Physics Outreach Project
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Science is our Superpower! What's Yours?!
Physics Outreach Project represents the science-education community outreach of the Physics Dept. at °®¶¹´«Ã½. POP implements entertaining science programs to groups of all ages, both on and off campus. In particular, we offer stimulating, highly interactive after-school programs to elementary school students that traditionally have little exposure to physics concepts.
Beyond the educational benefit to the audience, POP provides a great teaching and learning experience for our volunteer presenters, who enjoy the enthusiastic personalities and high energy level of our audiences. POP presenters are volunteers recruited from the entire °®¶¹´«Ã½ student population, both science and non-science majors. All volunteers are given the necessary safety and content training before each program, to ensure a safe and effective presentation.
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POP News:
2023 Spring: A new record! POP delivered an amazing 28 after-school programs to 5 local schools!
2022 Fall: Pandemic no more! POP delivered a normal 19 after-school programs to 4 local schools! Also, the POP YouTube Channel is up and running, and we've added an Alumni page to this POP website.
2020 Spring: POP received a $5000 grant from SPIE, the Society of Optics and Photonics! This funding has been used to develop TWO after-school programs specifically for ... optics and photonics!
