National Youth Science Forum attendee Izzy Dean addressed the club on Tuesday. She told us how her interest in Physics led her to apply, and how much she enjoyed the scientific and social events. She admits to a new excitement about Science, and at the same time a calmness in her approach to her coming school exams.
Izzy wrote a comprehensive report on the NYSF which appears in the April "Networker". It begins thus:
 
Before I set off to Canberra for the National Youth Science Forum, it would be a huge understatement to say I was apprehensive.  There was no article I could read of other students’ experiences and the people that I knew had attended were no help, telling me only to have fun.  Consequently, I had no expectations for the NYSF, other than not knowing what to expect!
 
Although I had studied Units 3/4 Physics at school, the science that NYSF exposed me to was out of this world.  I had six lab visits, focussing on physics.  On the third day of camp, I had my first lab at ANU, where we saw a particle accelerator and played with the radioactivity of different objects such as black salt and smoke alarms.  Our second lab for the day was basically playing with lasers and other cool experiments.  My favourite two experiments from this lab were when we recreated the Photo Phone invented by Alexander Graham Bell, where we attached a radio to a membrane that vibrated from the sound waves.  This membrane then connected to a mirror that reflected sunlight onto a receiving dish.  I got to see, with my own eyes, light transporting information like music.  My second favourite experiment was when we had six metronomes on a plank of wood, all starting at different times.  We then lifted the plank of wood on to two coke cans, and soon enough, they were all clicking in time.
 
Photo: Izzy (second from left) dressed up with three friends as Earth, Water, Fire and Air.
Read Izzy Dean's full article from "The Networker" at http://www.rotarydistrict9800.com.au/images/NYSFreport2015.pdf