The QuarkNet Collaboration: How “Doing Science” is Changing Science Education Kris Whelan

1. The QuarkNet Collaboration: How “Doing Science” is Changing Science Education Kris Whelan Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

2. Goals • Scientists as mentors • Teachers as researchers & facilitators • Students as researchers

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. QuarkNet Origins ATLAS and CMS at CERN

6. QuarkNet Origins CDF & DØ at Fermilab

7. Multi-Year Program 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

8. Teacher Support Year 1 (2 lead teachers) • 8 weeks + travel + subsistence Year 2 (12 teachers on average) • 2-3 weeks Year 3, . . . • 1 week

9. 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

10. Teachers as Researchers • Construct and test detector components. • Create data sets for students. • Develop online experiments for students. • Develop classroom detectors.

11. Totals (Goals) • 120 Lead Teachers • 600 Associate Teachers • 100,000 Students GOALS

12. Goal: 60 Universities & Labs 12 new centers each year for 5 years (beginning in 1999)

13. Current Status • 51 Active centers • 158 Mentors • 506 Teachers • 33 Summer students

14. 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

15. Southern Methodist University

16. Indiana University

17. University of Texas at Arlington

18. Helping Develop America’s Technological Workforce The QuarkNet Collaboration Cosmic Ray Detector • Teachers’ idea • Several prototypes • Collecting data led to e-Lab M. Bardeen, Advisory Group, January 2006

19. Professional Development Investigations • QNI 2005 • QuarkNet Grid e-Lab along with HEP content • Teacher milestones • Research posters • Pedagogy reflections LTI 2004 • SRCH models student investigation. • “Returning teachers” • 4 new centers • Best rated yet

20. Reunions • LBNL, SLAC/Stanford Reunion, 3/18 • NSTA Reunion at SMU, 4/1 • Fermilab Reunion, 10/7-9 • CSAAPT at College Park, 11/05

21. 2005 Student Summer Research • 11 centers with 4 student slots each

22. Report on 39 Summer Students I will be attending the University of Michigan this fall with an intended major of biochemistry and a minor in physics. I really enjoyed my summer and it was a big factor in not only my school choice but my decision to minor in physics. Amanda - 2005

23. Teacher Support Staff Salaries and Travel Evaluation Advisory Board Materials & Supplies Budget

24. Funding • NSF ESIE grant • NSF Experimental Particle Physics support • DOE High-Energy Physics support • ATLAS & CMS education support • Research groups & dept.’s in-kind contributions

25. 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

26. Questions???? For more information: quarknet.fnal.gov kkwhelan@lbl.gov