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Helping Develop America’s Technological Workforce
K. Whelan Oregon QuarkNet Meeting, June 2012
QuarkNet 101
Kris Whelan
University of Washington
Helping Develop America’s Technological Workforce
K. Whelan Oregon QuarkNet Meeting, June 2012
Current Status
Outline
• Overview
• Basic Structure
• Evolution since 1999
• Personnel/Responsibilities
Helping Develop America’s Technological Workforce
K. Whelan Oregon QuarkNet Meeting, June 2012
Program Context
Reform-based teaching and learning - national standards
Scientists as partners in education reform
Nature of particle physics research
• Long-term
• Distributed
Best practice professional development
• Research appointments
• Research-based workshops
• Follow-on program
Helping Develop America’s Technological Workforce
K. Whelan Oregon QuarkNet Meeting, June 2012
Building relationships that develop & support
a research community of physicists, high school teachers & their students
Goal: Engage teachers & their students with scientific investigations.
Goal: Confront particle physicists with current issues in science education.
Vision & Goals
Helping Develop America’s Technological Workforce
K. Whelan Oregon QuarkNet Meeting, June 2012
Engagement with Scientific Investigations
• Enable teachers to teach basic physics concepts in an exciting & rewarding context.
• Build a teacher’s confidence to bring current science into the classroom.
• Link high school classrooms with frontier experiments.
• Attract students to careers in science & technology.
• Help develop science literacy.
Vision & Goals
Helping Develop America’s Technological Workforce
K. Whelan Oregon QuarkNet Meeting, June 2012
Program Structure
---------Center 1
Typical Center
Center 2
2 Mentors
2 Lead Teachers
Center 58
Center 3 Center 59
Center 60
10 Associate Teachers
Advisory Group
Outside Evaluato
rs
4 PIs5.6 Staff Members
Staff Teachers
Program Support
Fellows
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By the Numbers
537 Teachers & Their Students
97 Mentors53 Centers
9-11 Experiments
5.6 Staff Members4 PIs
DOE-NSF
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Center Profiles
Participants
• Physicists as mentors & colleagues
• Teachers as researchers & facilitators in classrooms
• Teachers as professionals
• Students as researchers
Helping Develop America’s Technological Workforce
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Physicists as Mentors & Colleagues
Commit for the long term.
Host teachers & students; visit classrooms.
Year I
• Participate in orientation.
• Recruit 2 lead teachers.
• Supervise 7-week research appointments.
• Co-plan 3-week research-based institute.
Helping Develop America’s Technological Workforce
K. Whelan Oregon QuarkNet Meeting, June 2012
Year II
• Co-recruit 8 associate teachers.
• Co-conduct 3-week institute.
Following Years
• Co-host 1-week follow-on program.
• Involve NSF-funded HS students in summer research.
Physicists as Mentors & Colleagues
Helping Develop America’s Technological Workforce
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Mentors Are:
• Volunteers
• Affiliated with particle particle experiments in the U.S. & overseas
• Experimentalists AND Theorists
• Entire SMU mentor team is theorists.
• Theorists - an integral part of many QuarkNet centers.
Helping Develop America’s Technological Workforce
K. Whelan Oregon QuarkNet Meeting, June 2012
Teachers as Researchers
• Construct & test detector components.
• Analyze data & conduct simulation studies.
• Create data sets for their students.
• Create scientific investigations for their students.
• Build classroom detectors.
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• Assume Leadership Roles with Teaching Colleagues
• Participate in the Fellows Program:
e-Lab, leadership, LHC, teaching & learning
• Develop/Test instructional materials.
• Develop/Lead PD activities.
• Share/work with colleagues in their schools, districts, centers’ regions, nationally, internationally.
Teachers as Professionals
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Learn fundamental physics by:• Analyzing real data delivered online. • Collaborating with students worldwide.• Participating in inquiry-oriented
investigations.• Experimenting using classroom cosmic ray
detectors.• Visiting research groups & experiments.
Students as Researchers
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K. Whelan Oregon QuarkNet Meeting, June 2012
Program Activities
Activities for Participants
Teachers Students
• Boot Camp at Fermilab - Access to e-Labs
• Research appointments - Research appointments
• Follow-on activities - Masterclass
• Fellows Program
• Workshops
• Online presence: Web/Web 2.0 (including access to I2U2 e-Labs)
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Program Activities
National Project Management
• Managing funds
• Preparing reports for funding agencies
• Collecting data as requested by the outside evaluator
• Providing assistance for planning & implementing effective center activities
• Creating resources & tools, maintaining the Web presence, & supporting teachers using resources
• Supporting QuarkNet fellows
• Organizing workshops & special events
• Participating in dissemination & broader impact activities
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K. Whelan Oregon QuarkNet Meeting, June 2012
Examples of Dissemination Activities
Cosmic Ray Studies—National & International:
Auger, IceCube, + 32 non-QuarkNet institutions
IPPOG: QuarkNet program, cosmic ray studies,
discovery science and more
Masterclasses: CMS international program, astrophysics masterclass
Influence on Other Programs: CHEPREO, CMS,COSM, CROP, I2U2, IB, ICAM, ILC,
LIGO, MARIACHI, NDeRC, OSG, PARTICLE, SUL,
WALTA
Broader Impacts
Helping Develop America’s Technological Workforce
K. Whelan Oregon QuarkNet Meeting, June 2012
Center Program
Staff provides guidance, support, resources for:
Year I - 2 mentors & 2 teachers
Mentors
• Orientation
Lead Teachers
• 1-week orientation workshop (Boot Camp)
• 7-week research appointment
• Academic year follow-on
Helping Develop America’s Technological Workforce
K. Whelan Oregon QuarkNet Meeting, June 2012
Center Program
Staff provides guidance, support, resources for:
Year II - 2 mentors, 2 lead teachers & 8 associate teachers
• 3-week research-based institute
Following years - 2 mentors & 10 teachers
• 1-week follow-on program
• NSF student research program - 1 teacher & 4 students
• Additional opportunities for teachers
• 1-week Particle Physics Boot Camp
• Special Events
Helping Develop America’s Technological Workforce
K. Whelan Oregon QuarkNet Meeting, June 2012
Program Evolution
QuarkNet is a dynamic program, responding to formative evaluation data & adjusting to address:
• Participants’ needs & interests.
• Center strengths.
. . . within available funds.
Helping Develop America’s Technological Workforce
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Program Evolution
Examples of “New” Program Activities
2001 Cosmic ray detectors2001 Run II Discovery2004 Student summer research2005 Cosmic Ray e-Lab2006 Boot Camp model of professional development2006 Masterclass2008 Fellows2008 Instructional design (UbD)2010 CMS e-Lab
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A Strong Program Benefits Teachers & Students.
Members of a research community
• Working on a team
• Sharing ideas
• Doing science
• Solving problems
Program Benefits
Helping Develop America’s Technological Workforce
K. Whelan Oregon QuarkNet Meeting, June 2012
A Strong Program Benefits Teachers & Students.
Members of a learning community
• Supporting one another and sharing ideas
• Using scientific research in the classroom
• Using instructional resources that support student explorations of science
• Using particle physics examples in basic physics
Program Benefits
Helping Develop America’s Technological Workforce
K. Whelan Oregon QuarkNet Meeting, June 2012
Questions?
For more information about QuarkNet:
Website: quarknet.fnal.gov
Kris Whelan [email protected]