QuarkNet

这是一个为期五年的项目，由能源部国家实验室和全国各地大学的科学教师参与前沿研究。在该项目的整个生命周期内，来自28个州的60所大学和实验室将参与其中。每年夏天，来自12个“大学科学中心”的24名首席教师将在费米实验室进行为期8周的暑期研究。在费米实验室，他们将在来自他们家附近的大学或实验室的物理学家的指导下工作。所有的研究都将集中在与费米实验室和欧洲核子研究中心实验相关的研究上。第二年，这些首席教师和他们的物理学家导师将在12个中心中的每个中心领导一个为期一年的研究项目，最多有10名当地副教师参与。这些本地项目包括两个部分：为期三周的研究经历，以及通过电子邮件和网站进行的持续交流。该网站是将研究经验转移到课堂并获得近实时数据的基本起点。预计教师将通过调整数据集以满足他们的需要和开发在线实验来增加网站的内容。QuarkNet和高能粒子物理合作致力于通过15年的高能粒子物理实验项目的研究和相关资金来源来维持这些中心和伴随的8周夏季研究经验。

This is a five-year project engaging science teachers in cutting-edge research at Department of Energy National Laboratories and at universities across the nation. During the lifetime of the project 60 universities and laboratories from 28 states will participate. Each summer 24 lead teachers, two from each of 12 "university science centers" will hold 8-week summer research appointments at Fermilab. At Fermilab they will work under the guidance of a physicist from a university or laboratory near their homes. All of the research will focus on research related to Fermilab and CERN experiments. The following year these lead teachers and their mentor physicists will lead a year-long research program at each of the 12 centers for up to 10 local associate teachers. These local programs include two components: a 3-week research experience, and ongoing communications via e-mail and a website. The website is the basic starting point for transfer to the classroom of the research experiences and access to near real time data. It is expected that teachers will add to the website through adapting datasets to their needs and developing online experiments. QuarkNet and the high-energy particle physics collaborations are committed to maintaining these centers and the accompanying 8-week summer research experience through the 15 years of the high energy particle physics experimental program with research and related sources of funding.