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Physics education has in the past often been centred either on technological applications or the very large or small scales of the universe. As a middle ground, everyday phenomena, biological or soft matter systems are however also very useful to particularly stimulate students without an innate interest in Physics. In this presentation I will show how simple experiments on everyday phenomena can excite children for the subject of Physics. In addition, I will show how a standard Physics curriculum can be adjusted to cover the same topics with an emphasis on living matter and biological phenomena. This is not only useful for introductory lectures for life science students, but can also be used in high schools in order to increase the level of interest of the students by connecting the subject to their world.
