The Applied Physics Laboratory has an active outreach program, providing presentations, demonstrations, laboratory tours, and visiting scientists to school classrooms around the Pacific Northwest. We enthusiastically support the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR-UP), "A program to encourage low-income, disadvantaged students across Washington to plan for and succeed in higher education." The images in the right column show a recent visit by GEAR-UP students from Seattle's Mercer Middle School. The students saw a model of the Seaglider, an autonomous underwater vehicle for oceanographic research. Engineer Mike Bailey showed a lithotriptor in action; he used it to shatter a model of a kidney stone with repetitive bursts of acoustic energy. Graduate student Neil Owen gave the students an on-screen view of the blood moving through arteries in his own neck as he demonstrated an ultrasonic imager. Ruth Branch and Trina Litchendorf explained how they measure heat transport on the sea surface with an infrared camera. Students saw how the camera is also good at imaging the surface heat distribution across their own faces. APL-UW is a regular participant in Math Day, a yearly event sponsored by the University of Washington Mathematics Department, which brings high school students and teachers from around the state for a day of tours, presentations, and demonstrations that illustrate how mathematics is used in academic research and in industrial research and development. In the past year APL-UW scientists and engineers have provided tours, demonstrations, and school visits for over 450 members of the non-university public. If you are interested in a visit for a school group to the Applied Physics Laboratory, or perhaps having an APL-UW scientist or engineer visit your classroom, please contact Bob Odom at 206-685-3788. Bob Odom demonstrates the unique design and underwater mobility of the Seaglider using a prototype model. Students watch the light display and hear the "pops" as Mike Bailey zaps a simulated kidney stone with the lithotriptor. Neil Owen reveals his inner workings using ultrasound. Students entertain each other during an interactive demonstration by Ruth Branch and Trina Litchendorf explaining applications of an infrared camera.