“Alternates and Inexpensive Ways to Show Physics Concepts”

Presented by Regina Barrera, Stephanie Ingle and Tom O’Kuma, Lee College, Baytown, TX

Do you have ways of showing or engaging Physics Concepts that is a must see? Why don’t you bring it with you and show it to us? Are you scratching your head trying to figure out how to engage your students? Join us. You may come out of this workshop with ideas that may help you in your instruction. I will bring some items that I use for outreach and recruiting. One of the items we will make is the Spectroscope. It is a kaleidoscope that uses hatch gratings with tape, paper tubes, paper clips, and rubber bands. Another is a demonstration of alternating current or the fingerprint of a gas. It just uses a neon bulb, power cord, and a toy. These ideas and much more will be illustrated (and some make and take) in this workshop. Again, if you have something that demonstrates a concept in Physics, please bring it to share with us! Let us build a network for exchanging ideas to engage students. This workshop is proudly supported by the Organization of Physics in Two Year Colleges, OPTYCs, https://optycs.aapt.org.