Undaunted by COVID, Physics Circus beefs up its interactive learning experience for school-aged children
Photo Credit: Courtesy image When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, teachers everywhere found themselves dealing with the challenge of reaching students in spite of the lockdowns and social distancing rules that abruptly split classrooms apart. Such was the case for the volunteers behind UC Santa Barbara’s Physics Circus, an interactive science outreach program offered to school-aged children by the university’s Department of Physics. Typically offered on site at local elementary schools as an assembly demonstration show or as part of an after school family science night, Physics Circus and i...