We know from our summer meetings how entertaining and educational a demonstration show can be. During this World Year of Physics, we need to encourage and support educators in taking physics out of the classroom and into the public arena. Performing a public physics demonstration show is a great way to gather the public's attention, but putting together a show from scratch can be overwhelming and very time consuming. In hopes of getting more shows to the public, I have developed and scripted a show with a theme for 2005 to be used as a template to inspire others to organize their own shows.

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