Schools Outreach
Girls in Physics; Degree Taster Day
Students: Girls in Year 11 and AS with an interest in studying physics at university
Cost: Free
The day provides a range of exciting activities designed to:
- Build confidence in female physicists
- Introduce female students to a community of female physicists
- Encourage further study in physics
The programme includes:
APPEAL-3: Searching for the new worlds - from planets to subatomic particles
Cost: Free
Saturday 9th June 2012
A one-day conference at Oxford Physics to give A-level teachers an opportunity to learn about the phenomena and scientific challenges which connect astronomy, particle physics and the physics of particle accelerators.
“Fantastic” (Teacher, APPEAL-2)
More information and booking can be found here: https://indico.cern.ch/internalPage.py?pageId=2&confId=190525.
SEPnet GCSE Taster Day 2012
Energy and Energy Resources
University of Oxford
9th July (1pm-4pm)
10th July (9.30am-12.30pm)
Format: Hands-on exhibits and demonstration lecture
Topic: Energy
Year group: Year 9
Where: Clarendon Building, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
A half-day session with fun hands-on demonstrations exploring Energy. The taster event is followed by a series of workshops delivered in participating schools. The event is best suited to students who are just about to start or are just starting their GCSEs. Activities include:
The event flyer can be found here: http://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/about-us/outreach/schools/events-and-talks.
For queries and bookings please contact: Dr Sian Owen
Clone of SEPnet GCSE Taster Day 2012
Format: Hands-on exhibits and demonstration lecture
Topic: Energy
Year group: Year 9
Where: Clarendon Building, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
A half-day session with fun hands-on demonstrations exploring Energy. The taster event is followed by a series of workshops delivered in participating schools.
For more information and bookings visit our schools pages.
ZooTeach
Cost: Free
Over half a million citizen scientists are contributing to the cutting edge research projects that make up The Zooniverse. Beginning in 2007 with galaxy classification at Galaxy Zoo, there are now 12 projects ranging from transcribing ancient Greek papyri to analyzing light curves in the search for exo-planets.
To book a place please contact: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/zooteach.
For more information contact: schools.liaison@physics.ox.ac.uk
Cooking, Fishing and Jogging through Phase Space: A Practical Guide to Discovering New Materials
Paul C. Canfield
Distinguished Professor and Robert Allen Wright
Chair of Physics
Senior Physicist, Ames Laboratory
Iowa State University, USA
19 March 2012
Oxford physicist reaches final of FameLab UK
Oxford Physics researcher Andrew Steele will be competing in the UK final of FameLab on Wednesday evening. His three-minute talk on a scientific topic will be pitted against those from nine other national finalists, selected at heats around the country.
The final will take place at the Royal Institution in London, for those who can’t make it to the capital, it should also be viewable as a live stream online.
Family fun: Physics is cool with liquid nitrogen
Discover the strange properties of materials at low temperatures
This exciting talk includes lots of fun demonstrations that highlight ideas about temperature, energy, particles and materials.
Explore the uses of liquid nitrogen in transport, food preparation and medicine.
The show ends with a bang!
Please enter your details in this short form to apply for places: http://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/my-forms/booking-osf
The talk covers science taught at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. However the demonstrations and applications make this talk suitable for a range of ages.
7 October 2011
Particle Physics? There's an app for that!
Ever wondered what collisions at the Large Hadron Collider look like?
Scientists at the world's biggest scientific experiment - the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva - are trying to answer fundamental questions about the nature of the Universe, the origin of mass, the structure of space and time, and the conditions of the early universe. For those of us not lucky enough to have the world's highest energy particle smasher in our own back gardens, we can still get close to the action using an exciting new smartphone App.
Information Days for Prospective Students
Information Day - Friday 16th September 2011
A smaller open day, with tutors and students available to answer course-specific questions and course literature available for collection but no sample lectures or activities and very limited tours.
There will be an enquiry desk in the Martin Wood Complex from 10.00am to 4.00pm. For directions, please see the Oxford Physics Map: