Faraday Show

2023 Faraday Show: Save the Date! Sunday, December 3rd, 2023 in HEBB Theatre

We are thrilled to announce the date for our 2023 annual Faraday Show: Sunday December 3rd, in-person, at the UBC Vancouver campus HEBB Theatre.

Our students have started planning their demonstrations, and we’re in a flurry of building, visualizing, creating and making physics happen again in the most exciting ways possible, to give you the best show you’ve ever seen!

WHERE: HEBB Theatre 2045 East Mall, UBC Vancouver campus. The North Parkade is the closest parking lot to the HEBB building.

WHEN: SUNDAY, December 3rd, 2023

Pre-Show (table top demonstrations): 1:15PM – 1:55PM
Stage Show (stage presentations): 2:00PM – 3:00PM

COST: FREE! We ask that you please bring non-perishable food items to support Greater Vancouver Food Bank member, The Kettle Society. No RSVP required, though we recommend arriving 15-20 minutes earlier for good seats.

The Faraday Show is UBC’s annual science lecture, designed for children and presented by UBC Physics & Astronomy students, faculty and staff. This year we are exploring the wonders of space! How do rockets get into orbit? How big are our planets? How explosive is compressed air? Can you make a crater? What do black holes eat? All these questions and more will be answered through fun demos and hands-on activities.

All are welcome!

Questions? Contact us at outreach@phas.ubc.ca, or tel: 604.822.0596.

2022 Faraday Show: Sunday, December 4th, 2022 in HEBB Theatre

We are excited to announce that our annual Faraday Show for this December, 2022 will be in-person again! Our incredible presenters and volunteers are preparing to share some super science through demonstrations and hands-on fun. This show is serious fun for ALL AGES!

WHERE: Hebb 100 Theatre (2045 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1) (UBC CAMPUS). The North Parkade is the closest parking lot to the Hebb Building.

WHEN: SUNDAY, December 4, 2022, 2:00-3:30 PM

COST: FREE! (But bring non-perishable food items to support the local Food Bank!) No RSVP required, though we recommend arriving 15-20 minutes earlier for good seats.

The Faraday Show is UBC’s annual science lecture, designed for children and presented by UBC Physics & Astronomy students, faculty and staff. This year’s theme will feature the physics of water and transportation through wet, splashy, icy, bubbly and pressure conditions! Why do some things float on water and other things sink? How do we propel ships and why do they sometimes crash? Why do submarines have to be super strong?! We will explore these questions and more through demonstrations and hands-on activities.

For more information please contact the outreach program at: outreach@phas.ubc.ca / 604-822-0596.

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Wow, what a show! Thank you all for coming – we had a ball sharing physics fun with you!

Thank you Faraday Presenters and Demonstrators for being such amazing science educators:

Andrzej Kotlicki, Jake Sutherland, Laura Steiert, Josh Montain, Peter Simidzija, Nane Vardanyan, Max Botsis, Aakash Anantharaman, Shreya Gupta, Lorna Tu, Maude Lariviere, Olivia Lowe, Janelle, Michell Halajian, and Emiko Wijeysunder.

And a big thank you to our UBC Physics & Astronomy machine shop technicians Mark Reynolds, Nick Lemmel, Dan Skjaveland, Matt Sluyter, Xiaofeng Hu and Mladen Bumbulovic for helping us make these cool experiments! We couldn’t have done it without you!

– The 2022 Faraday team

The Physics of Winter event on December 16, 2021. This event is expected to be at a level appropriate for the general public and high school students who have an interest in physics and astronomy.

2019 Faraday Show “Fix it with Physics!” Quirky Solutions to Daily Problems

WHERE: Hebb 100 Theatre (2045 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1) (UBC CAMPUS). The North Parkade is the closest parking lot to the Hebb Building.

WHEN: SUNDAY, December 8, 2019, 2:00-3:30 PM

COST : FREE! (But bring non-perishable food items to support the local Food Bank!) No RSVP required, though we recommend arriving 15-20 minutes earlier for good seats.

The Faraday Show is UBC’s annual science lecture, designed for children, presented by UBC Physics & Astronomy. This year the show will feature creative and quirky ways a physicist might solve everyday problems! Your alarm clock won’t stop? Lightbulbs don’t work? Recycling pop cans is a chore? No problem! Join us to find solutions to these inconveniences and learn the physics and science behind everyday things – through demonstrations and hands-on activities. This show is for children of ALL AGES, and adults who are young at heart!

For more information please contact the outreach program at: outreach@phas.ubc.ca / 604-822-0596.