Dear Club,

Today (Saturday 24-apr-99)  Andy, Christine and I worked the children's
fair at Thomas Field House.  It was a tremendous success!!  As you
might expect the large soap film bubbles were a huge attraction for
kids and adults.  If you haven't seen them since the demo show, Andy
has made some modifications so that we now consistently get bubbles
about 5 ft wide and maybe 8 ft long!  He and Christine were able to
break off bubbles up to 4 ft diameter.  

All afternoon long we had a line of kids watching and helping.  Some
sat in front waiting for the soap film to reach them.  We let kids 
hold the two side strings that control the width of the film and they
loved doing it.  Many adults asked how it worked and two people have 
said they will contact me about having the club do some demo shows for 
them.  (One person works at a children's camp and the other person
works over at the hospital.)  I hope we can bring this and other demos
to them.

We did have other demos at our table and many people had fun with them.
(Jim's little motor, tornado bottle, 3D pictures, etc.)

I hope when we do this again we can get more of us there to help.  The 
three of us had a ball, but we were pretty busy, too.

John
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On 24-Apr-99 the Physics Club will participate in an Children's
festival at Thomas Field House.  

Below is a list of table top demo we will have and who is in charge.


demo                                                  person in charge
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1. tornado bottle                                          John Reid
2. blow over dime causing it to rise and fly into cup      ?
3. take two pieces of carboard, tape together so they      Kevin
   are hinged, put magnets of opposite polarity on 
   unhinged corners ( 4 magnets - opposing poarity in 
   pairs.  The setup will cause the two hinged pages 
   to oscillate
4. table top motor ala Jim Wheeler                         Andy
5. glass in oil dissapears                                 ?
6. center of mass of eagle on pedestal                     John
7. meter stick & center of mass                            ?
8. 3-D optics red/blue picture                             ?
9. sound modulated light                                   Andy