LPC provides materials and lectures to further understanding of physics and to prepare you for yearly competitions through hosting discussions and skirmishes. We’ll cover everything taught in an AP Physics 1 course but also explore its deeper applications. In addition, we strive to increase interest and provide services for physics education to others outside of Lowell. We split the club body into groups of 5-6 people to encourage discussion based problem solving and to establish a concrete basis of thinking. Each meeting, we pitch these teams against each other to challenge each’s understanding of physics, normally through problem sets but occasionally with thought experiments or engineering/drafting tasks. Just think debate teams, but physics.
We’re currently in the process of contacting ExCEL afterschool programs and Lowell Science Days for potential outreach opportunities. We’ll have two types of outreach: extended tutoring programs and single day “wow factor” demonstrations at different schools or at SFPL.