Contact Information
Department of Physics525 Northwestern Avenue
West Lafayette, IN
47907-2036
Map and Directions
Telephone:
(765) 494-2970
Fax:
(765) 494-0706
Focus on Science
Focus on Science is a full week of hands-on science activities in elementary and middle schools. The program seeks to excite and enlighten students about the importance of science in their daily lives. It exposes teachers to classroom activities that combine excitement, cooperative learning, and participatory activites with real-world relevance. Highlights of the week include a convocation on science demonstrations, grade-level hands-on science activites for each day, and an evening parent-student hands-on acitivity. Teacher in service programs are also available.
Focus on Science Activities
- The Nature of Science: Observation, Analogies, and Hypotheses
- Simple Machines: Pulleys
- Simple Machines: Second-Class Levers
- Light: The Visible Spectrum
- Matter and Energy: Heat Flow
- Forces of Nature: Kinetic Energy Pendulums
- Forces of Nature: Magnetism
If you have any questions regarding the Purdue Physics Outreach Program, please contact us.