Woodlawn High School Science Education Outreach
2008 Summer Outreach
(7/31~8/5/2008)
For Educators
SMART Proposal
Outreach program agenda
For Students
Outreach supporting videos:
Tacoma narrows
Haunted swing
Resonant energy transfer
Metronomes synchronization
Amazing sound waves
Chladni patterns
Faraday waves
Astronomy
Galaxy Zoo
Help scientists find galaxies!!
SETI
Help scientists find aliens!!
Science
Calculate local magneitc field
Calculate local gravity (in US)
Mathematics
GIMPS
Find the largest primes!!
Ulam Spiral
Factorization
Sponsors
National Sciene Foundation
University of Chicago
Woodlawn High school
Urban School Improvement
Chicago MRSEC
Chin's Research Group
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Welcome
to S.M.A.R.T.!
Who are we?
···We are a group of researchers and educators from the Department of Physics of the University of Chicago.
What are we doing here?
···We are setting up this website and share with you the secrets and excitment about science and mathematics research.
How do you explore the website?
···Try the links on the left. If you know any other interesting websites, please tell us. We will include more interesting websites.
Who are we?
···We are a group of researchers and educators from the Department of Physics of the University of Chicago.
What are we doing here?
···We are setting up this website and share with you the secrets and excitment about science and mathematics research.
How do you explore the website?
···Try the links on the left. If you know any other interesting websites, please tell us. We will include more interesting websites.
2008 Summer S.M.A.R.T. Outreach program
7/31: KPTC 208 + Lab tour: Water and sand waves
Organizer: Heinrich Jaeger
Assistant: Helen Parks
8/1: KPTC 208: Mechanical Resonances
Organizer: Kathy-Anne Brickman
Assistants: Arjun Sharma, Scott Waitukaitis, Athena Frost
8/2: Museum Tour: Adler Planetarium
Organizer: Athena Frost
8/4: KPTC 208: Vortex rings and fluid dynamics
Organizer: Eileen Sheu
Assistants: Trey Banani and Barnabas Kipapa
8/5: KPTC 208: Chlodny plate, Faraday waves & BBQ
Organizers: Nathan Gemelke and Cheng Chin
Assistant: Kara Lamb and William Sweeney
Laboratory managers: Van Bistrow and Dennis Gordon
BBQ experts: Scott Waitukaitis and Dennis Lin
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 6, 21:51:02 2008
Puzzle of the
month (Summer Olympic question):
Prove that world record for long jump should be 4 times the world record for high jump.
(Check Wikipedia and see whether the above statement is true.)
Puzzle of the month:
Show that a 3x3x3 Rubik's cube has 8!12!(3^7)(2^10) ~ 4*10^19 configurations.
Puzzle of last month:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 = 100
Insert +, -, *, /, ^, (, ), ., ... between the numbers or simply connecting them such that the above equation is valid.
Example: 12+3.4+5.6+7+8*9=100
Prove that world record for long jump should be 4 times the world record for high jump.
(Check Wikipedia and see whether the above statement is true.)
Puzzle of the month:
Show that a 3x3x3 Rubik's cube has 8!12!(3^7)(2^10) ~ 4*10^19 configurations.
Puzzle of last month:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 = 100
Insert +, -, *, /, ^, (, ), ., ... between the numbers or simply connecting them such that the above equation is valid.
Example: 12+3.4+5.6+7+8*9=100