Community outreach
Our purpose is to explain the science of the world around us in an accessible and enjoyable way for all, no matter what your background.聽 We invite you to come and learn about the Universe from physical and astronomical perspectives.
The Physics and Astronomy programs聽at 国民彩票 cater for school groups (primary and secondary) and the general public alike. Our programs cover topical and scientific subjects from聽the聽聽in a fun and聽highly interactive manner.
High school campus visits
Attention all high school teachers
Bring your Year 11 or 12 Physics classes to聽国民彩票 to conduct experiments in our First Year Physics teaching laboratories.聽 Your students will聽hear talks by our researchers about their work and see the聽operations of our聽laboratories first-hand. We have an extensive list of experiments that can be selected by you聽to tie-in with depth studies specifically or general course work.
The experiments are聽facilitated by current university physics students and staff (our lab demonstrators), which provides聽an excellent opportunity for your students to connect with real researchers (a ratio of approximately one demonstrator for every 12 school students).
Please note that we have a limited number of available dates since our labs are used for teaching our first year physics courses during the university term.
For general enquires聽or if you would like someone to call you to talk about excursions, please contact us at:
FAQ's
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Absolutely. You could do 2 in a big day, or have two groups of students (for example, Year 11 and Year 12) each doing different experiments in separate labs. Keep in mind that most experiments take approximately 2 hours (some can be made to be shorter).
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In some cases you might be able to do something similar, but we see our service as being of use because:
- Much of our equipment is not found in schoo