Physics and Astronomy Open House
Saturday, October 31, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Interesting Activities for All Ages:
- Explore How Things Work in Hands-On Science Rooms
- Test Your Science Knowledge & Compete for Prizes
- Learn how Physics Fights Cancer: Tour the IU Cyclotron and the Midwest Proton Therapy Institute
- Visit the Kirkwood Observatory
- Interested in a Science Career? Talk with Faculty & Students about Research and Education at IU
- Be Amazed and Thrilled by the Physics Demonstration Show: "Phreaky Physics"
- Lectures on “Planning for the H1N1 Flu: how physics and computers help to fight off global pandemics” and “Galileo the Revolutionary: Hubble's Bounty”
- Teacher's Lunch
- NEW: Hands on Electronics Room
Schedule of Events:
| Start | Swain Events | Cyclotron | Observatory |
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| 09:00 am | START | ||
| 09:15 am | (more info) | ||
| 09:30 am | Demo Show "Phreaky Physics" (more info) |
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| 09:45 am | |||
| 10:00 am | Tour | ||
| 10:15 am | |||
| 10:30 am | Bus: SW to IUCF | Tour | |
| 10:45 am | Public Lecture "Hubble's Bounty" (more info) |
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| 11:00 am | IUCF/MPRI Tour (more info) |
Tour | |
| 11:15 am | |||
| 11:30 am | Tour | ||
| 11:45 am | |||
| 12:00 pm | Bus: IUCF to SW | Tour | |
| 12:15 pm | Bus: SW to IUCF | ||
| 12:30 pm | Public Lecture "Planning for the H1N1 flu" (more info) |
Tour | |
| 12:45 pm | IUCF/MPRI Tour (more info) |
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| 01:00 pm | Tour | ||
| 01:15 pm | |||
| 01:30 pm | Tour | ||
| 01:45 pm | Demo Show "Phreaky Physics" (more info) |
Bus: IUCF to SW | |
| 02:00 pm | Tour | ||
| 02:15 pm | |||
| 02:30 pm | END | ||
FREE admission, FREE refreshments, and FREE parking
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Information for the Press:
Press Page - press release, public service announcement, photos of previous events, and movie clips.
Printable Posters:
For Lunch:
The following eateries in the Indiana Memorial Union will be open:
| Starbucks | 8:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m | |
| Sugar & Spice | 10:30 a.m .- 6:00 p.m. | |
| The Market at the Union (Food Court) | 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | |
| The Market Charleston Market | 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. | |
| The Market Pizza Hut | 10:00 a.m .- 11:00 p.m. | |
| The Market Sub Connection | 10:00 am - 2:00 p.m. |
While you're there, the bowling alley, is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. if you're interested. Click here for a map tp other restaurants within walking distance of Swain Hall West.
Guests with disabilities:
If you need assistance, special arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please call 812-855-1247
Maps:
Maps of the Indiana University Campus, which will help you find Swain Hall West and the Physics Department, are available in printable and interactive forms
Parking information:
There are two parking garages located within walking distance of Swain Hall West. Atwater Parking Garage is located on Faculty Drive between 3rd Street and Atwater Avenue, and The Henderson Garage is located on Fess Avenue between Atwater Avenue and Third Street. Both garages allow free parking all day Saturday and Sunday. Visitors may also park in any 'D' or 'E' zone surface lot space all day Saturday and Sunday. There is a large surface lot on Atwater Avenue between the two parking garages. Elsewhere on campus, metered parking areas are free from Friday at 10:00 PM until Monday at 7:00 AM. Any valid state issued handicap plaque/plate may park in an IU handicap space after 5 PM without an IU Handicap permit.
Mailing List:
Join the Indiana University Physics Department Outreach mailing list! For up to the date information about Open House, and other outreach events, subscribe by sending an email to listserv@indiana.edu with SUBSCRIBE IUBPHYSICSNEWS-L as the body of the email.
Questions ?
Contact: Susan Brown, Tel: (812)855-1246
