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Outline of Activities

Free T-Shirts and other giveaways,

and Free Lunch!

  • Lab tours
  • Demonstration of Planetarium, TAMUC observatory and SARA telescopes
  • Hands on activities with faculty and students
  • Department overview
  • Careers unlocked by physics degrees
  • Panel discussion: ask our students about what it means to study physics here!

Physics Day!

Are you a parent that wants your child to learn physics, or a high school student that wants to know more about majoring in physics after graduation? Join us at Physics day! This event will be hosted by the A&M-Commerce Department of Physics and Astronomy, and is open to the public. There will be lots of fun activities.

Location: Keith D. McFarland Science Building (Building B22 on the campus map).

Date and time: Saturday, Apr 20th, 2024 from 9:30 am-2:30 pm.

For schedule of events please click here!

For more information, email us at

William.Newton@tamuc.edu or call 903-886-5488.

Link to A&M-Commerce Department of Physics and Astronomy Website

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PHYSICS DAY: April 20th, 2024

STUDENTS SCHEDULE

Location: Keith D. McFarland Science Building (Building B22 ).

 

9:30am – 10am Arrival, registration, pick up your T-Shirts – Foyer of Science Building

Parking in Lot 35 – access from West Neal street; science building is B22 on campus map.

Student Sessions (Hosted by the Society of Physics Students)

10:00 am – 10:20 am Welcome & introductions; tour labs and student lounge

10:20 am – 11:15 am Electron Microscope Imaging activity

11:15 am– 11:45 am Planetarium demo, demonstration of SARA telescopes - Room 146

11:45am – 12:15 pm Faculty/student presentations - Room 146

An introduction to the research our undergraduate students work on with our faculty

12:15 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch Room 146: Hear about our physics program over food!

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm Physics demonstrations/challenge – Room 135

Play with some interesting physics experiments and talk to our undergraduates

1:45 pm – 2:30 pm Panel discussion - Room 127

Find out what it’s like to be a physics major and do physics research, in a question-and-answer session with our panel of students.