Future Faces of Physics Kit

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The 2008 Quadrennial Congress of Sigma Pi Sigma

With the theme Future Faces of Physics, SPS is raising visibility and focus on issues of student diversity in physics. This Future Faces of Physics Kit is centered on this theme, and it includes many items, ranging from diffraction glasses to a tactile model of the moon used to teach blind students.

All chapters hosting zone meetings in spring 2008 will received a free kit. If you would like to request a kit for another meeting you are hosting, please contact SPS. If you would like to compile your own kit, a list of items and suggested vendors is included below.

A highlight of the kit is the Future Faces of Physics Jeopardy set, which consists of buzzers, a score board, instructions, and a game board—everything you need to hold your own Jeopardy game. The questions cover physics, pop culture physics, the physics community, and more.

We ask that you use these kits to facilitate discussions on diversity during your SPS meeting. You might: Put a set of materials on each table during lunch or dinner and encourage tables to investigate their set. Display the contents during registration and breaks for students to browse. Watch and discuss Percy Julian: Forgotten Genius. Bring in a guest speaker to talk about diversity issues in physics and use the kit materials to supplement the talk. Use your creativity to incorporate them in some other way! Enjoy, and be sure to let us know how you used the kit.

Item	Vendor	Average Cost
About Future Faces of Physics flyer	Download from SPS	-
Professional Societies Supporting Under-represented Groups in Physics flyer	Download from SPS	-
Future Faces of Physics buttons	Request from SPS sps@aip.org	Free, while supplies last
American Physical Society’s Minorities in Physics poster	Request from the American Physical Society	Free, while supplies last
Future Faces of Physics Jeopardy	Download from SPS	-
Educational Insights’ Eggspert buzzers	Academic Superstore Amazon Educational Insights	$49.00
Dry erase scoreboard and marker	various	various
Einstein on Race and Racism book	Amazon	$17.95
Letter from the authors of Einstein on Race and Racism	Download from SPS	-
“I will not be silent” petition	Download from SPS	-
Percy Julian: Forgotten Genius DVD	Amazon	$19.95
Do we need Julian today? article	PBS	-
Beyond Bias and Barriers article	National Academies Press	Free executive summary
Girls Can magnet	Café Press	$3.75 each $19.99 / 10
Tactile moon	AAC Core Concepts	$3.00
People With and Without Disabilities: Interacting and Communicating handbook	NASA Goddard	Free download
Photograph of the moon	USGS	Free
Sense(s) of Scale—The Moon...Bigger than Life	Southeast Regional Clearinghouse (SERCH)	Free
Best Practices: Top 10 List for Making Earth & Space Science Materials Accessible	Southeast Regional Clearinghouse (SERCH)	Free download
Physics Signs cd	Dr. Harry Lang	-
“Physics” in sign language	Download from SPS	-
The Doppler Effect lesson excerpt	Download from SPS	-
Winds of Change magazine (Fall 2007)	American Indian Science and Engineering Society	$3.50
Winds of Change explanation page	Download from SPS	Free
Diversity Beans	iCelebrateDiversity.com	$7.25 / 8 oz., other quantities available
SPS Toy Kit	Request from SPS sps@aip.org	Free, while supplies last