Hands on with Quantum Physics

Author / Creator

AAPT SM20 (2020)

Conferences

AAPT SM20 STPAR-4 Museum and Building Lobby Science (2020)

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Online

Summary

Quantum physics is weird and un-intuitive. We usually imagine the classical world around us when think about physics. But in reality it is much more interesting and surprising. I will talk about my...

Quantum physics is weird and un-intuitive. We usually imagine the classical world around us when think about physics. But in reality it is much more interesting and surprising. I will talk about my personal journey as a physics educator to take modern physics out of the lab and into the public hands. I will show how we can use hands-on demonstrations of superconductor levitation to tell the story of quantum physics. I will argue that this should be our mission as educators.

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