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CMSO Outreach Clint Sprott Jim Reardon Department of Physics University of Wisconsin - Madison presented to the CMSO Site Review in Madison, Wisconsin on May 1, 2006 Report from the PAC on November 3-4, 2005 Outline Objective History Philosophy Progress Plans Objective To generate interest in physics and encourage children to consider careers in science. History Fast-paced demonstration show covering all areas of classical physics Began in 1984, 182 public campus presentations, ~60,000 people Began in 1988,1221 traveling shows, ~120,000 people mostly in Wisconsin but throughout the USA 23 hours of videotapes ~1000 distributed ($25 ea) Teacher workshops Web sites (2) - /wop.htm (400,000 accesses) Lecture Kit (NSF funded) ~ 500 distributed ($90 ea) Philosophy Make entertaining presentations to audiences that would not normally be motivated to attend a lecture on physics. Topics Motion Heat Sound Electricity Magnetism Light Modern Physics Past Year’s Progress 7 major on-campus shows 23 hours of video now on DVD and streamed on the Web (/wop.htm#videos) Physics Demonstrations book published by UW Press (2006) 150 traveling shows APS WYP grant to visit all 72 Wisconsin counties Second annual Integration Bee Participation in 2005 Denver DPP Plasma Expo Physics Frontier Centers Education Outreach Network Major On-Campus Shows 6 public shows (audience ~2000) 1 special show for Department alumni and families (audience ~200) Laboratory tours Physics Demonstrations Book 300full color book containing 85 demonstrations used in The Wonders of Physics published by UW Press in 2006 Book contains 2 DVDs with 3 hours of demonstrations before a live audience. Blurbs from Back Cover Videos 23 hours of video from past years now on DVD and streamed on the Web (/wop.htm#videos) Very detailed statistics on usage (/stats/physics103/windowsmedia/all_dates/): Google Video Program All 23 videos were uploaded to the Google Video Program last week. Usage so far: Viewed 148 times Downloaded 9