From: George Fosselius (gfosselius@earthlink.net)
Date: Sun May 15 2005 - 19:02:02 PDT
Message-ID: <001001c559bb$41791d60$bc09fea9@nicodemus> From: "George Fosselius" <gfosselius@earthlink.net> Subject: Quarknet summer opportunity Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 19:02:02 -0700
All you pre college classroom Physics Teachers
Quarknet is a great group of theoretical physicists and cosmologists who will stretch your mind with bleeding edge physics, relativity, standard model and strings.
Do this for the intellectual challenge.
And to bring your new learning activities using stuff invented during the workshop back to the classroom.
And there's money to buy the materials!
There may be Saturday follow-ups. If not, ask for them.
George Fosselius TI and QNet alum
Teacher Opportunities in QuarkNet
What is QuarkNet? Quarknet is an initiative to involve high-school teachers and their students in state-of-the-art research that seeks to resolve some of the mysteries about the structure of matter and the fundamental forces of nature. It is supported by the National Science Foundation and the U. S. Department of Energy.
The Opportunity: QuarkNet provides an opportunity for high school science teachers to participate in frontier physics research. Teachers will be integrated into a research group in elementary particle physics at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. QuarkNet is a nationwide network that also provides opportunities for participating science teachers to exchange knowledge and experience with their peers.
The one-week workshop will review some of the most important, and surprising results in physics and cosmology from the past few years. These include the discovery that neutrinos have mass and that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. Through a series of lectures and workshops, teachers will explore how to communicate modern physics discoveries and relate them to the physics curriculum. The lab work will encompass a wide range of topics, from radiation sensors to microelectronics to mechanics, and will provide ample stimulus to develop teaching examples and demonstrations for the classroom.
Program Dates: The program will run for 1 week 27 June - 1 July, 2005.
Teacher Stipend: The QuarkNet program provides teacher support of up to $550. This consists of
1.. . Staff development stipend - $300 for 1 week
2.. . $250 for instructional materials
To Learn More: QuarkNet at Berkeley: http://www-atlas.lbl.gov/QuarkNet/
National QuarkNet: http://quarknet.fnal.gov
ATLAS Experiment: http://pdg.lbl.gov/atlas/atlas.html
Berkeley Lab: http://www.lbl.gov
To Join QuarkNet: Please send e-mail to QuarkNet@lbl.gov.
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