We are the student chapter of AVS at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. Our graduate and undergraduate students are interested in thin films, vacuum systems, surface sciences, materials, interfaces, and materials processing.
Friday, November 21, 2014
Outreach to 5th Grade Students with St. Elmo Brady STEM academy
On Oct. 25, the University of Illinois AVS Student Chapter taught ~ 15 4th and 5th grade boys of the St. Elmo Brady STEM academy about vacuum science. The St. Elmo Brady STEM academy gives African-American 4th and 5th grade boys hands-on exposure to science, technology, engineering and mathematics. We showed them what happens to a ringing alarm clock, the speed at which a feather and magnet fall, Peeps, shaving cream, a candle, a balloon, and water in a vacuum and helped them to discover why these materials behave the way that they do in a vacuum.
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