Davidovitch and Pocar outreach to K12 teachers
Publication date:
Fri, Apr 05, 2013 - 8:15am
Professors Benny Davidovitch and Andrea Pocar have held hands-on outreach workshops to help bring modern research closer to the K12 curriculum. Their activity was carried out within the "Science and Engineering Science Seminars" organized for high school teachers in Western Massachusetts by Mort Sternheim's STEM Education Institute.
On Feb. 2 Pocar discussed "Everyday Particle Physics" using simple cloud chambers to observe ionizing radiation passing through a mist of super-cooled gas. On March 9 Davidovitch presented "Patterns around us", with an emphasis on real-life patterns demonstrated by the wrinkles observable on our skin or on paper sheets. ... more
Department of Physics