Join one of CU Boulder’s beloved Nobel Laureate Professors, Eric Cornell on a journey through space, all in good time!  “Speed!”

Students will learn more about the fastest thing ever seen and also be given useful tips on how to best observe a very slow pet! Lasers, foot races, blow horns, radios, scientific gadgets and plenty of audience participation from start to finish…this show is just the right pace for students ages 5-13, who are keen to go the distance to learn about science! 

Please plan to arrive no later than 9:20. Seats will be filled first come, first serve! 

 Saturday, May 18, 2024 from 9:30-10:30 a.m. in Duane Physics G1B20

 University of Colorado, Boulder

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CU Wizards family shows are again in person! For over 3 decades, CU Wizards shows allow K12 students to visit campus on a Saturday morning, participate in STEAM programs, meet and talk to professors, scientists, & fellow students of all ages who are enthusiastic about learning and understanding scientific wonders!

Abstract: Physics education research in undergraduate laboratory courses is vital to ensure that these courses achieve their learning goals, such as developing hands-on technical skills and mastering concepts and practices related to measurement uncertainty. In this talk, I cover my role in developing a research-based assessment instrument, the Survey of Physics Reasoning on Uncertainty Concepts in Experiments (SPRUCE). I will highlight student proficiencies and challenges with measurement uncertainty along 10 different axes, such as propagating errors, estimating the size of uncertainty by considering instrument precision, and determining if two measurements agree with one another.