15 Year Book - Flipbook - Page 233
HIGHLIGHTS
SMP reaches community members from
ages 5 to retirees.
Participants include those from the Ann
Arbor/Ypsilanti community and the
University, as well as patrons who travel
from throughout Michigan and Ohio.
SMP presenters include physics
department faculty and post-docs,
scientific speakers throughout U-M, and
national and internationally renowned
speakers.
Recorded Lectures Become Available
to Teachers and Community
SMP Both In-Person and Online
The talks remain in this dual mode to this
day, with patrons asking questions both in
the Q&A after each talk and by email.
Michigan Media provides a taping of each lecture, which is
sent to Comcast Community Television for rebroadcast to
the Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and surrounding communities.
2005
2020
COVID-19 Changes the Program
For the first time, SMP is live-streamed over YouTube
to a virtual audience. 600 people participate, and
the audience asks questions by email relayed to the
online presenters.
The Warren M. Smith Demonstration
Laboratory team has created a catalog of
1,000 demonstrations that speakers can use
to enhance their lectures.
Multimedia versions of the lectures are
available on the Saturday Morning Physics
University YouTube Channel and local
cable channels.
All SMP lectures receive support from the
Department of Physics and through
donations from its patrons.
2023
2024
Saturday Morning Physics Turns 30
To celebrate 30 years of community science engagement, the Department of
Physics partnered with Astronomy and Engineering students to host the Physics
Extra-VAN-Ganza—a family-friendly event previewing the new STEMobile, a
mobile STEM lab for Southeast Michigan. Highlights included interactive
exhibits from ZEUS, the lively show Good Vibrations: The Science of Vibrations,
Sound, and Hearing, and a surprise dance by Spot the robot dog.
SPOTLIGHT
The most memorable Saturday Morning Physics was the October 2023 award-winning
