It’s time to dig out our wellies and waterproofs again – Physics in the Field is back for summer 2013.

Following last year’s hugely successful tour of the UK, the Institute’s physics in society team, along with our local branches and a band of student volunteers will be bringing physics to a field near you this summer. 

The team will be performing physics tricks – hand-held demos using things you can find at home – and making sure you get a go too.Some of the tricks are messy, some are noisy, but all of them are guaranteed crowd pleasers that help to illustrate different areas of physics - have a look at our top 5 tricks.

If you want to try the tricks yourself you can find tips on how to perform them in our Physics to Go pack and a brand new trick is added to our Marvin and Milo series every month.

11 May Great Tower Scout Camp near Windermere, Cumbria

11-12 May Newark and Nottinghamshire County Show, Newark Showground

25-26 May Kaya Festival, Bangor, Wales.

27-28 May Hay Festival, Hay-on-wye, Wales

29-30 May The Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich

31 May-2 June Holker Garden Festival, Nr Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria

1-2 June Lakeside International Childrens Festival, Highfields Park, Nottingham

6-8 June Royal Cornwall Show, Wadebridge, Cornwall

7-9 June Middlesbrough Mela, Middlesbrough Town Centre

9 June The Strathmore Highland Games, Strathmore, near Perth and Kinross

14-16 June Three Counties Show, Malvern, Worcestershire

22-23 June Africa Oyé, Sefton Park, Liverpool

29 June Lancashire Science Festival, University of Central Lancashire

1 July Royal Society Exhibition

6-7 July Live @ Jodrell Bank, Manchester

6-7 July Paddle Round The Pier, Hove Lawns, Brighton & Hove

19-20 July Chagstock, Chagford, Devon

27-28 July Riverside Festival, The Mill Field, Charlbury

8 Aug The Ballater Highland Games, Ballater, Aberdeenshire

16-18 Aug Just So Festival, Rode Hall Park, Near Scholar Green, Cheshire

23-25 Aug Galtres Festival, Duncombe Park, Helmsley, Yorkshire

23-26 Aug Towersey Village Festival, Near Thame, Oxfordshire

30-31 Aug Live @ Jodrell Bank, Manchester

As soon as events are confirmed we'll add them here so keep checking back here for more details.

By performing physics tricks at non-science events we aim to raise awareness of physics among people who wouldn’t normally choose to seek out science. So if you’ve seen us at one of these events, why not drop us a line and tell us what your favourite physics trick is? Email us at editor@physics.org

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