Outreach

Sunday November 8, 2015

[1] Join us for Exploring Your Universe, our annual Science Day at UCLA. Demonstrations, hands-on activities, and more. Free admission! Go to event website [1].

Outreach Using Physics Demos

The Instructional Resource Lab, which provides lecture demonstrations for teaching physics and astronomy, also supports faculty and staff outreach efforts with demonstration equipment, advice and training. This is done as a purely volunteer activity. Below is a partial list of activities.

Kid's eye view of bed of nails, hair-raising electrostatic charge, pendulum motion of a bowling ball, and singing with helium (high) and sulfur hexaflouride (low).

07/18/13 Students from UCLA Lab School attend a demo show by Troy Carter.
05/29/13 Demo show led by Art at The Willows Community School.
03/07/13 Youth Motivation Day (YMD), hosted by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES). A demo show presentation led by Garrett Reynolds, a graduate student at the physics department.
11/10/12 Explore Your Universe Event [2] All day Saturday outreach event with hands-on exhibits, planetarium shows, fossils, telescopes.
07/19/12 Around 50 students from UCLA Lab School attend a demo show by Troy Carter at the UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department.
Spring 2012 Presentations by members of Science Lab Teaching Club at Nora Sterry Elementary School.
11/12/11 Explore Your Universe Event [3] All day Saturday outreach event with hands-on exhibits, planetarium shows, fossils, telescopes.

(Video from 2011)

5/25/11 Students from Malibu High School visit the physics lecture demo lab and are led through a number of demonstrations with discussion on the key physics concepts involved.
3/27/11 Cesar Chavez Day. UCLA physics demonstration booth at Cesar Chavez Day celebration in Richie Valens Park in Pacoima.
2/25/11 Youth Motivation Day (YMD), organized by students in the Engineering Department at UCLA. 240 students from Monroe Middle School, John Adams Middle School, Parent Elementary, and Webster Middle School visited. UCLA physics demonstration tables for YMD in Engineering IV building at UCLA.
11/13/10 Exploring Your Universe [4] Saturday event brought over 1300 students and family to a science festival event involving Astronomy Live!, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Space Sciences, Nanotechnology, the planetarium and more. There were many hands on activities, talks, a holography workshop, and two physics demonstration shows. Pictures and Video here [5]
7/15/10 Students from UCLA Lab School attend a demo show at the Physics and Astronomy Department. (click here to see pictures [6])
5/20/10 Students from Malibu High School visit the physics lecture demo lab and are led through a number of demos accompanied by a discussion of the physics involved.
4/22/10 Students from Carpenter Avenue Elementary School attend a demo show at the Physics and Astronomy Department.
3/28/10 Cesar Chavez Day (click link to see pictures [7]). UCLA physics demonstration booth at Cesar Chavez Day celebration in the park.

11/14/09 Exploring Your Universe [5] event brought over 1000 families and students to campus for hands on science activities.
2/20/09 Laser Teslathon and Presidential Briefing day and night outreach event. Celebrating the 50th year of lasers and the new administration in Washington, 300 people attended the event. Pictures and information here. [8]
5/29/08 Approximately 175 fourth grade students from Lennox school attend a demo show by Art.
5/29/08 A couple dozen students from Malibu High visit the physics lecture demo lab and are led through several demos while participating in a discussion of the physics involved before and after each one.
3/30/08 UCLA physics demonstration booth at Cesar Chavez Day celebration in San Fernando.
3/26/08 150 physical science students from Paul Revere science magnet attend the second annual Paul Revere Day including talks from faculty, minilabs, planetarium shows, and physics demonstration show. See more pictures here [9].

Click Here to see Marty's Demo show to Paul Revere in March 2008, And other cool videos [10]

3/26/08 60 students from Heschel Day school attend a demo show by Art.
3/17/08 Demo show at Willows school.
12/18/07 Southern California Physics Techs meeting at El Camino College.
11/2/07 UCLA, Day of the Dead 3-D Teslathon [11]. 350 people attend an outside nighttime event on the Knudsen second floor patio featuring the life of Tesla and Tesla coils, a perfectly safe human electroshock machine, a death-defying walk over hot burning coals, lasers, UV lights, 3-D and much more.

6/25/07 (A) Demo show.
6/21/07 Southern California Physics Techs meeting at UCLA.

6/6/07 (A) Physics/Astro show in planetarium.
5/17/07 (A) Physics/Astro show in planetarium.
3/28/07 Physics concepts activity and demo show for students from Paul Revere, at UCLA.
3/15/07 (A) Demo show.
2/15/07 Demo shows in planetarium.
12/12/06 Southern California Physics Techs meeting at Cal State LA.
5/10/06 (A) Demo show.
5/5/06 (A) Demo show.
3/31/06 (U) Demo show.
3/2/06 (A) Demo show.
2/3/06 (A) Demo show.
1/27/06 Demo show for MESA students.
12/15/05 Southern California Physics Techs meeting at Mt. San Antonio College.
11/22/05 (A) Demo show.
8/1/05 (A) Demo show.
7/10/05 (T)Crestwood hills nursery school, 20 preschool kids and parents.
6/20/05 (A) 30 students from Mermin school for presentations at UCLA.
6/17/05 (U)
6/14/05 (M,B,N) Southern California Physics Techs meeting at Cal State Fullerton.
6/2/05 (A) Demonstration show at Malibu High.
5/19/05 (A, N) Physics/Astro show in planetarium for Marquez Elementary, 10 students + 10 adults
5/7/05 (U)
4/22/05 (U)
4/22/05 (G,T) Two groups of 50 fourth grade students for 20 minutes each as part of early academic outreach.
4/16/05 (B) The Saturday Science Institute, three classes of 30 high school students each on optics/reflection for early Academic Outreach, Math/Science Academy.
4/16/05 (M) The Saturday Science Institute, three classes of 30 high school students each on physics demonstrations for early Academic Outreach, Math/Science Academy.
4/15/05 (T) Demo show for Village School in Pacific Palisades, 20 kindergarten kids.
4/15/05 (A) Two shows at Pt Dume school for a total of about 300 students; one regular demo show and one show on electricity and magnetism.
4/1/05 (U) Demo show
3/10/05 (A) Planetarium show for Hertleberger School 50 students and two shows for MESA (Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement) about 20 students each.
3/4/05 (U) Demo show
2/28/05 (A) Willows school demo.
2/25/05 (A) Physics/Astro show in planetarium for computer sciencee group from Culver City, 17 students
2/17/05 (A) Cub Scouts in Planetarium.
1/14/05 (T,C)Seeds UES, 100 kindergarten-first graders.
12/16/04 (M,N) Physics technicians meeting at UC San Diego.
11/13/04 (M,N,A) Demo show for inauguration of the new Physics and Astronomy Building.
10/2/04 (U) Celebration of Books.
7/28/04 (A) Forty minute planetarium show for 60 high school stucents from Hawthorne HS
7/13/04 (A) Miniphysics and planetarium show for 35 grade school students in summer rocketry class.
6/30/04 (A) Miniphysics and planetarium show for 40 high school students in Summer Math-Science immersion program.
6/25/04 (A) Planetarium show and telescope viewing of the Moon and Jupiter for 10 cub scouts and 10 parents.
6/21/04 (A) One hour demo show in kn1220 for 50 students from Lennox School, and one hour demo show in Kn 1220 for 30 students from Mirman School for the Gifted.
6/21/04 (M) Demo show for 20 Quark net teachers.
5/13/04 (A) Two one hour physics/astronomy shows in the plantarium for Emerson school 6th graders 50 + 35 students
4/23/04 (A) Two one hour physics shows for New Roads School, total 100 kids. Joe Rudnick did the physics for the second show.
4/23/04 (A) Mini planetarium show and tour through demo lab for 10 Ques students
4/3/04 (U) Girl Scout's Science Fair.
3/28/04 (U) Celebra la Ciencia - Chavez Celebration.
3/23/04 (A) One hour demo show for 200 6th graders at Malibu High School.
3/2/04 (A) One hour demo show at Willow School for 40 6th graders.
2/18/04 (A) One hour planetarium show for 20 3rd grader and 8 adults from Warner school
2/13/04 (A) Talk on Relativistic Space travel for CSUN planetarium series.
11/15/03 (Manuel) Celebra la Ciencia - Centennial of Flight.
11/5/03 (A) One hour demo show for Kenter Canyon Elementary in evening, about 100.
8/6/03 (A) One hour planetarium show for 50 from Church of Christ singles group.
7/30/03 (A) Two one hour planetarium shows, about 40 each, Summer Bridge Program.
7/18/03 (A) Miniphysics/planetariun show for 6, Lutheran Church Youth group
7/17/03 (A) Demo show for 40 kids in rocketry class (Steve Kivelson's son) in Kn 1220
6/24/03 (A)Planetarium show for UCLA Student Affairs group (about 40).
6/24/03 (A) Planetarium show for Summer Math Science Immersion high school students (about 40).
6/23/03 (A) One-hour demo show for Summer Migrant Workers Program (about 40).
6/23/03 (A) One-hour demo show for 20 students from Mirman School for the Gifted.
6/19/03 (M) Hosted all-day meeting of 20 physics technical staff from universities and colleges from Santa Cruz to San Diego.
6/13/03 (A) Talk "The Birth and Death of Stars" for the Santa Monica Astronomy club
5/22/03 (A) Two one hour Planetarium-mini physics shows for Emerson School, total 100 6th graders.

6/13/03 (A)Talk "The Birth and Death of Stars" for the Santa Monica Astronomy club (about 20).
6/11/03 (M) 3-D slide show for 100 parents and students at Brentwood Science Magnet.
5/22/03 (A) Two one hour Planetarium-mini physics shows for Emerson School, total 100 6th graders.
5/17/03 (Manuel and Morales) Physics booth at outdoor Festival - Celebration of Books.
5/15/03 (M) One and one-half hour demo show for 70 3rd and 4th graders from Brentwood Science Magnet.
5/10/03 (Manuel) School demo show.
4/23/03 (A) Two one hour Planetarium-mini physics shows for New Roads School, total 100 kids. Joe Rudnick did the physics for the second show.
4/10/03 (A) One hour demo show for 175 6th graders at Malibu High School.
3/29/03 (Manuel) Celebra La Ciencia - Cezar Chavez Celebration
3/18/03 (M) Meeting with Berkeley Physics department to demonstrate our ePhysics website and develop a collaboration for the development and use of ePhysics in instruction. ePhysics is available to high schools, colleges, and individuals all over the world over the web.
2/25/03 (A) Demo show for 50 forth graders at Willow school.
2/19/03 (A)Planetarium show for 50 students in UCLA outreach program.
1/15/03 (A) Planetarium show followed by telescope viewing for 30 seniors from an Armenian Private High School
12/12/02 (A) Two one hour planetarium shows for Palisades Elementary
11/14/02 (A) Planetarium show for UCLA Development Goup
6/24/02 (A) One hour demo show for 40 middle school students from the Mirman School for Gifted Kids.
6/24/02 (M) One hour demo show for 40 high school seniors in the Summer Migrant Program.
6/22/02 (M) Three hour workshop for LAUSD science teachers on using physics demonstrations in the classroom.
6/4/02 (A) One hour evening demo show for Science Night at Kenter Canyon School for 50 parents and students.
5/24/02 (A) One hour demo show for 30 eight graders from CUES program for inner city kids.
5/24/02 (M) One hour demo show for 60 second graders at Brentwood Science Magnet.
5/15/02 (A) One hour demo show for 37 eighth graders from Archer School.
5/9/02 (A) One hour demo show at Malibu School for 200 sixth graders.
5/1/02 (A) 30 minute demo show on electromagnetism for 40 fourth graders at Topanga Elementary.
4/11/02 (M + A) 45 minute demo show for 75 fourth graders visiting from Lennox school.
3/18/02 (M) One hour in classroom demonstrations for 60 third graders at Brentwood Science Magnet.
3/14/02 (M) Hands-on demonstrations for 90 fourth graders from the Beverly Hills Gate program.
3/5/02 (A) Planetarium show and viewing the Sun for 19 third graders and 8 adults from Westwood School.
2/26/02 (A) Talk on Time travel to 20 UCLA dormitory students.
2/19/02 (A) Two one hour demo shows at Willow school -- 30 4th graders, and 60 6th-8th graders.
2/5/02 (A) Demo show for 300 students --- Marina del Rey Middle school.
8/28/01 (A) One hour demo show for 35 students in the COPE program from Venice area.
8/1/01 (A) One hour mini demo and planetarium show for 35 students in Centenilla High.
6/29/01 (A) One hour planetarium show on Mars for 40 6th graders from Merman School for the Gifted.
6/25/01 (A) Two one hour demo shows: 42 visiting students in Migrant Scholars Program About 40 6th graders from Merman School for the Gifted.
6/20/01 (M) Two one hour demo shows at Brentwood Science Magnet for 80 second grade students.
6/14/01 (A) One hour demo show at Malibu High School for 180 middle school students.
6/9/01 (A) Two one hour demo shows on Saturday in Kn 2-115 for 40 AP CUES students.
6/08/01 (M) California/Nevada Physics Education meeting at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Short presentation on magnetic levitation.
6/1/01 (A) One hour mini demo and planetarium show for 50 students in CUES program.
5/31/01 (A) Half hour demo show for 20 students from San Pedro Middle school in planetarium.
5/18/01 (M and Enrique) Three one-half hour shows for 180 4th graders from a Hispanic engineering outreach program, and a one hour show for 40 8th grade honor students from Willowbrook Middle School in Knudsen Hall.
4/24/01 (A) One hour planetarium show for Prof. Pellegrini's honors class, 20 students.
4/10/03 (A) One hour demo show for 175 6th graders at Malibu High School
4/12/01 (A) Two one hour demo shows at Willow Community School in Culver City for 40 4th graders and then 40 middle school students.
4/6/01 (A) One hour demo show in Kn 2-115 for 50 inner city kids in Cues program.
3/17/01 (A) Saturday morning one hour demo show in Kn 1240 for 40 special students from Pacoima Middle School.
2/28/01 (A) Regular Wednesday evening planetarium show.
2/27/01 (A) One hour mini demo and planetarium show for 50 students in AP physics from Birmingham High School.
2/6/01 (A) Two one-hour demo shows at Brentwood Science Magnet School for 100 4th graders, and then for 30 3rd graders.

Cesar Chavez Day 2010

Cesar Chavez Day 2010

Day of the Dead

Over 350 people attended the event. From the 280 who signed in, we found 7 physics professors, 19 physics students, 66 who identified as UCLA students, 7 from the Art Deptartment, 32 8th grade physical science students from Paul Revere, 22 honor students and 8 parents and teachers from Cals Early College High School, 5 other high schoolers, 10 other middle schoolers, 5 elementary schoolers, 6 from the Boy Scouts and 6 from the Cub scouts. The rest were from other universities or undetermined.

John and Craig smooth the bed of coals.

David measures the temperature with an infrared thermometer that goes up to 900 degrees F. It went up off the scale, above 900 degrees. It was hot.

After walking across the coals, Walter explains the physics behind it.

Pierre walks across the coals.

Marvin walks across the coals into the pan of water at the end.

The audience is astounded at the foolishness they see.

One of Harry's two handmade fire barrels.

11 people walked across the coals and survived with minor burns. Some audience members wanted to walk and were disappointed to learn that only faculty and staff could walk.

How can you walk across hot coals? [12]

Fights almost broke out over Pluto.

Shadows on the phosphorescent wall. People also enjoyed writing on the wall with LED's. They quickly found that the red and green LED's didn't work for writing. They needed to excite the phosphor with a blue LED, higher in frequency than the green phosphor emission.

Total internal reflection in various plastic light pipes.

Laser light inside a water stream, showing total internal reflection.

Water stream with light bouncing inside hits a hand.

The light portal was really a 3-Dimensional illusion. You can only get some idea of what it was like to walk through it from this 2-D picture.

Black light tent.

A stereo viewer sculpture by Franklin Londin held 3-D images of Tesla coils and skulls.

Art wears electroluminescent (el) wire. El spider.

Sodium Light.

More images and video to come. If you have good images or video, please send them or contact me at msimon at physics.ucla.edu

Day of the Dead 3-D Teslathon

Friday November 2, 2007 6:30 -- 9 pm

UCLA Knudsen Hall Outdoor Patio 2-222

Light sabers, costumes, day glo, light art encouraged

Complete Schedule of Events

4:30 pm Graduate Student Social outside on PAB 3rd Floor patio
5:00 pm, 6:30 pm, 8 pm "The Life of Tesla" and Tesla Theater, with our large Tesla Coil and 90 minute video about Nikola Tesla. The SI unit of magnetic flux density is called the tesla, to honor the contributions of Nikola Tesla, among them the first x-ray picture, radio, the tuned transmitters and receivers still used today, the radio telescope, remote control, wireless communication, RADAR, AC motors and generators, the electrical system we still use today.
Location: Kinsey Pavilion 1-220 (Outside Entrance)
6:30 pm or so-- The illusion portal to the outdoor patio will open when darkness falls. Don't miss the Society of Physics Students altar to our scientific ancestors, the magnetically controlled photonic crystal, Meteor Man in 3-D, the Perfectly-Safe Human Electroshock Machine.
Location: 2nd Floor Kinsey Hall 2-222
7:30, 8:00, 8:30 pm Start of 3-D shows in the Visualization Portal, Math Sciences. See a show on the current use of 3-D in the NASA solar STEREO mission. A second show will transport you to a reconstruction of the Roman Coliseum, the Temple Mount, and a virtual reality tour of the UCLA campus.
9:00 pm 3-D slideshow, Art in the Black Rock Desert
Location: 5th Floor (Ground Level) Math Sciences Building 5-308 Visualization Portal [13]

Parking

The best parking lot is Lot 2 at Hilgard and Westholme. Parking in the lot costs $8. There are new metered spaces in Lot 2. There is metered parking along Charles Young Dr. near the parking kiosk at $0.25 per 15 minutes with a 2 hour max. Bring quarters.

Maps

Here is a clickable map [14]. Click on Knudsen Hall or inverted fountain. There will probably be signs pointing the way.

Here is a printable map [15]

Here is a printable POSTER [16]

How can you walk across hot coals? [12]

Exploring Your Universe 2010

Exploring Your Universe homepage [4]

Exploring Your Universe Fire and Ice Demo Show Nov. 13, 2010

Art Huffman breathes out liquid nitrogen:

Liquid oxygen looks pale blue:

What happens if we add liquid oxygen to glowing steel wool?

Let's try that again:

Burning magnesium inside a block of dry ice. Oxygen is pulled out of the CO2 leaving black carbon:

Video projection of paramagnetic liquid oxygen sticking between the poles of a magnet:

Highly pinning superconductor is suspended upside down on a magnet track:

Tesla Coil:

Exploring Your Universe Interactive Physics Activities Nov. 13, 2010

Exploring Your Universe homepage [4]

Obamathon

Teslathon 2 was a big success, with over 300 people attending. Besides many UCLA students, faculty and staff, high school students from Pali, Uni, Fairfax, Samo, Lutheran, Jordan, Trabuco Hills, Hawthorne, Marlborough and homeschooled attended.

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The Laser Symposium slides are posted here [17]. Videos of the presentations will be posted shortly.	Six of the Presidential briefings from our faculty [18] to Barack Obama are now posted. Issues addressed include nuclear power, weapons, plasma technology, fusion energy, manned vs unmanned space exploration, federalization of education, science's role in society, and the role of industrial research labs.	Brandon was the winner of the Science Challenge [19]. This 3-D book was his prize.

See what participants had to say to our new president (right click here [20] to download the video).

[20]

UCLA Physics and Astronomy invites you to the

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the invention of laser with talks and demonstrations.
Fun arcing, sparking, glowing, burning demonstrations after dark. Learn some physics.
Science Challenge [19] for middle and high school students, or even you. Cool prizes.
Listen to what scientists would say to Obama if they had 5 minutes to brief him, the Presidential briefings [18]. What about the space program, energy, education? Have your say too. These will be edited into a web video.
Link to previous Day of the Dead Teslathon [11].
Schedule of Events
4:00 - 5:00 pm PAB 1-425 - Panel on the discovery, uses and future of lasers. [17]
5:30 and repeated PAB 1-425 - Five minute Presidential briefings from our faculty. [18]
5:15 - 7:00 pm Knudsen (Kinsey Pavillion) 1-220 - Life of Tesla video followed by demonstrations.
7:00 - 9:30 pm Knudsen Hall 2-222, outside, in the dark - Shocking display of high voltage electricity, lasers, holograms, flame tornado, gummy bear incineration, microwave plasmas, resonate a wine glass with your amplified voice and much more.

50th Anniversary of the Laser Panel

The term "laser" was first introduced to the public in Gould's 1959 conference paper "The LASER, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation"

50th anniversary of the laser panel
Friday February 20 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Physics and Astronomy Building PAB 1-425

Dr. Ralph Wuerker--Laser and holography pioneer. The LASER before and after 1960.

Ralph had this to say:
"I knew Maiman, I first got to know him when we were graduate students at Stanford. Then I worked for him after he left Hughes and founded Quantatron which later became Korad. Ted in my opinion really invented the laser by his choice and understanding of the spectroscopic properties and use of pulse excitation. I think the laser will stand as the most important invention of the twentieth century! The laser was born here in Southern California by the Pacific Ocean at the Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu." See a video of Ralph Wuerker's presentation: download the video here [21] or see the slides here [22].

Dr. Hagop Injeyan--Northrop Grumman. 100 kW Solid State Lasers for Missile Defense

High power defensive laser weapons have the potential to render destructive projectile explosives such as rockets, artillery shells and mortars obsolete. Recent shoot-downs of such threats at White Sands missile range using a chemical laser weapon prototype have confirmed this capability and suggest a paradigm shift in how warfare may be approached in the near future. Recent developments in electric solid-state lasers eliminate the logistic concerns of fielding a chemical laser and bring the promise of laser weapon system closer to reality. See a video of Hagop Injeyan's presentation: download the video here [23] or get the powerpoint here [24]. The video of lasers shooting down projectiles is here [25] (very large 68 MB file).

Dr. Christoff Niemann--UCLA. NIF and the biggest laser in the world.

The world's largest laser, the National ignition facility, will shoot tremendous bursts of energy at targets the size of a pencil eraser, creating pressures never before seen in a laboratory setting. Experiments will begin next year to create a miniature star on earth, perhaps harnessing a new source of clean energy for the 21st century. See a video of Christoff Niemann's presentation: download the video here [26] or get the powerpoint here [27].

Large KDP crystal grown in two months for NIF.

Presidential Briefings, Feb. 20, 2009

Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons	Plasma Physics and Fusion	Space--Manned vs Unmanned
John Cornwall	Walter Gekelman	Mark Morris

Watch [28]	Watch [29]	Watch [30]

Science	Federalize Education	Industrial Laboratories and Innovation
Claudio Pellegrini	Karoly Holczer	Ralph Wuerker

Watch [31]	Watch [32]	Watch [33]

Young and old Teslathon participants also addressed Obama on video. Click here to download it. [20]

Science Challenge

Measure the speed of light with a laser pulse. What is your measurement?
Color Mixing [34] and spectra. What is the mystery gas?
World in UV. What is interesting about a $5 or $20 bill? What color are your teeth in UV?
Resonate a wine glass with your voice. Could you break it?
Lorentz v x B force. What direction is v x B?
Gummy bear incineration and cellular respiration. [35] What gasses come out?
Arago Spot. What is the Arago or Poisson spot?
lenses and mirrors. Where does light focus in a nearsighted eye?
electroshock. What is the difference between the human electroshock demonstration and the hot dog demonstration?
Investigate fluorescence. Why don't red or green LEDs write on the phosphor screen?

Brandon, winner of the Science Challenge with prize book.

Gummy Bear Incineration

Glucose + Oxygen ⇒ Carbon Dioxide + Water + energy
C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6 O₂ ⇒ 6 CO₂ + 6 H₂O + 16 kilojoules per gram of sugar

In cellular respiration sugars are oxidized and the resulting energy is stored in molecules of ATP. Each gram of sugar produces about 3.75 kilocalories or 16 kilojoules of food energy. The average human body utilizes about the same energy as a 100 watt light bulb. 100 watts x 24 hours x 3600 seconds/hour = 8,640 kilojoules per day.

If we got all our energy from sugar and starch, we would need about 540 grams/day which is just over 1 pound per day. (Starvation is considered to be less than 1800 kilocalories or 6,830 kilojoules per day.) What does the energy locked in 1 gram of sugar, 16 kilojoules, look like? Let's oxidize a gram and see.

If we could power our bodies with electricity from the utility it would take 2.4 kilowatt hours to operate at 100 watts for a day. At the rate of about 10 cents per kilowatt hour, the energy would cost 24 cents.

Paul Revere Day

150 Students from Paul Revere Science Magnet came to UCLA Physics and Astronomy for a day of activities on March 26, 2008

The class started by breaking into groups, racing up Janss steps, measuring time, height, and weight to calculate how much power a human could deliver.

Then figuring out the worksheets to get answers

Later we did a minilab to measure the speed of light.

Other activities were planetarium shows, a talk from Professor Cowley about the energy crisis and fusion energy, and a physics demonstration show.

UCLA Lab School

UCLA Lab School 2010 visit

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Highlights from a demo show for Paul Revere Middle School, March 2008

Coin shrinker and shrunken quarters; regular size, nickel-sized, and dime-sized.


Breaking a wine glass with sound.	Magnetic levitation by eddy currents.

Freezing liquid nitrogen (air) by boiling.	Hot and cold spots in a microwave oven.

Outreach

Cesar Chavez Day 2010

Day of the Dead

Exploring Your Universe 2010

Obamathon

Teslathon 2 was a big success, with over 300 people attending. Besides many UCLA students, faculty and staff, high school students from Pali, Uni, Fairfax, Samo, Lutheran, Jordan, Trabuco Hills, Hawthorne, Marlborough and homeschooled attended.

See what participants had to say to our new president (right click here [20] to download the video).

UCLA Physics and Astronomy invites you to the

Schedule of Events

50th Anniversary of the Laser Panel

50th anniversary of the laser panel Friday February 20 4:00 - 5:00 pm Physics and Astronomy Building PAB 1-425

Presidential Briefings, Feb. 20, 2009

Science Challenge

Science Challenge

Gummy Bear Incineration

Gummy Bear Incineration

Glucose + Oxygen ⇒ Carbon Dioxide + Water + energy C6H12O6 + 6 O2 ⇒ 6 CO2 + 6 H2O + 16 kilojoules per gram of sugar

Paul Revere Day

150 Students from Paul Revere Science Magnet came to UCLA Physics and Astronomy for a day of activities on March 26, 2008

UCLA Lab School

UCLA Lab School 2010 visit

Video Home

50th anniversary of the laser panel
Friday February 20 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Physics and Astronomy Building PAB 1-425

Glucose + Oxygen ⇒ Carbon Dioxide + Water + energy
C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6 O₂ ⇒ 6 CO₂ + 6 H₂O + 16 kilojoules per gram of sugar