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Physics Olympiad 2008

The Physics Olympics is held annually in May. Faculty, Students and Staff from the FOCUS Center, the Department of Physics, the University of Michigan Society of Physics Students (SPS) organize, plan and facilitate the Olympiad. The main objective is to provide a healthy and fun academic competition for high-school students. Once again this year, we are delighted to sponsor the Olympiad. The 2008 Physics Olympiad will be held on Saturday, May 3rd. The web site for the 2008 Physics Olympiad will go live soon. Online registration will be available.

Pictures from previous Physics Olympiads

Light, Color, and Optics for High School Teachers 

We welcome local teachers and in particular The Detroit Metropolitan Area Physics Teachers (DMAPT) on Saturday, February 3rd, 2007, for a meeting at the Physics Department at the University of Michigan . The meeting is sponsored by FOCUS and has as its main theme the teaching of Optics in high school.

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2007 PhysicsPalooza

physicspaloozaThe PhysicsPalooza is held every spring at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum.  Students from the University of Michigan Society of Physics Students (SPS) and researchers from the FOCUS Center build and operate cool demonstrations in the physical sciences for the general public.

Pictures from Physicspalooza  (April 1-2, 2006)

Coming in 2007:  Optics PhysicsPalooza

FOCUS Contact Information
Professor Georg Raithel, Director,
Randall Laboratory,University of Michigan,4223 Randall Lab,
450 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1040
Phone: (734) 647-9031, Fax: (734)
763-4934 email:mamurn@umich.edu
Webmaster: Jasper Liu, Phone:(734)972-2728, email:liuzhe@umich.edu