Attempts to encourage secondary students to initiate university studies of physics in the University of Barcelona based on experiments related to optics

Santiago Vallmitjana

doi:10.1117/12.668178

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1 February 2006 Attempts to encourage secondary students to initiate university studies of physics in the University of Barcelona based on experiments related to optics

Santiago Vallmitjana

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Proceedings Volume 6034, ICO20: Optical Design and Fabrication; 603422 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.668178
Event: ICO20:Optical Devices and Instruments, 2005, Changchun, China

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In order to attract the interest for the physical sciences to secondary students to initiate university studies, the Faculty of Physics of the University of Barcelona has begun a project which consists of the presentation of science in an attractive way by means of carefully chosen demonstrations and experiments and a suitable ambiance of communication. In this paper the details of the organization of the activities, which are based on experiments, mainly related to optics phenomena.

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Santiago Vallmitjana "Attempts to encourage secondary students to initiate university studies of physics in the University of Barcelona based on experiments related to optics", Proc. SPIE 6034, ICO20: Optical Design and Fabrication, 603422 (1 February 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.668178

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