The QuarkNet Collaboration

1. The QuarkNet Collaboration M. Bardeen, DPF, May 2002

2. The QuarkNet Collaboration General Program Overview • Program Context • Vision, Goals & Outcomes • Program Strategies • Program Components • Management Structure • Budget & Funding • Evaluation • Program Successes M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

3. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration • Program Context • K-12 standards-based education reform • Scientists as partners in science education reform • Nature of particle physics research • Long-term • Distributed among many research groups • Best practice research in staff development programs • Research appointments • Staff development built on research scenarios • Follow-on program • HEPAP Subpanel recommendation • Impact of 9/11 on the scientific community M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

4. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration Vision & Goals A lasting community of researchers that includes high school teachers and students as well as physicists Goal: To engage teachers, and subsequently their students, with scientific investigations Goal: To confront particle physicists with current issues in science education M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

5. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration • Vision & Goals • To engage teachers, and subsequently their students, with scientific investigations, QuarkNet: • Provides valuable research experiences to teachers • enabling them to teach basic physics concepts in a • context that students find exciting & rewarding. • Develops links between high school classrooms • & experiments that explore the scientific frontier. • Attracts students to careers in science & technology. • Helps develop scientific literacy. M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

6. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration • Outcomes • Improve students’: • Abilities to understand and appreciate the nature of • measurement. • Abilities to engage in scientific investigations. • Knowledge of basic physics concepts. • Attitudes toward & interest in studying science. • Knowledge of what physicists actually do. • Respect for teachers through teachers’ roles in real • research. M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

7. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration • Outcomes • Increase teachers’: • Knowledge of the scientific process. • Knowledge of particle physics & how areas of the general • physics curriculum such as forces, kinematics, • conservation of momentum & energy, & relativity relate to • particle physics. • Abilities to solve science-related problems. M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

8. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration • Outcomes • Increase teachers’: • Use of inquiry methods to develop in students the mental • operations, habits of mind & attitudes that characterize • the process of scientific inquiry. • Classroom use of instructional resources that support • student explorations of science. • Contributions to the quality of practice of colleagues & • the work of the larger science education community. M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

9. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration Program Strategies 60 QuarkNet Centers with: • Physicists as mentors & colleagues • Teachers as researchers & facilitators in classrooms • Students as researchers M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

10. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration • Physicists as Mentors & Colleagues • Commit for the long term • Attend 2-day orientation meeting • Recruit 2 lead teachers & co-recruit 10 associate teachers • First Year — supervise 7-week summer research • appointments • co-plan 3-week research–based institute • Second Year — co-conduct 3-week institute • Following Years — co-host 1-week follow-on program • Host teachers at academic-year meetings • Visit classrooms; host students M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

11. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration • Teachers as Researchers • Construct & test detector components • Analyze data & conduct simulation studies • Create data sets for students • Develop online experiments for students • Build classroom detectors M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

12. The QuarkNet Collaboration Teachers as Facilitators • Assume leadership roles • Replace current classroom experiments & activities • Conservation of momentum using DØ top quark data • Catchin’ Some Zs • Classroom cosmic ray detectors M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

13. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration • Students as Researchers • Learn fundamental physics while analyzing live online data & participating in inquiry-oriented investigations • Analyze real data delivered online • Collaborate with students worldwide • Experiment using classroom cosmic ray detectors • Visit research groups & experiments • Construct & test detector components M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

14. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration Program Profile M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

15. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration • Program Components • For Mentors • Orientation meeting • For Teachers • Orientation lead-teacher institutes • Summer research appointments • Associate Teacher Institutes • Follow-on activities • QuarkNet Website M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

16. The QuarkNet Collaboration M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

17. 6 Staff Members 4 PIs Center 60 Center 59 Center 3 Typical Center Center 2 Center 1 Center 58 2 Mentors 2 Lead Teachers 10 Associate Teachers The QuarkNet Collaboration Management Chart Outside Evaluators Advisory Group ---------- ---------- M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

18. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

19. Program Budget Teacher Support Staff Salaries & Travel Also Evaluation Advisory Board M&S Funding Sources NSF ESIE & EPP DOE ATLAS & CMS Leveraged Funds In-kind Contributions PI & Mentor Salaries Facilities Equipment The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

20. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration • Support for Teachers • Stipends • Year 1 — 1-week lead teacher orientation workshop • 7-week research appointment • travel & subsistence for work away from home • Year 2 — 3-week research-based institute • for lead & associate teachers • Following Years — 1-week follow-on program M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

21. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration • Support for Teachers • Academic Year Follow-on • Stipend for 3.5 days (Year 1 only) • Small reimbursement for instructionalmaterials and/or • attendance at professional meetings M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

22. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration • Program Evaluation Instruments • Anecdotal information • Best practice templates • Classroom observation protocol • Interviews • Journals • Portfolios including student work • Pre- and post-tests • Site visits • Surveys M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

23. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration Extensive National Involvement After 3.5 Years 195mentors,81lead &181associate teachers at43centers High school students engaged in: 67 research 536at least 1 wk of particle physics classroom activities 700classes with physicists; visits to universities & labs Also,10undergraduate &4graduate students M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

24. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration • QuarkNet Has Satisfied Participants • Comments from two lead teachers after the first year: • “I gained from the research experience the opportunity to present and share ideas at a national meeting, the opportunity to help organize an international meeting. • “I have revolutionized my curriculum . . . I am grateful to QuarkNet for providing opportunities, opening doors, and opening my eyes. This is the BEST professional development program I have ever been involved in (~20 yrs of trying :-) ).” M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

25. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration • QuarkNet Has Satisfied Participants • In 2001 all associate teachers reported being “very” to “extremely satisfied” with their experience. • Content-based educational opportunity • Continuing contact with center • Opportunities to bring students to visit • Support in classroom transfer • “We felt like we were separated from the mainstream to learn about something really exciting . . . a feeling of community develops.” M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

26. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration • QuarkNet - a Strong Program that Benefits Teachers & Students • Members of a research community • Working on a team • Sharing ideas • Doing science • Solving problems M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

27. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration • QuarkNet - a Strong Program that Benefits Teachers & Students • Members of a learning community • Using inquiry-based teaching/learning strategies • Using particle physics examples in basic physics • Doing HEP projects in class • Using QuarkNet resources • OnScreen, the Particle Adventure, top quark activity, • Web resources, videos M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002

28. The QuarkNet Collaboration The QuarkNet Collaboration • Three Things to Remember about QuarkNet • QuarkNet is a collaborative education program just as particle physics is collaborative research. The national structure supports local programs to meet local needs. • QuarkNet brings high school teachers and their students into the research community. • QuarkNet is a long-term program which offers a better chance of changing the way students learn physics. M. Bardeen DPF, May, 2002