How can a young student help promote physics interest in younger kids?

[WWGD]

Have you considered attending local meetups, where you may run into some like-minded , similarly-motivated people?

 

[TensorCalculus]

Have you considered attending local meetups, where you may run into some like-minded , similarly-motivated people?

I have: but there aren't many open to people of my age, at least none that I'm aware of, and they'd have to not overlap with the school day either...

 

[WWGD]

I have: but there aren't many open to people of my age, at least none that I'm aware of, and they'd have to not overlap with the school day either...

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[Muu9]

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The timing would still be an issue

 

[TensorCalculus]

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They generally ask for proof of age for safety reasons on the sign up (they're big on that here in the UK), and I might be tall but I do look and dress like a teenager :)
(if that's what you're implying?)

 

[WWGD]

They generally ask for proof of age for safety reasons on the sign up (they're big on that here in the UK), and I might be tall but I do look and dress like a teenager :)
(if that's what you're implying?)

Just a bad joke suggesting you pretend to be older.

 

[TensorCalculus]

Just a bad joke suggesting you pretend to be older.

haha yeah that's what I inferred :)

 

[sbrothy]

NO.. No! I really do not mean "online courses". I do mean real courses in classrooms, physical classrooms.

For what it's worth I'd happily take a correspondence course under you!

Mostly math related though.

 

[sbrothy]

You got about 10 years to make to make up your mind. I asked Google AI "When does a male human's brain gel?" and here is what it said:

It appears you're using "gel" as a metaphorical term for reaching maturity or completing development.​

Based on current research, the male human brain doesn't fully develop, in terms of reaching complete maturity and efficiency in all areas, until around 25 years of age, or even as late as 30.​

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Specifically, the prefrontal cortex, responsible for executive functions like decision-making, planning, and impulse control, is one of the last areas to fully mature. While the brain undergoes significant growth and forms numerous neural connections in early childhood, the process of myelination (insulation of nerve fibers for faster transmission) and synaptic pruning (elimination of unused connections for efficiency) continues well into adolescence and early adulthood.​

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It's important to remember that brain development is a complex and ongoing process influenced by a variety of factors, including genetics, environment, experiences, and lifestyle choices.​

My brain gelled at age 26.

Scarily I think that the most of the geniuses did their best work in their early twenties... Not a comforting tought.

 

[sbrothy]

Oh, I may have been too quick. Don't know where I picked that up:

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdfplus/10.1086/347941

 

[TensorCalculus]

Oh, I may have been too quick. Don't know where I picked that up:

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdfplus/10.1086/347941

I don't know about most geniuses but Newton certainly did a lot of his work in his early twenties!

 

[sbrothy]

I think I may have read somewhere that if you haven't done important work when you turn 30 it's not gonna happen, but that's clearly bunk. Just think of Marie Curie who worked hard her entire life (only to be rewarded with Leukemia (well technically aplastic anemia thought to be caused by the high amounts of exposure to radium). But man she was a driven woman!

 

[sbrothy]

Oh, I may have been too quick. Don't know where I picked that up:

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdfplus/10.1086/347941

Oh, It's a quote by Einstein in the very paper I linked to. So yes, I disagree with Einstein!

*Runs for cover....*

 

[MidgetDwarf]

THey also lived in age in which information advanced more slowly. Unless someone solves something crazy like navier-stokes , Reimann Hypothesis. Then the importance discoveries have the probability may not fully be appreciated instantly...

It would be interesting, and I am a bit too lazy. To compile the data of big wigs in physics and mathematics. By data, I mean H-Index for starters, then look what was the average age when "important" papers were written.

 

[Herman Trivilino]

Schoedinger did his seminal work when he was at least 38 years of age. Very late in life for a physicist.

 

[sbrothy]

I was sure Sapolsky had some insight on this. Instead I stumbled over this one

Aging and brain plasticity (NLM)

EDIT: I know it's more general. Still relevant to the topic I think.

 

[robphy]

Concerning high-school physics clubs, here are more ideas from other platforms:

• www.reddit.com/r/AskPhysics/comments/fgqeid/high_school_physics_club/
  
  
• https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-start-a-high-school-physics-club
• https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-physics-club-activities-for-high-school-students