Local cub scouts who visited campus on Nov. 3 got an early education in physics and astronomy. The two-hour event was arranged by Robert Sanderson, an instructional lab manager and lecture demonstration specialist in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
“We had almost 30 scouts in attendance, and the kids and their parents all were smiling from beginning to end,” Sanderson said. “We covered quite a few topics, from electricity generation to motion and forces. Some favorite demos were our CO2-powered car, bicycle wheel gyroscopes, a Van de Graaff Generator, and a solar telescope.”
Sanderson, who has a doctoral degree in physics, previously worked as a high school physics teacher.