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QuarkNet Associate Teacher Institutes, or What do I do next year?

QuarkNet Associate Teacher Institutes, or What do I do next year?. Fred Nelson Manhattan High School Manhattan, Kansas. Have you read the Teacher Expectations for next summer?. Working with the mentors to plan a year-2 three-week local institute for the associate teachers

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QuarkNet Associate Teacher Institutes, or What do I do next year?

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  1. QuarkNet Associate Teacher Institutes, orWhat do I do next year? Fred Nelson Manhattan High School Manhattan, Kansas

  2. Have you read the Teacher Expectations for next summer? • Working with the mentors to plan a year-2 three-week local institute for the associate teachers • Working with the mentors to recruit year-2 teachers • On average, ten new associate teachers should join the collaboration

  3. So where to begin. . . • Find learning activities for your classroom • Topics in Modern Physics • Particles & Interactions • The Particle Adventure • Online QuarkNet activities • Reading & writing

  4. Find some more teachers! • How were you recruited? • College of Education—Science ed advisor • University physics department • AAPT section • State Department of Education • State science teachers association (NSTA chapter)

  5. Don’t be a snob • Don’t assume you can only invite “physics” teachers! • Adjust activities for your audience • QuarkNet can help meet requirements of the Elementary & Secondary Education Act

  6. Tell your story! • Short presentation • Deliver wherever you can • Give away stuff • Posters • CD-ROMs • Pamphlets • Business cards

  7. Find a rationale • Survey of Kansas High School Physics Teachers—2001 • Confidence in teaching selected physics topics

  8. Another opportunity presented from survey data • Approach to teaching physics • Use of computer data collection technology

  9. Do the right thing—use the Standards • Science is for all students • Learning science is an active process • School science reflects the practice of science • Improving science education is part of systemic education reform

  10. Free stuff for teachers to use • Posters • Videos • CD-ROMS • The Particle Adventure • The Atlas Experiment • Rulers • Topics in Modern Physics • FermiNews

  11. Cheap stuff for teachers to use • Simulated particle detector • Iron filings • Magnetic marbles • Shoebox lids • Simulated Rutherford experiment • Plywood & wood blocks • Marbles • Crude woodworking skill

  12. More cheap stuff • Indirect measurement • Carbon paper • Marbles • Simulated Millikan experiment • Envelopes • Index cards

  13. Videos The Creation of the Universe Race for the Top Quark (Nova) Powers of Ten Video CD-ROM Understanding Uncertainty (TLC) The Quantum Universe (Annenberg) Magazine reading Discover Scientific American FermiNews Book reading From Quarks to Cosmos (Lederman) The Particle Garden (Kane) Websites QuarkNet CPEP Institute content resources

  14. Pedagogical ideas to consider • Inquiry learning • Constructivism • Learning cycle • Learning styles • Cooperative learning • Assessments • Traditional • Alternative

  15. Logistics at the QuarkNet Center: things you have to figure out • Dates • Graduate credit • Rooms • Schedule • Computers • Lab equipment • Other equipment • Follow up with mentors • Money ($300/week) • Teacher selection • Expenses

  16. 9:00 – 11:00 Orientation Parking permit Paperwork Center tour 11:15 – 12:00 Faculty presentation—A very brief history of particles 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch on your own 1:00 – 2:45 Browse The Particle Adventure 3:00 – 4:00 Particles & Interactions activity— Fundamentally speaking Day 1

  17. Day 2 9:00 – 9:15 • Questions & answers 9:15 – 10:30 • Faculty presentation—Current experiments 10:45 – 12:00 • Particles & Interactions activity— Rutherford’s discovery 1:00 – 4:00 • Active Learning workshop

  18. Some other ideas for sessions • Cosmology • Fusion • Nuclear science • Current events • National Board Certification • Science standards • State assessments & accountability

  19. Other things you can do • What’s your expertise? • Global positioning system • Nuclear radiation experiments • Modeling method • CASTLE electricity • Physics with computers • Tours of other facilities

  20. By the way, spend your mini-grant • $250 • Reimbursed • Simple classroom transfer plan • Books • Equipment • Materials • Software

  21. Adult learners • Select faculty speakers carefully • No more than 90 minutes per session • Breaks • Activities • Parking lot • No stupid questions • Have more than you think you need

  22. Other considerations • Produce something • Document your workshop • Reflection time • Bonding time • Laughing time • Have fun!

  23. Goals • Learn something about particle physics • Experience science being done • Take it to your students • Keep the dream alive • University-High School Partnerships • To infinity and beyond • Year 3 Institute

  24. Thanks for your interest http://classrooms.usd383.org/fredn/ fredn@manhattan.k12.ks.us

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