For National Physics Day, we’re reliving the excitement of the “Physics With A Bang!” events hosted by UChicago scientists Heinrich Jaeger and Sidney Nagel. | The University of Chicago

Physics Day at Lagoon offers thousands of middle school and high school students the opportunity to put everything they have learned about acceleration, energy, friction, air resistance, and fluid dynamics into action. The USU Physics Department, the Idaho National Laboratory, and a host of STEM sponsors organize a wide variety of physics-based contests and activities at all levels centered around amusement park physics. Each year scholarships are awarded to top students and teachers. Physics ha