Milla Karvonen

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Milla Karvonen WYP2005 coordinator, lsinki.fi

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WYP2005 in Finland

• Finnish Academy Science week, Jan 12-16
• Theme Relative
• Finnish Academy of Sciences

• Lectures, seminars, etc.
• a theatre performance
• How I met Einstein

• Chidrens Physics Weekend
• Jan 29-30 science center Heureka, Vantaa
• Apr 23rd science center Tietomaa, Oulu
• Lectures, hands-on experiments, exhibition,
  etc.

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WYP2005 in Finland

• Physics Days, Mar 17-19
• Finnish Physical Society annual meeting

• Fyssaa assalla (Physics at the station) May
  13th
  
• Helsinki main railway station
• demonstrations and hands-on experiments

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WYP2005 in Finland autumn

• Public day of physics departments Oct 8th
• Physics show tour for secondary school students
  Oct 24th Nov 4th
  
• 9 cities
• show, demonstrations, poster series on
  physicists jobs
  
• couple of presentations also in other occasions
  
  
• Science week in schools Nov 7-13
• all kinds of other activities in schools, one of
  two themes WYP
  
• possibly one day in all schools dedicated for
  physics
  
• LERU Kids University kids week of physics,
  Helsinki
  
• organised by Finnish centre for teaching
  science
  
• Nordic-Baltic physics students meeting Nov
  17-20, Helsinki
  
• participation in ECSITE Physics day Dec 9th
• participation in EFDA Fusion day
• theme day possibly on the physics of the Sun
  with FMI
  
• science cafés with the Finnish Academy of
  Sciences
  
• Physics at the Station in Tampere and Jyväskylä
• Photography competition on physics phenomena in
  everyday life
  
• leaflet on the use of physics in the industry to
  be published
  

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Impact of WYP

• I hope to see the impact some years from now
• Feedback has been positive
• Media coverage on the events not too succesfull
• press releases dont get through?
• articles mostly on science pages of newspapers
• though main newspaper mentioned we did not
  participate Physics enlightens the world
  
• Einstein has been showing around in the media
• One year doesnt mean too much
• what we can do beyond 2005?
• how can we best utilise what we have learned
  this year?
  
• This kind of work is rather new in Finland
• especially in the field of physics
• a year of trying things, a year to start
  co-operations
  
• Funding always the problem
• too little financial as well as human resources
  
  
• especially in the future as it is no special
  occasion

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Beyond 2005

• Theme day for the physics of music
• with the special exhibition on music at the
  science centre Heureka
  
• Physics at the station re-runs
• Physics at the beach?
• an event closely related to physics at the
  station
  
• themes chosen accordingly to the surroundings?
• Physics show tour re-run
• or beginning of local satellites?
• Amusement park physics
• co-operation with the amusement park in
  Helsinki
  
• to be part of their school program?
• Science cafés with the Finnish academy of
  Sciences