Updated07/02/2007                                

 

                                  Photo courtesy Alabama Adventure

formerlyVisionLand) , Bessemer, AL 

     2007     UAB     

Summer Physics Workshop

for High School Students

 

 

 

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July 2 Update

As of 11 AM today there are still openings in the workshop.  By 10 AM tomorrow I must send a list of participants to Alabama Adventure.  If you have not registered and want to attend,

1. Call me at 934-0340.

2. Download the letter, application and schedule below.  Fill them out (get signatures, etc.) and bring them to UAB on the first workshop day, July 5 at 10 AM.  Also, bring a $75 check to cover registration and the workshop fee.

3. If your name does not get on the Alabama Adventure list above, you will likely have to buy an Alabama Adventure day ticket.*  We will discuss a reduced workshop fee to reflect this.

* You will not need a waterpark admission ticket to participate in Friday activities at Alabama Adventure.

Poster Announcement

 

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Letter to students, parents and teachers; sample schedule

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Application Form

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Schedule and Information for students

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UAB Campus Map  

Focuses of Workshop:

Schedule of Events:

  Monday    Tuesday    Wednesday   Thursday   Friday

July 2

 

                        

July 3

 

 

July 4

4th of July

July 5

  • Registration, orientation

  • Shadowing days sign-up

  • Physics of Roller Coasters

  • Digital Video techniques

  • Accelerometers

  • Roller Coaster design software

July 6

 

Day at Alabama Adventure:

  • Ride Rampage & Zoomerang

  • Use accelerometer, digital video

  • Free time
July 9

  • Analyze Alabama Adventures results

  • Begin Roller Coaster design competition

July 10

  • Complete Roller Coaster design competition

  • Judging

  • Prep. for shadowing

 

 July 11

 

 

 

  

Approx time:  10 AM - 3:00 PM each day  (Earlier start on Amusement Park day.)

Dates:  (i) July 5,6,9,10, 2007, Amusement Park Physics, Roller-Coaster Design competition. 

                (July 6 at Alabama Adventure*)

            (ii) Four days, individually-scheduled shadowing in research labs, scheduled in July-August

Age:  Students must be 16 or older.

Approximately 25 students can be accommodated.  Selection is based on application date, interest, potential as a future physical scientist.  Preference is given to (i) students who are sophomores or juniors in high school, and (ii) seniors who have applied to UAB and indicate plans to major in Physics.

Cost:  $60 workshop fee plus nonrefundable $15 application fee.  Covers needed materials (inc. DVD to be distributed at end of summer), day at Alabama Adventures, first-day lunches, T-shirt, and UAB undergrad student helpers.  Scholarships available, based on need, recommendation(s) of science teacher and/or school counselor, and potential as a future physical scientist.

Transportation: Students and parents/guardians are responsible for all transportation.  Parking will be available for a nominal fee.

Application Target Date:  April 30, 2007.

Absolute Last day to participate: July 5; meet at address below.

Location: 

Department of Physics

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Campbell Hall, Room 310

1300 University Blvd. (US mail 1530 3rd Ave. S)

Birmingham, AL 35294-1170

 

Contacts:

Thomas Nordlund

Physics Undergraduate Program Director

nordlund@uab.edu

Tel: 205-934-0340 or 934-4736

Fax: 205-934-8042