the quarknet collaboration: how “doing science” is changing science education
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The QuarkNet Collaboration: How “Doing Science” is Changing Science Education. Goals. Scientists as mentors. Teachers as researchers & facilitators. Students as researchers. Classroom Vision. Science is what students DO, not what is done to them. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The QuarkNet Collaboration:How “Doing Science” is Changing
Science Education
Goals
• Students as researchers
• Teachers as researchers & facilitators
• Scientists as mentors
Classroom Vision
Science is what students DO,
not what is done to them.
School science should reflect the practice of science and should allow students to be
active participants.
QuarkNet . . .
• Supports learning by inquiry.
• Provides teachers and students with real
research opportunities in particle physics.
• Encourages national and international
collaboration among students, teachers and
scientists.
QuarkNet Origins
ATLAS and CMS at CERNATLAS and CMS at CERN
CDF & DØ CDF & DØ at at
FermilabFermilab
QuarkNet Origins
Multi-Year Program
For each center:For each center: Year 1• 2 lead teachers, 2 mentors• 8 weeks research
Year 2 • 2 lead teachers, 2 mentors• 8-10 associate teachers• 2- to 3-week workshop
Years 3, 4, 5, . . . • All in 1-week workshop• OR meetings spread out over the year
Teacher Support
Year 1 (2 lead teachers)
• 8 weeks + travel + subsistence
Year 2 (6 teachers on average)
• 2-3 weeks
Year 3, . . .
• 1 week
QuarkNet Learning Communities
•Program– 1-week follow-on program for all teachers– Optional programs
• Student summer research teams• Teaching & Learning Academy• Reunions• Cosmic Ray Studies
Teachers as Researchers
• Construct and test detector components.
• Create data sets for students.
• Develop online experiments for students.
• Develop classroom detectors.
Totals (Goals)
• 120 Lead Teachers
• 600 Associate Teachers600 Associate Teachers
• 100,000 Students100,000 Students
GOALS
Goal: 60 Universities & Labs
12 new centers each year for 5 years(beginning in 1999)
Current Status
• 51 Active centers
• 158 Mentors
• 506 Teachers
• 33 Summer students
Multi-Year Program for Each Center
•Where we are after 7 years with the 51 centers.•Year I - Research Experience: 1 center•Year II - Summer Institute: 2 centers •Year III & beyond - Learning Community: 48 centers
– 37 1-week equivalent follow-on– 11 With student research team
University of Cincinnati
Helping Develop America’s Technological Workforce
The QuarkNet Collaboration
Cosmic Ray Detector
•Teachers’ idea•Several prototypes•Collecting data led to e-Lab
Reunions
•LBNL, SLAC/Stanford Reunion, 3/18•NSTA Reunion at SMU, 4/1•Fermilab Reunion, 10/7-9•CSAAPT at College Park, 11/05
•11 centers with 4 student slots each
2006 Student Summer Research
A taste of a succulent future InvaluableExperienceAstounded by the beauty &
simplicity of the particlesthat define our existence
Continually challenged me
Too much fun
Budget
• Teacher Support
• Staff Salaries and Travel
• Evaluation
• Advisory Board
• Materials & Supplies
• NSF ESIE grant
• NSF Experimental Particle Physics support
• DOE High-Energy Physics support
• ATLAS & CMS education support
• Research groups & dept.’s in-kind contributions
Funding
QuarkNet Team
•PIs Staff Teachers•Keith Baker Ken Cecire, Hampton U•Marge Bardeen Tom Jordan, Bob Peterson, FNAL•Michael Barnett Kris Whelan, LBNL •Dan Karmgard, Mitch Wayne Beth Marchant, Notre Dame
•Support Staff•Carol Angarola, LaMargo Gill, FNAL •Sue Dobbins, Notre Dame