Summer Institutes in Modern Physics for Secondary School Physics Teachers

两个中学物理教师学院将在威斯敏斯特学院开办，一个在1990年夏天，第二个在一年后。在每个为期三周的工作坊上，20名教师将学习现代物理的主题，参加与现代物理有关的实践活动，并发展现代物理概念的教学单元。内容将集中在粒子物理学，按照标准模型的理解，它与日常事件的关系，以及它对宇宙学的影响。标准模型用几个基本粒子(夸克和轻子)描述了所有物质的结构。将提供机会回顾基本概念，为本研究做准备。参与者将来自宾夕法尼亚州西部和中部、纽约西部、俄亥俄州东部、西弗吉尼亚州北部和马里兰州西部。遴选将根据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来进行。鼓励来自少数群体和妇女的申请。参与者将获得900美元的津贴，食宿，以及精选的现代物理教材。他们还将获得三个学期的研究生学分。学院的活动将包括讲座和讨论、复习课程、电影和录像带，以及涉及实验室和演示仪器、计算机模拟和现代物理“游戏”的动手活动。将介绍几种新的现代物理教材，包括《基本粒子和相互作用挂图》和笔记本《现代物理教师资源材料教学专题》。他们将前往康奈尔大学的康奈尔电子存储环加速器和克利夫兰附近的质子衰变实验进行实地考察。参加者将发展两个有关现代物理的教学单元，以纳入其课程，并会在一九九一年春及一九九二年春举行的本地会议上分享经验及汇报进展。55,724美元的费用分摊相当于NSF奖励的36%。

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.