Fermilab - University of Chicago
QuarkNet Center
SCHOOL YEAR 2009-2010
Academic Year Meetings: We plan two meetings during the school year, dates and details to be determined.
SUMMER 2009
Summer Student Research Teams: This summer we hosted two research teams.
Summer Workshop: Chris Stoughton, our new mentor, is with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. He led a three-day workshop on Experiencing the Expanding Universe based on SDSS data. With assistance from Kristy Bubinski, Preservice Teacher Intern, participants . . . .
SCHOOL YEAR 2008 - 2009
 Masterclass: On February 21 approximately 45 students attended the all-day masterclass at Fermilab. Working with physicists Chris Stoughton, Fred Kuehn and Kendall Mahn, students analyzed 1,000 LEP events to confirm the Z-boson branching ratios. The day culminated in a "scientific conference" in Curia II. Congratulations to all the students and teachers who braved a VERY snowy and windy day to attend.
We have 16 teachers participating this year representing nine high schools from the Chicago suburbs, mostly west and north of the city but as far away as Joliet, IL. This is the 11th year that this center has participated in QuarkNet, and many of the teachers have been active since its inception.
Teacher's Guide - Download our collection of education materials including a variety of worksheets, activities, labs and lesson plans as well as modern physics units. The beta version was tested in authors classrooms.
Mentor: Chris Stoughton
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