The young physicists program has been a staple of the UCSD Physics
department's outreach to area middle and high school students. The
program is designed provide area students with a chance spend a morning
learning about important concepts in physics through the use of demonstrations
(such as tesla coils, vacuum cannons, and more), hands on labs, and lectures
from current UCSD faculty and researchers. Following the program,
students are provided with pizza and soda.
This Saturday (March
8th) we'll be learning about geometric optics and waves. Students will be able
to build (and keep!) their own simple telescopes and learn about the wave
behavior in sound, light, and slinkys.
UCSD requires that participants in outreach programs associated with the university fill out a waver once a year. This waver can be found here http://ypp.ucsd.edu/waivers/waiver.pdf.