Haunted Physics Lab
The Haunted Physics Lab is one day event where students have a chance to explore a collection of hands-on displays, activities, and experiments. Despite its name- the Haunted Physics Lab is not scary, unless you are fearful of science. A Halloween theme is put with the lab because it is held at the end of October each year.
The Haunted Physics Lab is very similar to what is normally only found in the children’s science museums of large cities (e.g. Impression 5 Museum, Detroit Science Center, Boston's Museum of Science, San Francisco’s Exploratorium). The demonstrations are designed to be fun and to get students interested in science. Although the some activities are geared toward younger children, the demonstrations themselves are suitable for older students including high school students. In fact, many of the demonstrations are the same as those which I use in the classroom. My physics students serve as docents for the day as students from the elementary and middle schools come through.
The resources on this page are free to download and use in your classroom. Many of the resources I received from the Haunted Physics Laboratories workshop run by Richard Flarend from Penn State-Altoona at the 2009 AAPT Summer Meeting.
The Haunted Physics Lab is very similar to what is normally only found in the children’s science museums of large cities (e.g. Impression 5 Museum, Detroit Science Center, Boston's Museum of Science, San Francisco’s Exploratorium). The demonstrations are designed to be fun and to get students interested in science. Although the some activities are geared toward younger children, the demonstrations themselves are suitable for older students including high school students. In fact, many of the demonstrations are the same as those which I use in the classroom. My physics students serve as docents for the day as students from the elementary and middle schools come through.
The resources on this page are free to download and use in your classroom. Many of the resources I received from the Haunted Physics Laboratories workshop run by Richard Flarend from Penn State-Altoona at the 2009 AAPT Summer Meeting.
