QuarkNet

URL: http://quarknet.fnal.gov/index.html

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QuarkNet, a professional development program for high-school physics teachers, is intended to involve them and their students in collaborative high-energy physics experiments and research. During the summer months, teachers collaborate with each other and with research physicists who act as mentors. The teachers return to their home schools during the following academic year and use their research experience and classroom materials they have developed to involve their students in constructivist activities that investigate introductory physics phenomena. The QuarkNet web site features information on the program, classroom activities and online resources for teachers, and materials for students such as interactives, webcasts, online activities, and links to related websites.

Summary

Subject keyword(s)	Education, Physics, Professional development
Grade level	High School, Vocational/Professional Development Education
Intended audience	Educator
Resource type	Community, Event, Instructional Material, Reference Material, Text
Resource format	image, image/gif, image/jpeg, text, text/html

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Title	Physics Gateways and Resources
Link	http://www.nsdl.org/collection/physics/
Description	The Physics Gateways and Resources collection is comprised of physics-related web portals, web sites, and individual digital resources in many areas of the discipline, including electromagnetism, classical mechanics, optics, oscillations and waves, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and other areas. Here may be found materials for physics educators and learners (early childhood through graduate school), resources intended for the general public, and materials aimed at physics research communities.
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QuarkNet: The science connection you've been waiting for! The Opportunity: "Your program rejuvenates my soul. It connects me with a cadre of intelligent and excited educators. It reinvigorates my teaching and provides me avenues to extend and enliven the projects that I can offer my students. Without the Quarknet program I am sure that I would have left teaching years ago." The Players: High school students, teachers and physicsts working together on physics research projects exploring the hidden nature of matter, energy, space and time. The Questions: What are the origins of mass? Can the basic forces of nature be unified? How did the universe begin? How will it evolve? LHC & Fermilab Links For Teachers For Students CERN Homepage, LHC ATLAS Experiment CMS Experiment LHCb Experiment Fermilab Homepage CDF Experiment DZERO Experiment QuarkNet Classroom Activities Cosmic Ray e-Lab CMS Ray e-Lab LHC Workshop Resources CMS Masterclass Library Online Resources Centers Contact us! Join us ! Cosmic Ray Studies CMS Studies Run II Website    View student Webcasts    Analyze the data Measuring Single Photons Discovering New Particles Applying Ohm's Law The Particle Adventure The Top Quark Online References Project Overview Kudos for QuarkNet At Work This project is supported in part by the National Science Foundation and the Office of High Energy Physics, Office of Science , U.S. Department of Energy. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necssarily those of the Foundation or Department. Security, Privacy, Legal Web Maintainer: qnet-webmaster@fnal.gov Last Updated: June 8, 2011 URL: quarknet.fnal.gov/ May 2002 - QuarkNet is an Eisenhower National Clearinghouse Digital Dozen