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Attended
"Superman Returns" at the
IMAX in Davenport on Sep. 24, 2006.
Open House -
"Franklin is Electric"
- 1:00 to 4:00 pm, Sunday, Oct. 1, First floor, Science building.
ISAAPT meeting at Rock Island High School, Oct. 13-14.
Presentations by Carkner, Sieglaff, Vogel and McAdam.
Lecture,
"Dark Matter and Dark Energy: from the Universe to the Laboratory",
Dr. Sean Carroll, Caltech, Oct. 13.
Homecoming Cardboard Boat Regatta,
Oct. 14.
Outreach program - Horace Mann
School, Moline, Oct. 19. Jenna and Rose
Lecture at WIU - "The Story of
Stopped Light", Dr. Ronald L. Walsworth, Harvard University, Mon.,
Oct. 23, 2006.
Halloween Open House
at the observatory, Saturday, Oct. 28.
Field trip to Fermilab,
Sunday, Dec. 3. Talk by Joseph Lykken, "I've Got the World
on a String". Tour of the lab.
Outreach program - Rivermont
Collegiate School in Bettendorf, Friday, Jan. 19, 2007.
Physics Open House, Sunday, Apr. 15,
1-4 pm, Science Bldg., 1st floor
Panel Discussion - "Nuclear Energy", Dr. Roger Blomquist,
Argonne National Labs, Dan Moore, Quad Cities
Generating Station, and David
Osterberg, University of Iowa, Monday, Apr. 16, 5:00 pm,
College Center Loft
Science Open House, Sunday, Apr. 22, 1-4 pm
Physics Fund Raiser - baked goods and buttons, Apr. 24, 25 and 26.
Astronomy Open House, Saturday, Apr. 28, 8:30-10 pm |
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Open House - "Physics
Myth Busters" - April 15 and 22, 2007 -
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Halloween Photos |
Jenna showing |
the pumpkin she carved |
containing dry ice. |
Short pumpkin video
(QuickTime) |
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Jenna and Laura at the
new Dobsonian telescope |
Halloween open house
Lee Carkner 28-Oct-06 |
Lee introducing a
planetarium program |
Alaina setting up the
14" telescope in the dome |
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"Franklin is Electric" - open house
celebrating the 300th birthday of Benjamin Franklin, Sunday,
Oct. 1, 2006 |
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Generating electricity |
Van de Graaff demo |
Resonating wine glasses |
Catching the flying ring |
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Highlights from 2005-2006 |
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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.
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. 29, 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 300th 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,
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Field trip to Iowa State University -
flow visualization,
virtual reality, race cars - Friday, May 19, 2006 |
Kinsey and the visitors |
Last year's race car |
Dr. Heindel explains flow |
Cool 3D |
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Physics Open House
celebrating the 300th birthday of Benjamin Franklin,
Sunday, May 7, 2006 |
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Plasma ball |
LN marshmallows |
Glass harmonica |
Infrared viewer |
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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. |
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Pyrotechnics training and
fireworks show - Mike Farrier's farm, Walcott, Iowa - Sunday, Apr. 23,
2006 |
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What a show! |
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Zone 9 meeting of SPS
hosted by Augustana - Apr. 21-22, 2006. |
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James Kakalios
more photos
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Panel discussion on "Preparing for and
Applying to Graduate School" |
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Christmas
party, Dec. 15, 2005 -- Dr. Carkner making liquid nitrogen ice cream flavored with
muticolored M & Ms.
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Enjoying pizza
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Grant
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Mixing in the LN
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That's cool!
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Physics Open House celebrating the World Year of Physics 2005 -
Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005. |
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Jenna showing waves |
Watch the cool flash! |
Diffraction |
Flying rings |
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Cardboard boat built for
the regatta at homecoming, Oct. 15, 2005. They finished in second
place. Everyone had a great time! |
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Construction in SC 107 |
Tom, Alaina and Rachel |
First race |
Second race |
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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. |
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Lund Center |
Questions and Answers |
See list above |
Relativity wine |
Physics Outreach Programs at Other Schools
Physics Van - University
of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
SPS Chapters, Zones and Programs
National SPS
SPS zone
9 - Augustana belongs to this zone
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Augustana SPS Archive
Some history of our chapter - starting in 1996
Sep. 17, 2001
May 12, 2002
Mar. 17, 2003
Sep.
9, 2003 - club photo for 2002-2003
Sep. 13, 2004 - club photo for 2003-2004
Sep. 7, 2005 - club photo for 2004-2005
Sep. 27, 2006 - club photo for 2005-2006
Sep. 6, 2007
- club photo for 2006-2007 |
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