SCIENCE

THE GIRLS IN PHYSICS BREAKFAST

The Girls in Physics Breakfast was an exciting breakfast held on Tuesday 21 August, where girls from Years 10 to 12 had the opportunity to share a fantastic breakfast with female physicists leading in their fields. While enjoying fruit, yoghurt, croissants, buns and Danish pastries, students could converse with these physicists about their jobs and their research. The Guest speaker, Dr Ceri Brenner, who is a physicist at UK Research and Innovation, gave an inspiring speech about the unlimited potential that physics research has. She talked about her work with one of the most powerful lasers in the world, and how it could be the solution to many of our problems, such as avoiding an energy source deficit. One of the potential solutions was the crazy concept of creating our own mini star on Earth with lasers, and harnessing its power.

After the breakfast, students participated in an activity to help them decide what career options would be suitable for their personalities. Then, they were taken on an comprehensive tour of the Australian Synchrotron, Australia's one and only particle accelerator! The tour guide explained clearly how it works, and how it has helped us progress in fields not only in physics, but medicine and historical studies as well.

Overall, the excursion was a very interesting an eye-opening event.

Incy Lin

Year 12 Student