Summer Institutes in Modern Physics for Secondary School Physics Teachers

两所中学物理教师研究所将于 在威斯敏斯特学院进行，一个在1990年夏天， 一年后的第二次。 在这三周的每一天， 研讨会，20名教师将学习现代主题 物理，参加涉及现代实践活动 物理，并开发现代物理教学单元 理念的 内容将集中在粒子物理学，如在 标准模型及其与日常生活的关系 事件及其对宇宙学的影响。 的 标准模型描述了所有物质的结构， 一些基本粒子（夸克和轻子）。 将提供机会， 为这项研究做准备。 参加者将来自西部地区， 宾夕法尼亚州中部，纽约西部，俄亥俄州东部， 西弗吉尼亚州北方和马里兰州西部。 选择将 基于申请人对现代物理学的兴趣， 承诺将现代物理学主题纳入其 课程 少数民族和妇女的申请 鼓励。 参与者将获得900美元的津贴，房间 和董事会，并选择现代物理教学 材料. 他们还将获得三个学期的时间， 毕业学分 研究所的活动将包括讲座和讨论， 回顾会议、电影和录像带，以及动手实践 涉及实验室和演示仪器的活动， 计算机模拟和现代物理"游戏"。 几个新 现代物理教具将被引入，包括 《基本粒子和相互作用挂图》和 笔记本《近代物理教师教学中的课题》 资源材料"。 将有实地考察， 康奈尔电子储存环加速器 克利夫兰附近的质子衰变实验 参与者 将开发两个现代物理教学单元， 纳入他们的课程，并将分享 在地方会议上提出经验和进展报告， 1991年春和1992年春。 55，724美元的成本分摊相当于NSF的36% 奖

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.