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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Next Tuesday, May 12, is your last chance to qualify for an invitation to the Zitto picnic grounds.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Don’t miss the chance to meet with your colleagues and swap end of year stories, ask questions, seek help with equipment, etc.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The meeting is at YSU 7:00 -?? , room 2026, as usual.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I am also interested in suggestions for improving the Physics Olympics – Jodi, after viewing several YouTube displays has suggested we replace the Hang Ups with a video presentation, theme/music driven… If you have thoughts on that suggestion or others and cannot make this meeting, feel free to email me at </FONT><A href="mailto:rmccullough@ysu.edu"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>rmccullough@ysu.edu</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Keep in mind that any suggestions have to be cost neutral, as we, like many nonprofits, have found our donations drop this year.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Hope to see you there.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Summary of last meeting:</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Colleen Campbell (our hostess) shared an exciting picture of a truck that crashed a guard rail and flipped over a culvert.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The fascinating part was the zoomed out picture that showed this happened over a deep ravine.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She also shared her experience using Turning Point, personal response devices.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Mike shared the output of a resonant tube interaction with a digital oscillator.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Robert Pendzick shared some global warming demos/thoughts… Demonstrating layering with cups of water one in a baggie one not, both with light on them.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He also noted that the global sales of Coca Cola has an interesting correlation with the atmospheric carbon dioxide curve. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Dick Zitto decided to make up for his absence by sharing several items:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>a representative from CPO (physics curriculum/equipment) will be at the picnic.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>a 1895 high school chemistry book</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>an LED 1 Watt night light</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>from Popular Science an ear bud amplifier using plastic cups</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>using an eye chart to show image reversal and image distance in a plane mirror</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>an old mirror used by TV repairmen</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Tim Battista shared the idea that they used a corner mirror to align TVs.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Jodi McCullough shared her classroom summer reading books and her new Marcia Bartusiak book- The Day We Found the Universe</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:City><st1:place>Roy</st1:place></st1:City> shared the toy called the Flash Screen, with its persistent glowing, but lack of response to frequencies of green light and below…<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Mike showed us that once energized, the region with persistent glowing could be brightened (i.e. electrons moved up an intermediate step) with red light. </FONT></P><br /><hr />Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. <a href='http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009' target='_new'>Check it out.</a></body>
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