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All-Day Activities
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
Visit the country’s only operating particle collider, where physicists study what the universe may have looked like in the first few moments after its creation! Facility tour appropriate for ages 10+
* Tour starts in Berkner Hall Room B. Bus transportation is provided to the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; arrive by 2:30 pm for last bus.
What’s next for the PHENIX Detector?
The PHENIX detector is getting an upgrade! Come and see demonstrations and explanations from our scientists and engineers.
Ages 8+
Berkner Hall Room D
Electricity & Magnetism Demonstrations
Find out how electricity and magnetism make our accelerators work with interesting hands-on demonstrations from the Collider-Accelerator department! See a magnet defy gravity.
Ages 5+
Scheduled Activities
Mr. Fish’s Phenomenal Physics (SHOW)
Renowned circus performer presents astounding tricks that have scientific explanations. Doors open 15 minutes before show time.
12:00 pm • 1:30 pm • 3:00 pm
1 hour, All ages
Berkner Hall Auditorium
Be sure to arrive early as the auditorium fills quickly.
The “Hot” (and “Cold”) Science of RHIC (TALK)
Join Berndt Mueller, Associate Lab Director for Nuclear & Particle Physics, for this interactive and engaging talk about the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, its science, and what we have discovered about the universe from our experiments with it. Suitable for ages 12+.
12:30 pm • 2:30 pm
45 minutes, Ages 12+
Hamilton Seminar Room, Chemistry (Bldg. 555)