Summer Institutes in Modern Physics for Secondary School Physics Teachers

中学物理教师现代物理暑期学院

• 批准号: 8955227
• 负责人: G.Samuel Lightner
• 金额: $ 15.35万
• 依托单位: Westminster College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-03-01 至 1993-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8955227&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Summer; Institutes; Modern; Physics; Secondary

Two institutes for secondary school physics teachers will be conducted at Westminster College, one in the summer of 1990, the second a year later. At each of these three-week workshops, 20 teachers will learn about topics in modern physics, take part in hands-on activities involving modern physics, and develop teaching units on modern physics concepts. The content will center on Particle Physics, as understood in terms of the Standard Model, and its relation to everyday events as well as its implications for cosmology. The Standard Model describes the structure of all matter in terms of a few fundamental particles (quarks and leptons). Opportunities will be provided to review basic concepts in preparation for this study. Participants will come from the region comprised of western and central Pennsylvania, western New York, eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, and western Maryland. Selection will be based on the applicants' interest in modern physics and commitment to incorporate modern physics topics in their courses. Applications from minorities and women are encouraged. Participants will receive a $900 stipend, room and board, and a selection of modern physics teaching materials. They also will earn three semester hours of graduate credit. Institute activities will include lectures and discussions, review sessions, films and video tapes, and hands-on activities involving laboratory and demonstration apparatus, computer simulations and modern physics "games". Several new modern physics teaching aids will be introduced including "The Fundamental Particles and Interactions Wall Chart" and the notebook, "Topics in Teaching Modern Physics Teacher Resource Materials". There will be field trips to the Cornell Electron Storage Ring accelerator at Cornell and to the Proton Decay Experiment near Cleveland. Participants will develop two teaching units on modern physics for incorporation into their curriculum and will share experiences and report on progress at local conferences to be held in the Spring of 1991 and Spring 1992. Cost sharing in an amount of $55,724 equals 36% of the NSF award.

将在威斯敏斯特学院为中学物理教师开办两个研究所，一个在1990年夏天，另一个在一年后。在每个为期三周的工作坊中，20位教师将学习现代物理的主题，参与现代物理的实践活动，并开发现代物理概念的教学单元。内容将以粒子物理学为中心，根据标准模型来理解，以及它与日常事件的关系以及它对宇宙学的影响。标准模型用一些基本粒子（夸克和轻子）来描述所有物质的结构。为准备这项研究，将提供机会复习基本概念。参与者将来自宾夕法尼亚州西部和中部、纽约州西部、俄亥俄州东部、西弗吉尼亚州北部和马里兰州西部。选择将基于申请者对现代物理的兴趣和将现代物理主题纳入其课程的承诺。鼓励少数民族和妇女申请。参加者将获得900美元的津贴、食宿和一些现代物理教材。他们还将获得三个学期的研究生学分。学院活动将包括讲座和讨论、复习课、电影和录像带，以及涉及实验室和演示设备、计算机模拟和现代物理“游戏”的实践活动。介绍了《基本粒子与相互作用挂图》、《现代物理教师资源教材教学专题》等几种新的现代物理教具。他们将实地考察康奈尔大学的电子存储环加速器和克利夫兰附近的质子衰变实验。参加者将编制两个现代物理学教学单元，纳入其课程，并将在1991年春季和1992年春季举行的地方会议上分享经验和报告进展情况。费用分摊额为55,724美元，相当于NSF奖金的36%。