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[ISTATALK-L] Fw: World Year of Physics 2005 January Newsletter
2005 is here and so are some great physics
activities for several grade levels to accompany the World Year of Physics
2005. Besides the www.physics2005.org site
referenced below, you can get a feel for what's going on around the world at
www.wyp2005.org.
Pati
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> World Year of Physics 2005
Newsletter - January 2005
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> "Help Make 2005 Another Miraculous
Year"
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> In this
issue:
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> 1. Sign-up Deadlines: January 31, 2005
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2. International Launch Event in Paris: Physics for Tomorrow
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> 3.
Physics Enlightens the World
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> 4. Physics Across the World
International Poster Competition
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> 5. Get Inside a Physicist's
Head!
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> 6. WYP T-Shirts
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> 7. 2005 Event Finder now
online!
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> Happy World Year of Physics 2005! What we've all been waiting for is
finally here.
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> You're receiving this message because you signed
up to be on the list at our website or at an APS, AAPT or other scientific
meeting. This newsletter, containing information about the upcoming World Year
of Physics 2005, is distributed approximately every six weeks.
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1. Sign-up Deadlines: January 31, 2005
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> If you're a middle
school or high school teacher, the deadline to sign-up for our classroom
projects is January 31, 2005.
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> PhysicsQuest is our
investigative hunt for middle school students. http://www.physics2005.org/events/physicsquest/index.html
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> High school students can team up with other
students to Measure the Radius of the Earth. http://www.physics2005.org/events/eratosthenes/index.html
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> Teachers guides will be online soon. If
you've already signed up, you'll be receiving information very soon.
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> 2. International Launch Event in Paris: Physics for Tomorrow
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> "Physics for Tomorrow" will take place January 13-15 in Paris, and will
be open to the general public. It will aim to capture the attention of the
international press and media, so that events and celebrations organized around
the world throughout the year will attract public and media attention. For more
information, click on: http://www.physics2005.org/international.html . You can also get live updates on the conference from APS News reporter
Ernie Tretkoff at http://www.physics2005.org/wypblog .
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> 3. Physics Enlightens the World
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> In
the World Year of Physics 2005 as many people as possible should get the feeling
to be part of a great physics community spanning the whole globe. "Physics
enlightens the world" is an endeavour to achieve just that: A world-wide relay
of light to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Albert Einstein's death on April
18, 2005. For more information, click on: http://www.physics2005.org/events/projects.html
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> 4. Physics Across the World International
Poster Competition
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> A poster competition for students aged 10 -
16 years to mark the World Year of Physics in 2005. Students can create their
own colourful posters to show how physics applications makes their lives better
and has a positive impact on their everyday lives. For more information, click
on: http://www.physics2005.org/events/projects.html
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> 5. Get Inside a Physicist's Head! Only on
the Quantum Diaries Website.
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> Who travels the world in search of
the unknown? A pirate? An international spy? No! A physicist! Quantum Diaries
will follow the lives of scientists from around the world as they live the World
Year of Physics 2005. In their own words, in photos, blogs, and videos, it will
tell the real-life stories of real physicists in real time. Launching Thursday,
January 13! Sign up for a launch announcement and e-mail updates today at:
http://www.quantumdiaries.org
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> 6. WYP T-Shirts
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> World Year of Physics T-Shirts are now
available. Look as smart as you really are in a WYP T-shirt. Get your's today
at: http://www.spsnational.org/societynews/2005WYP_shirts.htm
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> 7. 2005 Event Finder now online!
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> The WYP2005 Online Event Finder is now available. We want to hear about
YOUR World Year of Physics event in the United States. Add your open house,
public lecture, lab tour, or physics demonstrations to our online event finder
so others in your area (and around the country) can find out about your events.
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> Click here to submit your events:
> http://www.physics2005.org/events/submit.html
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For more information on the World Year of Physics 2005, email vinaya@xxxxxxx or visit our website at
http://www.physics2005.org.
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REMOVE in the subject line.
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