QuarkNet at SLAC/Stanford

What Is QuarkNet?

QuarkNet is an educational program sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy, designed to involve high school physical science teachers in cutting-edge high energy physics research. These teachers work together to develop curriculum to bring their experiences back to their classrooms, exposing students to the physics and technology of particle physics.

QuarkNet at SLAC

The SLAC program started in 2002 during the summer with four lead high-school science teachers participating in research projects at the laboratory. The following summer, 2003, 18 teachers participated in a 2-week workshop at SLAC. Since that time, QuarkNet/SLAC has sponsored a number of one-day workshops at SLAC, or on Stanford Campus. These one-day workshops consist of topical Particle Physics or Particle Astrophysics talks and activities geared toward the teachers own interests and knowledge, and discussions on how these topics may be integrated into their classes. A stipend is provided to teachers who attend. QuarkNet/SLAC offers high-school teachers and their students the opportunity to interact with laboratory physicists.

QuarkNet one-day workshops are usually offered on Saturdays, 2-4 times per year. All high-school science teachers are invited and encouraged to attend these workshops. Announcements are emailed in advance, typically with a choice of days to help fit the high school's academic schedule.

Upcoming Workshops

(Next meeting not yet scheduled, last meeting was 25 June 2005)

Past Workshops

25 June 2005 Workshop at SLAC

"Matter and Energy in the Universe: What We Know and How We Know It" - Ted Baltz

"The Importance of Mass and How We Describe It" - Philip Bechtle

Philip's Photos taken during the Workshop

19 March 2005 at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

6 November 2004 at Stanford University

15 May 2004 at SLAC

28 February 2004 at SLAC

4 October 2003 at SLAC

Past Program Events

QuarkNet Summer Institute, Summer 2003

From June 19 - July 3, 2003 eighteen teachers met at SLAC and Stanford to learn about particle physics through activities, talks, tours, and by building cosmic ray detectors. See more on the QuarkNet 2003 web page.

Lead Teacher Research, Summer 2002

The kickoff event occurred during the summer of 2002 when four lead teachers were involved in research at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) for eight weeks under the mentorship of SLAC physicists. The research dealt with testing and improving various detector components of the BaBar experiment at SLAC. Find out more about our research from Summer 2002.

Participants of the Summer 2002 Research

TEACHERS:

Gene Csider	San Ramon Valley High School, Danville
Ken Newbery	Foothill High School, Pleasanton
Earl Roske	Leland High School, San Jose
Molly Uhl	Notre Dame High School, San Jose

MENTORS:

To Learn More

SLAC/QuarkNet cosmic ray detector page.

To learn more about the QuarkNet program at SLAC, and who is involved, visit the QuarkNet 2003 link above.

To learn more about particle physics, and see some ideas for classroom activities, see the link below.

Particle Physics Links

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Last updated on 27 June 2005 by TG