PHY ICS - The Institute of Physics in Ireland

PHYSICS ON STAGE 3
Team and contributors
The POS3 contributors: Sean Fogarty, Paul Nugent, Alison Graham, Eilish McLoughlin,
Jennifer Egan, Tim Roe, Alison Hackett, Ian Elliott, Eamonn Cunningham and Vida Given.
Disclaimer
The National Steering Committee for Physics on Stage 3 (POS3) has made every effort to
ensure the good quality of the information presented in this publication. Teachers should
ensure the safety of the demonstrations in their own laboratories. This document has been
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Alison Hackett, Physics on Stage 3, c/o Department of Experimental Physics, University
College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4.
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The POS3 team (left to right): Jennifer
Egan, Joanna Dullaghan, Paul Nugent,
Alison Graham, Eilish McLoughlin, Tim
Roe, Nancy Roe and Sean Fogarty.