Sorry, This class was canceled due to under-enrollment! Come back later to see if I have the opportunity to try again during January 2009 . . .

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How are you going to fulfill your Laboratory Science requirement?

How about in

Costa Rica?

• Learn about awesome physics topics!

• Explore COOL physics experiments!

• Visit an active volcano (see the Poas Volcano below)!

• Visit a hydroelectric plant.

• Perform service with Costa Rican children. (Spanish not required, but it is convenient.)

Questions? Contact Dr. Tompkins, x4121 or Dr. Lungu x4187

 patompki@samford.edu
Sorry, we are limited to only 12 students!

First-Come, First Served . . .

Physics for Society-Latin America is partially sponsored by Samford in Mission http://www.samford.edu/sim/

Saturday 16 June 2007 – Sunday 1 July 2007, total program fee of $3740 includes, 4-credit hours Samford Tuition, airfare from Birmingham, housing, breakfasts, airport transfers, enrichment day trip, enrichment overnight.

PDF Syllabus now Available! Click Here!

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Below are some pictures of Costa Rica to give you an idea of some of our activities:

We hope to stay at the Hotel Europa, two blocks from the center of San Jose:

  

Our Service Learning Opportunity may be at the Children's Science Museum:

Or the Museum of Forms, Spaces and Sounds:

 

We expect to have a field-trip to an active volcano and some beautiful waterfalls:

The Poas Volcano crater:

The difficult trail to get to the Poas Crater!

One of the many La Paz waterfalls:

Around San Jose, the capital

The National Park in downtown:

The Central Park at dusk:

A monument to Copernicus:

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