EARTH DAY/OPEN HOUSE
The Department of Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
&
The Department of Physics
Friday
April 21, 2006
11:00 am.- 3:00 p.m.
Oceanography and Physics Building
(Click here for directions)
Click here for a photo slideshow of the pictures on the Earth Day
Fish Prints
Fossil Search
Galvanometer
Hand crank generator
Voice Display
Hand pump Vacuum Chamber
Tornado tubes
Touch Tanks
Air Cannon
Star Trace
D-Cell Electromagnet
Kiddie Microscopes/phytoplankton
| Hands on Activities with Instructors |
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Ocean Observing-rm. 452
Ballast Water- rm. 444
Bouncy Demo- rm. 400
Chemical Weathering- rm. 400
Making Atoms Cold with Lasers-
Ocean Color- Why is the ocean blue?- rm. 330
CHIMP Computer Model- rm. 403
Inflatable 50 ft. Whale- outside area (weather permitting)
Liquid Nitrogen Demo- rm. 203
Mulholland's Lab- rm. 418
OEAS Small boats with equipment/loading doc
Rotating Stool- 2nd Floor Atrium
Mystery Suitcase- 2nd Floor Atrium
Ring Shooter- rm. 142
Magnet, Coil and Galvanometer- rm. 142
Van de Graf Generator Demo- rm. 142
Lenz Law Tube- rm. 142
Geiger Counter Demo- rm. 142
Straw Oboe- Outside
Vibrating String- rm. 144
Blacksnake Traveling Wave- rm. 144
Resonant Frequency Demo- rm. 144
Bernoulli Ball Float- rm. 142
Bernaulli Bag- rm. 142
Color Addition Lights- rm. 142
Spectral Tubes & Rainbow Glasses- rm. 142
Can Crush Demo- rm. 142
| Presentations (Scheduled events) Approx. 20 minutes |
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Planetarium Shows
11:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
12:00 noon- 12:20 p.m.
2:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
Presentations
11:30-Noon- Pollution
Noon-12:30- Chesapeake Bay
Noon-1:30- Making Atoms Cold with Lasers
1:00-1:30- Careers in Marine Science
2:00-2:30- Arctic Research
Do you have a meteorite? (bring it in and have it identified)
Fossil Identification
Sieves
Fossil display
Fossil casts & molds
| Videos Showing Throughout building |
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Pollution
Recycling
Research in South Africa
Core Cutting DVD
ODU Admissions Office- campus tours
Give aways (pens, key chains etc.)
Door Prizes
Register to win a trip on R/V Slover or Planetarium Show
For Parent or Guardian
Children's Photo Release Form (pdf) Field Trip Permission Slip (pdf)
LARGE GROUPS AND SCHOOLS SHOULD CONTACT
Toni Cawley 757.683.4943 or tcawley@odu.edu - to schedule your group. Please provide- size of group, grade level, interested activities or talks and approximate time of arrival.
Groups who have made arrangements will have a tour guide available on the day of the event
Teachers - You can register to win a school field trip aboard the R/V Fay Slover or a Planetarium Show.
