Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Making the Young Find a Life of Physics Fun

This is another account of someone making a difference in getting students interested in physics. This time, it comes from Wales. Ray Davies (not the Nobel Laureate who passed away recently) is getting kids interested in physics and photonics/optics in particular.

“One girl came along for work experience on a Monday morning and said ‘I hate all science.’ So I asked her what she was interested in and she said she had always been interested in climbing.

“So we built a laser-activated, remote-controlled, mobile rescue stretcher. She’s now started a physics degree at university.


When you can actually do that, you HAVE made a significant impact.

Zz.
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