Students from Texas A&M University-Commerce, the third-largest institution in the Texas A&M University System,
earned praise for their fascinating physics lessons at the 2020 Dallas Independent School District STEM Expo. The annual science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) Expo encourages children to engage with STEM as they explore interactive exhibits.
It’s estimated the A&M-Commerce group hosted about 1,600 visitors at their booth. According to the university, six members of the Society of Physics Students represented A&M-Commerce at the expo on January 18. The students featured interactive physics demonstrations that taught the principles of mechanics, waves and acoustics, electricity, and magnetism.
According to Dr. Bahar Modir, faculty advisor for the Society of Physics Students (SPS), the group made a positive impression.
“Students, parents, and teachers visited our booth and talked to the SPS students to discuss what it means to be a physics major, a STEM major and, more broadly, an A&M-Commerce student,” Dr. Bahar Modir said in a statement.
“Our SPS students asked the kids a lot of questions about the physics behind the demos and rewarded them with little prizes,” Modir said.
SPS member and graduate student Shandi Groezinger added, “Everyone had fun while learning about the physics behind each demonstration. Even though we were told multiple times by kids that what we did was ‘magic,’ they left dazzled by the science from our SPS students!”
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