The Texas A&M Department of Physics and Astronomy has a new outreach initiative with support of the Science Festival Alliance. Our dedicated faculty and students “meet people where they are,” by adding exciting science experiences to existing events and venues where people are already gathered.
These efforts truly engage with audience members who may never attend a science event on their own accord. By engaging people in the midst of activity, the Just Add Science approach has the potential to show that science is relevant to things they already care deeply about.
The Texas A&M Just Add Science Program is characterized as science activities taking place in a context that integrates into the normal course of people’s lives.
Examples of our hands-on demonstrations that are always a big hit with the public include “magic bubbles” (soap bubbles floating in aquarium with dry ice), angular momentum (aka figure skater), gyroscopes, optical illusions, animal balloons and racquetballs frozen in liquid nitrogen, bike wheel generator, vacuum lifter, inseparable phone books (fight the friction!), sports physics and many more!
These efforts truly engage with audience members who may never attend a science event on their own accord. By engaging people in the midst of activity, the Just Add Science approach has the potential to show that science is relevant to things they already care deeply about.
The Texas A&M Just Add Science Program is characterized as science activities taking place in a context that integrates into the normal course of people’s lives.
Examples of our hands-on demonstrations that are always a big hit with the public include “magic bubbles” (soap bubbles floating in aquarium with dry ice), angular momentum (aka figure skater), gyroscopes, optical illusions, animal balloons and racquetballs frozen in liquid nitrogen, bike wheel generator, vacuum lifter, inseparable phone books (fight the friction!), sports physics and many more!
