High School Activities

Full body physics

Look but don’t touch is NOT the theme of these sessions! You will get charged, cold, wet, illuminated and harnessed during 90 minutes of full body physics. In small groups you will not only see, but hear, feel and experience the important concepts of Physics – lasers, electricity, magnetism, lasers, heat and cold, as you freeze air, charge your friends up to thousands of volts, and learn how blowing sucks.

Duration: 1.5 hours
Minimum: 8 students
Maximum: 50 students
Cost: $7/student (GST exempt)

Physics of the Stars (Years 7-12)

See a black hole through a radio telescope, look in detail at sunspots and solar prominences thousands of kilometres across and weigh Jupiter. A chance to see real data being collected and to chat with professional astronomers from the School of Physics. Note: for junior high school students an astronomy talk will replace the Jupiter calculation session.

Duration: 1.5 hours
Minimum: 8 students
Maximum: 30 students
Cost: $7/student (GST exempt)

Astronomy (Years 10-12)

Spend an hour exploring the life and death of a star with a professional astronomer from the Institute of Astronomy at the School of Physics. Fully illustrated with spectacular images this informative talk is the perfect complement to the Astrophysics module of the HSC syllabus.

Duration: 1 hour
Minimum: 8 students
Maximum: 120 students
Cost: $4 per student/ $3 per student for groups over 15

Relativity (Years 11-12)

Discover a universe where your legs get shorter and fatter when you drive fast, and travelling to Perth will make you longer. Relativity was born one hundred years ago as Einstein revolutionised the universe we thought we knew in a single year. This course explains relativity with no equations or maths required.

Duration: 1 hour
Minimum: 8 students
Maximum: 120 students
Cost: $4 per student/ $3 per student for groups over 15