For 5/27/2016: Video labs: 

1. The Joly Photometer: a. In the Joly Photometer video: What can you say about the 2 bulbs? The CFL is a 23W bulb and the incandescent bulb is 100W. Determine the relative efficiency of the 2 bulbs. 

b. In the Light Bulb Tests video: Find the wattage of the reference bulb. 

2. Keep in Time or Keep in Time: Nine student-musicians line up on a soccer field and clap to the beat of a metronome broadcast through a megaphone. Find the speed of sound. How accurate is your result? 

3. Gravity Powered Clock or Gravity Powered Clock or download (Quicktime Video 9.5MB Feb14 14): This video shows a "grandfather" clock powered by suspended masses that are pulled downward by the force of gravity. What quantities can you calculate using information from this video? What other information can you find in this video? Come up with questions for the information you have. Ask other groups the questions you come up with. You may find it useful to know: The video is filmed in Minnesota. The shutter was set at one exposure per second. 

AP Physics 2 — Schedule for Review – 2016 (6 weeks for review)

(Items in the schedule are subject to change!!)         

For rising juniors and seniors: Outreach Program in Electrical Engineering: Pre-College for Engineering Systems (PCES): http://www.ceacs.howard.edu/pre-college-engineering-systems-pces June 19-July 16, 2016: campus housing and meals are provided. Participants will receive housing and meal stipends but are required to pay a $300 registration fee after acceptance. If interested, please see Ms. Twu before May 26. 

Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) offers free 5-day Youth Leadership Institute to Hispanic Juniors: Flyer and DEADLINE: Nominations will only be accepted until April 12st 2016. Nominees will then be prompted to complete their online applications, which are due April 15th, 2016.

STEEM/SER-Quest Summer Program 2016 at UMCP Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering for 11th graders: PROGRAM DATES: Friday, July 1 - Saturday, July 30, 2016: Apply by May 10, 2016

Assessing the Impacts of Urbanization on the US Surface Climate: Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) - Internship:

https://intern.nasa.gov/ossi/mobile/opp.cfm?id=14331

Summer internship program at NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/education/internships.html

Girls Who Code: 2016 Summer Immersion Program Application: You must be a 10th or 11th grade student to complete an application. The application is due March 1, 2016 at 11:59PM PST! Your application must be submitted before this date and time to be considered for the Summer Immersion Program. 

Geosciences Bridge Program: The Geosciences Bridge Program is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NOAA’s Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center (LMRCSC) at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The program is for high school seniors to introduce them to ocean sciences, atmospheric sciences, and geographic information systems (GIS)/Remote Sensing techniques; strengthen their knowledge of mathematics; teach them life skills that will prepare them for college life; and enhance their academic performances through advisement, social support, and tutorial services. 

The program offers a 6-week paid internship ($500/week stipend + housing + meals) for students planning to pursue careers in the geosciences. The program includes lectures, field trips, hands-on activities, 2 courses for college credit (math and freshman seminar), housing, meals, travel to and from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and a stipend.

Here is a link to our website: https://www.umes.edu/cscgeosciences/ Applications due: March 31, 2016  Program dates: June 27-August 5, 2016

Women in Engineering (WIE) DREAM Conference: UMCP: Saturday, February 27, 2016 from 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM

WHERE:  Adele H. Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland, College Park  

The conference is FREE and includes lunch for participants. Plus, students that attend the event and subsequently the Clark School at the University of Maryland will be eligible to apply for DREAM scholarships valued at up to $2,500!  

For more information and to REGISTER, please visit http://www.wie.umd.edu/k12/dream-conference.

Jump Start summer science program at the University of Maryland (no cost): The program is open to high school students who will be entering their junior or senior year in the fall of 2016: http://hhmi.umd.edu/outreach/jumpstarthttp://hhmi.umd.edu/outreach/jumpstart Apply by 3/15.

For current juniors only: the QuestBridge 2016 College Prep Scholarship application is due March 23, 2016. 

The Esperanza scholarship: This year we are again awarding scholarships of at least $5000 and up to $20,000 to immigrant students and students with two immigrant parents in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia to attend public colleges and universities. Please visithttp://apps.esperanzafund.org/2016/.

We will also hold two application tip sessions.  The first will be offered on February 28, at 3:15 pm at Central Library, 1015 N. Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22201.  I know this is short notice for the first information session, but students can attend even if they have not started an application.  The second will be on March 12 at 10:15 am at the DC Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library, 4450 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington DC 20016. 

Physics is Phun: Friday, March 4, 2016 and Saturday, March 5, 2016. Shows begin at 7:00pm and end at 8:30pm: Program Flyer. Read about it. Turn in your notes by March 8 (for Dr. Rigal's classes) and on March 7th or 10th (for Ms. Twu's classes) for bonus points. 

National Air and Space Museum Jobs for High School Students: High school students begin as volunteers and may be considered for a paid position after the successful completion of 100 hours. http://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/get-involved/student-jobs.cfm

AP Physics 2 — Schedule for Modern Physics

(Items in the schedule are subject to change!!)

AP Physics 2 — Schedule for Light wave (2 weeks)

(Items in the schedule are subject to change!!)

QuestBridge 2015 National College Match: The QuestBridge National College Match is designed for high school seniors who have shown outstanding academic ability despite economic challenges. http://www.questbridge.org/ applications due 9/28/2015: http://www.questbridge.org/for-students/ncm-who-should-apply They provide full 4-year scholarships to the nation's best colleges - scholarships worth over $200,000 each. 

The deadline for applications for the next class of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program will be January 13, 2016. https://www.gmsp.org/publicweb/AboutUs.aspx

LEDA is looking for its next Cohort of 100 LEDA Scholars. Please review the eligibility criteria on our flyer, www.ledascholars.org/flyer, and refer all high school juniors who have the potential to be LEDA Scholars! They can start their applications at www.ledascholars.org/application. Please contact recruitment@ledascholars.org if you or your students have any questions.

The deadline is December 11, 2015. We look forward to reviewing their submissions!

Physics is Phun Demonstration Lecture: Celebrating Light" is geared toward a high school audience and aim to both educate and entertain! Friday, October 16th @ 7:00 PM to about 8:30PM, Saturday, October 17th @ 7:00 PM to about 8:30PM(The same lecture on both days.) To earn bonus points, a student should turn in his/her stamped notes on the lecture before Tuesday, Oct. 20.  

Location: Physics Department Lecture Halls (1410 & 1412) John S. Toll Physics Building (082), University of Maryland

For more information, please visit umdphysics.umd.edu/outreach

US Physics Team Competition: If you are interested in participating in the F = ma preliminary exam, please take a look at the information and old exam problems at https://www.aapt.org/physicsteam/2015/exams.cfm. If you decide to take the prelim, please email Ms. Twu (best before Oct. 19 using an email address that you will check daily. We may begin to meet after school to practice soon after Oct. 19. 

AP Physics 2 — Schedule for Thermal Physics: Ch. 13, 14 and 15: 3 weeks

(Items in the schedules are subject to change!!)

University of Maryland College Park, Department of Materials Science and Engineering: 

MSE@UMD Open Houses for Prospective and Transfer Undergraduate Students

Online Registration » These events are free but space is limited.   Saturday, September 26, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

AP Physics 2 — Schedule for Fluid Mechanics: Ch. 10: 3 weeks

(Items in the schedules are subject to change!!)