

Christmas party, Dec. 15, 2005 -- Dr. Carkner making liquid nitrogen ice cream flavored with muticolored M & Ms.

Enjoying pizza

Grant

Mixing in the LN

That's cool!

Physics Open House celebrating the World Year of Physics 2005 - Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005.

Jenna showing waves

Watch the cool flash!

Diffraction

Flying rings

Cardboard boat built for the regatta at homecoming, Oct. 15, 2005.  They finished in second place.  Everyone had a great time!

Construction in SC 107

Tom, Alaina and Rachel

First race

Second race

Nobel Conference on "Legacy of Einstein" at Gustavus, Sep. 27-28, 2005.  Attended by Cecilia Vogel, Alaina Orwitz, Rachel Adams, Christopher Kinne, Ossian Mogensen, Gabe Caceres, Tom Foss, Dan Barrett and David Renneke.

Lund Center

Questions and Answers

See list above

Relativity wine

• Panel discussion on "The Origins of the Universe",  Nov. 10, 2004
• Outreach to elementary schools - Dec. 9, Jan. 27, Feb. 10.
• Christmas party featuring liquid nitrogen ice cream
• Special Open House to celebrate the World Year of Physics 2005 - Sunday, Mar. 13, 2005
• Panel discussion on "The End of the Universe", Apr. 25, 2005
• Lunch at Dr. Sieglaff's home in Moline, Apr. 30, 2005
• Attended the new movie, "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", Apr. 30, 2005
• Astronomy Day Open House featuring Jupiter and Saturn, 8:30-10:00 pm, Apr. 30, 2005
• All seniors and their families were invited to a reception on Commencement Day, Sunday, May 22, 2004 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm in Science 120.  Dessert was served and a group picture of the seniors was taken at 1:30 pm.

Outreach program - January 27 and February 10, 2005.  Presenters: Tom Foss, Dan Barrett and Marc Landeweer

Resonance

Charged hair

Diffraction grating

Flying packing peanuts

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