This year your SOCk and WIO student chapters have lots of fun outreach activities planned and this is your chance to get involved!
Upcoming Outreach Events:
Expanding Your Horizons
Date: Spring semester, stay tuned or more information!
Past Outreach Events:
Expanding Your Horizons
Date: Saturday, November 5th, 2011 - 9:00-12:30pm.
Location: Riverpark Inn at 350 S Freeway, Tucson AZ
Activity: Polarization workshop and career panelistsExpanding Your Horizons Date: Saturday, March 5th, 2011 - 9:00-12:30pm.
Location: University of Arizona
Activity: TBD Expanding Your Horizons Date: Saturday, March 6th, 2010 9:00-12:30pm.
Location: University of Arizona
Activity: TBD Optics Summer Academy for Young Scholars
Date: Monday, June 28th - Friday, July 2nd, 2010 - 12:30-4:30pm.
Location: College of Optical Sciences
Activity: TBD Science Night at Robins Elementary School
Date: Friday, October 23rd, 2010
Location: Robins Elementary School
Activity: Optics Demos
Needed: We have sufficient staffing for this event. Date: Wednesday, November 4th - Friday, November 6th, 2009.
Location: Tucson Convention Center.
Activity: Building kaleidoscopes.
Needed: ~6-8 people per day to staff the event, prepping kaleidoscope kits.
To sign up to staff the event follow this link: http://doodle.com/3ispvbp5cduv6gr2
Date: Saturday, November 7th, 2009 9:30-2pm.
Location: University of Arizona, Main Library.
Activity: Building kaleidoscopes.
Needed: ~4 people to staff the event, prepping kaleidoscope kits.
To sign up to staff the event follow this link: http://doodle.com/mcxr5k9d646i6b76
Date: Thursday, December 31st, 4-8pm.
Location: Tucson Children's Museum
Activity: Laser chess and laser water fountain.
Needed: ~4 people to staff the event, building the water fountain. Outreach Day at Baboquavari High School
Date: Tuesday, January 12th
Location: Baboquavari High School, Tohono O'odham Reservation
Activity: Optics Demos
Needed: Staffing, planning event.
From Meredith Kupinski and Kimberly Sierra-Cajas. UA graduate students Samantha White, Stacey Sueoka, Geillan Aly, Kali Wilson, and Oscar Herrera visited Baboquivari High School, on the Tohono O’odham Reservation to share their knowledge and interest in optics with college-bound high school students. Their creative and attention-grabbing demonstrations included laser transmission of audio signals, comparing diffraction patterns of different light sources, polarization (including a discussion of Avatar glasses), IR self-portraits, and a measurement of the speed of light using a fruit roll-up and a microwave! We wouldn’t be surprised if some of the Baboquivari students we met are one day in our freshman class. Thanks to these volunteers for ardently sharing their hard-earned knowledge of optics! Date: Saturday, January 30th.
Location: Tucson Children's Museum
Activity: Laser chess and laser water fountain.
Needed: ~4 people to staff the event, building the water fountain. College of Optical Sciences For questions or comments please contact: Margaret Dominguez |