LSOP In Action – Little Shop of Physics

LSOP in Action: Neutrino Day 2024

We were honored to be this year’s featured presenter at the annual Neutrino Day Festival in Lead, SD! Over 2,000 people joined us for a day of hands-on science fun. This free, public event is hosted each summer by SURF (Sanford Underground Research Facility) and is just a 5-hour drive from Fort Collins. Mark your [...]

LSOP in Action: NASTEMI 2024

NASTEMI is a weeklong event hosted by the CSU Native American Cultural Center. This is for high school students from the Denver Metro Area. LSOP teamed up with Cam the Ram to host an afternoon of science exploration for over 40 students.

LSOP In Action: New Shirts 2024

It's time to celebrate...the new LSOP shirts are in! The theme this year is "Science For All"!

LSOP In Action: Care Village 2024

LSOP spent a day doing outreach at the Care Village in Fort Collins. This work was supported by Bohemian Foundation.

LSOP in Action: Oglala Lakota College Workshop 2024

In July 2024, the LSOP of crew presented a teacher workshop at Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Reservation. LSOP staff and interns worked with approximately 15 teachers on hands-on actives related to electricity. LSOP has conducted programming for Oglala Lakota Nation students and teachers regularly since 2008. This trip and the rest of [...]

LSOP in Action: CSU Day of Giving 2024

Little Shop of Physics represented the College of Natural Sciences in the CSU Day of Giving on August 22, 2024! To celebrate, we made liquid nitrogen ice cream for CSU students on the Eddy Quad. This year, Little Shop of Physics received over $3000 of the $250k+ donated for CSU's Day of Giving. We would [...]

LSOP in Action: Tavelli Elementary School

Check out this video which highlights our awesome program at Tavelli Elementary School from April 2024!

LSOP in Action: Powwow 2023

The Little Shop of Physics has been part of the annual AISES (American Indian Science and Engineering Society) Powwow for a decade, and it’s one of the highlights of our year. We are honored to be asked to take part, and pleased to be able to provide an interactive science exploration component for the families [...]

LSOP in Action: Solar Eclipse at CSU Spur, 2023

On October 14, 2023, the Moon passed directly between the Sun and the Earth, an event known as a solar eclipse. The Little Shop of Physics spent the day at CSU Spur sharing this awesome natural phenomenon with the public!

Show Me Some Science: Fog Ring Launchers

These fog ring launchers are drum-shaped with a circular hole on one end. Air is forced out through the hole and travels in a vortex, a spinning doughnut of air. It’s like a little tornado that has wrapped around in a circle. Air in a vortex travels a surprisingly long distance in a straight line. [...]