Welcome to Kids Day @ SLAC 2008

Vacuum: Experience the discipline that is required to make a good vacuum. You will mount flanges and leak-check a vacuum system. Watch the effect of a vacuum on different materials- SUCK IT IN!

• Cuts, bumps, scrapes from dropping or slipping tools.

• Follow instructions when using tools.
• Wear safety glasses.

Metrology: In the metrology lab you will use precision instruments to see how flat is flat and how round is round. How thick is your hair, or your finger? How big do things get when they get hot? Bend granite beams with a single finger! - MEASURE UP!

• Cuts, bumps, scrapes from dropping or slipping tools.

• Follow instructions when using tools.
• Wear safety glasses.

Electronics 1: Build a continuity checker complete with test leads and indicator light. Work one on one with an electronics tech to strip, solder and assemble the unit that you will take home - ZAP!

• You could burn yourself.
• Solder can “pop” into your eye.
• You could cut yourself with wire strippers.

• Pick-up a hot soldering iron ONLY by the handle; keep the tip and the metal barrel away from fingers, skin, clothing.
• Strip wire away from you, other kids or solid objects and keep your fingers away from the cutting edges.
• Wear safety glasses.

Cryogenics: Learn about the field of cryogenics, see the effect of cryogenic temperatures on everyday items, check out super-levitation and watch a short movie on super-fluid helium phenomenon - CHILL OUT!

• Liquid nitrogen can burn you!

• Stay in the safe area.
• Don’t touch the liquid nitrogen.
• Wear safety glasses