If you have any questions contact Prof. Yuri
Gershtein or call Flying Circus Headquarters at (850) 644-1294
Headquarters Cell Phone (during event): 570-7044
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| Headquarters Tent |
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The main information center and the "take off point" for all tours.
The Headquarters Tent is the best place to start your physics fun! |
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| Planetarium Show: "More than Meets the Eye." |
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The planetarium show this year is "More than Meets the Eye." In this show, individual points of light in the night sky are revealed to be nebula, galaxies, and star clusters. Free tickets will be available in the lobby of the Richards Building for the planetarium's hourly shows. |
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| Multimedia Presentations and Film Shows |
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Special twenty minute talks (with demonstrations) will be presented in the Room 101 Theater, Richards Building. These talks were chosen for widespread public interest and designed to be entertaining as well as informative.
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The Chemical "Medicine" Show
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Images from Space - Hubble Space Telescope |
Physics of Sports
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| In addition, selected science films will be shown between presentations.
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The Universe |
Roller Casters |
Elegant Universe |
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| Physics Paper Airplane Contest |
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Experience the physics of flight!
Look for the paper-folding table near the Headquarters Tent. |
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| Hands-On Experiments and Demonstrations |
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| Exciting hands-on experiments and demonstrations are available all day in the rooms of the Richards Building: |
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Mechanics |
Electricity and Magnetism |
Sound and Waves |
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Room 110 |
Room 105 |
Room 114 |
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Lasers and Light |
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Room 109 |
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| Tours of Research Facilities |
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| Guided tours around the Physics Department research facilities will be available all day on a regular basis. The "take off point" for all tours will be the Headquarters Tent. |
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Condensed Matter Physics Group
This research group, which includes the Center for Materials Research and Technology (MARTECH), is active in a number of areas such as high Tc superconductivity, metal clusters, surface physics and liquid crystals
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The Superconducting LINAC Laboratory
The Superconducting Linear Accelerator Facility is used to perform fore-front research studying the behavior and response of the atomic nucleus to many varied and extreme conditions. See how we can make nuclei spin at a rate of two hundred, million, million, million revolutions per second! |
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School of Computational Science
See the amazing PowerWall computer display. |
LEGO mechanics
Explore mechanics and other areas of physics in the colorful world of LEGO. |
Space Warper
Explore the Coriolis force while riding the Space Warper. The Coriolis force is responsible for rotation of hurricanes and other weather systems. |
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Looking for Sunspots
The Tallahassee Astronomical Society will set up the H-Alpha Solar telescope and other specially-filtered telescopes in the courtyard for detailed observation of the Sun. |
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