Angelo State Society of Physics Students Science Outreach: West Texas Road Trip 2008

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Abstract

The Angelo State Society of Physics Students readily embraces the opportunity to give back to the community. For the past three years, the ASU Peer Pressure Team has presented science demonstrations to elementary and junior high students in the West Texas area. The annual week-long trip involves college students seeking to inspire a younger generation about physics and science in general. The Road Trip 2008 took ten undergraduate students on a nearly 600 mile round trip. The reactions and responses from the students, teachers and administrators received by the local SPS chapter's efforts have been overwhelmingly positive, and opportunities continue to present themselves.

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Authors

  • Lacy Estes

    Angelo State University Department of Physics

  • Shufang Su

    Iowa State University, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of Arizona, Sandia National Laboratories, Physics Department, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1051, Northwestern University, Texas Tech University, University of Utah Department of Physics, University of Toulouse-UPS, IRSAMC, Toulouse, France, University of Arizona, Department of Physics, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Texas A\&M University, Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute, Birdville ISD, Universidad de Colima, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Brigham Young University, UT Atlington, MV Systems, Colorado State University, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, New Mexico State University, Texas State Univ., CAMD/LSU, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, North Side High School, Fort Worth, TX, Nitronex Corporation, Arizona State University, Angelo State University Department of Physics, Texas Tech University Deptarment of Electrical Engineering