Using the Context of Nuclear and Particle Physics for the Integration of Modern Research Techniques into the Undergraduate Physics Curriculum

物理(13)在STEM学科中，一个强有力的本科课程的核心是为学生提供在他们的学术经历中实践科学探究的机会。在这个项目中，现代技术的使用和当前研究领域的引人入胜的概念正在本科课程中交织在一起。在传统的课程设计中，现代物理的实验室实验往往是为物理专业的高年级学生保留的。此外，在帮助本科生培养研究生院和产业界所需的各类技能方面，仅仅依靠与教职员工的独立研究往往既不可行，也不有效。该项目的核心是将核物理和粒子物理的一个主题实验室部分纳入CSU的课程，影响到正在攻读物理、工程和化学学位的高中生和大学生。该项目将采取多阶段的方法，通过在招聘和推广计划、入门课程和高级教学实验室中使用现代研究来改善我们学生的实验室体验。通过精心选择实验教学实验模块，该项目将为学生提供全面的指导性探究体验：培养他们对科学的兴趣，培训他们使用技术，向他们介绍当前实验技术的方法论，并为他们在我们系教职员工的研究领域成功合作做好准备。在该项目的这一阶段，我们将重点放在粒子和核物理实验的探测器技术上。

Physics (13)At the core of a strong undergraduate program in the STEM disciplines is the ability to offer students the opportunity to practice scientific inquiry throughout their academic experience. In this project, the use of modern technology and captivating concepts of current areas of research are being interwoven in the undergraduate curriculum. In a traditional curriculum design, lab experiments in modern physics topics are often reserved for advanced students in the physics major. Also relying solely on independent research with faculty is often neither feasible nor effective in helping undergraduate students develop the types of skills needed for graduate school and industry. This project centers on incorporating a themed laboratory component in nuclear and particle physics into the curriculum at CSU, affecting high school and college students pursuing physics, engineering, and chemistry degrees. The project will take a multi-staged approach to improving the laboratory experience for our students by using modern research in recruitment and outreach programs, in introductory courses and in advanced teaching labs. Through the thoughtful choice of experimental teaching laboratory modules, this project will provide students with comprehensive guided-inquiry experiences: foster their interest in science, train them in the use of technology, introduce them to the methodology of current experimental techniques, and prepare them for successful collaboration in the research areas of the faculty members in our department. In this stage of the project, we are focusing on detector techniques for particle and nuclear physics experiments.