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Physics and Astronomy

Tailored days

We can arrange bespoke activity days either at your school or college, or here at the Â鶹´«Ã½ of Sussex Falmer campus with any number of students, and we can mix and match activities to create a full day event tailored specifically to your needs.

See our primary, secondary and a-level activities and talks pages for a full list of options, and we will put together a timetable for your visit.

Past examples include...

An astronomy day for 20 year 10 GCSE students at the Â鶹´«Ã½
10.00 Arrival at the Â鶹´«Ã½ of Sussex
10.30 Astronomy research lecture
11.15 Break
11.30 Solar workshop (including observing, weather permitting) 
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Spectroscopy workshop 
14.20 Planetarium show 
15.00 End

Telescope session

A physics day for 75 AS-level students at the Â鶹´«Ã½
10:00 Arrival at the Â鶹´«Ã½ of Sussex
Morning sessions - the students rotate between a research lab tour, a planetarium show and a collection of "Fun with Physics" demonstrations.
10:15 Session 1
11:00 Session 2
11:45 Break
12:00 Session 3
12:45 Lunch
13:30 Astronomy lecture in our 350 capacity Chichester Lecture theatre
Afternoon sessions - the students rotate around cryogenic physics experiments and demonstrations of our cloud chambers and thermal camera. 
14:30 Session 4
14:45 Session 5
15:00 Session 6
15:15 Goodbyes!
15:30 End

 Chichester lecture theatreThe 350 capacity Chichester lecture theatre

A particle Physics day at the Â鶹´«Ã½ (one day for AS-level students, and another for GCSE students visiting from multiple schools)
9:45 Registration 
10:00 Introductions
10:10 "Accelerate!" demonstration-led lecture
11:15 Break
11:35 Session 1
Half of the students participate in computer-based activities, while the other half are involved in practical activities (three 20-minute workshops looking at particle detectors, cloud chambers and building the universe out of lego!).
12:35 Lunch
13:20 Session 2
The students switch places to complete the set of Session 1 activities.
14:20 Research update 
14:50 Break
15:05 Live webcast from CERN
15:20 Q&A 
16:00 End

 "Accelerate!" talkPhoto from the "Accelerate!" talk
A day of activities for year 10 students, at a school in Worthing.
For each workshop, a team from the Â鶹´«Ã½ (including undergraduates and postgraduates) run radiation workshops and planetarium shows (with astronomy Q&A) in parallel.
9.50 - 10.50 - Workshop 1
10.50 - 11.10 - Break
11.10 - 12.10 - Workshop 2
12.10 - 13.10 - Workshop 3
13.10 - 14.20 - Lunch
14.20 - 15.20 - Workshop 4
15.20 End