Hey /sci/, lame thread, I know, but I need input. Anybody got brilliant ideas for a HS level physics club? Competitions, activities, etc? Tell me what all ya intellectual elitists would have liked to do in your geeky high school years. (Other than lose your virginity, of course. IN BEFORE PEOPLE FIXATE ON THAT LINE.)
BTW, I'm not rich, so don't tell me to build a particle accelerator or something... O_o
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Anonymous2007-05-30 20:01 ID:ilyloIzo
underage b&
study a real science like math
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Anonymous2007-05-30 20:24 ID:ci8h/lSZ
Build a nuclear bomb.
(Fision devices are actually very simple)
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Anonymous2007-05-30 21:55 ID:SAJiK5LL
Build devices and shit.
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Anonymous2007-05-30 22:08 ID:7yaii+/g
Build a fusion reactor. They cost about 1,000 dollars (with the cheapest equipment) and are relatively simple to make.
I read something about that recently, actually. Something about a teen building one in his basement and the neighbors being freaked out by the prospect. Sounds a little wacky, but who knows? Anyway, interesting idea.
Hovercar, then drive over the parking lot and drop shit on the cars of all the other kids who regularly kick your ass.
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Anonymous2007-05-31 8:56 ID:ZAxskQA7
Holography. Or build a giant trebuchet. Some friends and I did the latter for a school project, and I am /dying/ to do the former, but I don't have enough space.
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4tran2007-05-31 21:47 ID:E2etFfFF
With regards to competitions, inquire about the international physics olympiad. Each country has a different entry route. In the US, http://aapt.org/Contests/index.cfm
Getting a large transformer can also be lots of fun (sparkly shit).
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Anonymous2007-05-31 23:19 ID:V+HwvN+R
In my physics class we once put a small pig at the bottom of a concave mirror. Then put another one on top with a hole above the pig, and you get a hollogram of the pig.
You seem to be in America, from your terminology. That means there's little point in forming a HS-level physics club, since foreigners will fill most of your grad positions in American universities anyway. Physics club or not, the HSers around you will just end up being cashiers and cops for their careers.
If you still intend to go through with this waste of time, then what I suggest is that you obtain funding from your school -- American school systems love to tax the surrounding populace and are flush with money -- and rent some Asian students from China in the guise of a student-exchange program. Naturally, there's no point in sending American students to China since the Chinese certainly have no use for stone-dumb American teenagers. Merely pay for the plane tickets for some Chinese teens to come to your school, and don't send any students to China in return.
Once the Chinese teens are in your school, give them a list of things they can do, and on that list will be "form a Physics club". In true Oriental efficiency, they should be able to whip one up for you in under a week, complete with full documentation, equipment, and various Science Fair projects ready-to-go.
"Renting Asians" is what American businesses are doing with the H- and L- labor passport programs, so my suggestion can't be that much of a shock. We already know, deep down in our culture, that there's no point in educating Americans anymore. Why bother? -- when some "Chindian" will do the same job, better, and for 1/4 of the cost?
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Anonymous2007-06-10 13:33 ID:EYUIbwUE
I HAS NOTHING IN HIGH SCHOOL!
YOU WILL HAVE NOTHING UNTIL I GET WHAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN OH SO LONG AGO!
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Anonymous2007-06-10 15:14 ID:EYUIbwUE
First of all, if your main interest is in starting a group in which you may discuss physics with other interested parties, Inot making a "high school physics club". This will do several bad things, such as exclude most or all people except students at your own high school. It will also confine activities to whatever is being taught in science classes already, instead of promoting independant study for it's own sake. Much better would be to form a group outside of school, and then invite any freinds who might be interested. Maybe put up a sign promoting the club with a url to a website that explains it, and has an email adress and/or internet forum for people to send further questions. It might be a good idea to choose either a public space or a property you own for getherings, or even just a resteraunt. Try to choose somewhere unpopular, if you go with a public space, so you won't have to worry about interferance too much. And don't obsess over administration or other things that groups of intelectuals shouldn't need. The idea is to gather a group of equals, not a group of underlings. As for projects, you can get some ideas from here, but try to think up some things for yourselves:
If OP is genuinely interested in physics, >>34 has a good solution, but that doesn't help fluff up the college application (eg "president of physics club"). Then again, he's not quite a student, so he probably doesn't care either way.
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Anonymous2009-03-18 3:05
The word pirahna, is all I can think of that rhymes with marijuana