From: Paul Doherty (pauld@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Sun Aug 13 2000 - 15:07:06 PDT
Message-Id: <l03110744b5bccc6b9e45@[192.174.2.173]> Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 14:07:06 -0800 From: Paul Doherty <pauld@exploratorium.edu> Subject: Free Physics Lab Equipment
>From: Tom Colton <tcolton@physics.berkeley.edu>
>Subject: Free Physics Lab Equipment
>Status: U
>
>Dear Paul,
> I enjoyed our brief meeting on my visit to the Exploratorium a few
>weeks ago. As I mentioned to Shawn Lani, we are planning an equipment
>giveaway for physics teachers as we downsize in preparation for moving out
>of our building temporarily. If you or any of your staff are interested,
>you are welcome to attend (I'm e-mailing Shawn and Joshua about it too).
>Please pass the word along to any physics teachers you encounter between
>now and the event as well. The invitation is appended below.
>
> You are welcome to visit us anytime to see our lecture
>demonstrations or discuss physics education. Let's stay in touch.
>
>Tom Colton
>
>
>
>Treasures of Old LeConte Open House!!
>
>The U.C. Berkeley Department of Physics invites you to visit our
>instructional labs and choose items from our surplus equipment collection
>to take back to your home institution. As we've cleaned our attic and
>closets in preparation for the renovation of Old LeConte, we've discovered
>lots of functional equipment that we do not use and no longer have space
>to store. Join us for coffee and snacks on Saturday, August 19, to see
>over a thousand pieces of apparatus for physics instructional labs and
>demonstrations and decide which ones you can use to help your students.
>These include electronic instruments (oscilloscopes, amplifiers,
>voltmeters, ammeters), power supplies, transformers, motors, decade
>resistance boxes, microwave apparatus, air tracks and carts, wave
>demonstrations, optical benches, prism spectrometers, and much more.
>Staff will be on hand to answer questions and advise about possible uses
>of the equipment. You may want to bring a few cardboard cartons to carry
>off your treasures. Please come!
>
>When: Saturday, August 19, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
>
>Where: Room 262 LeConte Hall, U. C. Berkeley Campus (Enter North door of
>LeConte)
>
>Who: K-12 and College Instructors
>
>Driving directions: A campus map and driving directions can be found at
>http://www.berkeley.edu/map/maps/BC45.html.
>
>Parking: Most campus lots, garages, and street spaces that require "C" or
>"F" permits during business hours allow public parking on weekends with a
>$5 permit purchased at machines scattered about campus. Check parking
>signs carefully for requirements and restrictions. There are several
>spaces available on South Drive along Birge and Stephens halls. Other
>parking spaces within a 5-minute walk include the Upper Hearst Garage
>(corner Hearst and Gayle), lots near Memorial Stadium and Boalt Hall off
>of Piedmont Ave., Kroeber Lot on Bancroft Way between College and
>Bowditch, and the Martin Luther King Student Union Garage off Bancroft Way
>between Telegraph and Dana. Public streets near campus allow free or
>metered 2-hour parking. To pick up equipment, you can drive your car to
>the North entrance of LeConte Hall, but please be aware that any
>unattended car is subject to ticketing even on Saturday mornings.
>
>You may want to combine the open house with a visit to the Lawrence Hall
>of Science special exhibit "Experiment Gallery"
>(http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/experimentgallery.html), a
>travelling exhibit of optics, sound, weather, and electricity experiments
>from the Science Museum of Minnesota.
>____________________________________
>Thomas F. Colton, Ph.D.
>Department of Physics
>University of California, Berkeley
>Berkeley, CA 94720-7300
>(510) 642-5515
>Office: 203 LeConte Hall
>
>
Paul "But it is more complicated than that!" Doherty,
Senior Staff Scientist, The Exploratorium.
pauld@exploratorium.edu, www.exo.net/~pauld
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