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

在STEM学科中，一个强大的本科课程的核心是能够在学生的学术经历中为他们提供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迷人概念在本科课程中交织在一起。在传统的课程设计中，现代物理主题的实验室实验通常是为物理专业的高年级学生保留的。此外，仅仅依靠教师的独立研究，往往既不可行，也不能有效地帮助本科生培养研究生院和行业所需的技能。这个项目的核心是将核物理和粒子物理的主题实验室部分纳入科罗拉多州立大学的课程，影响攻读物理、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、入门课程和先进的教学实验室中使用现代研究来改善学生的实验室体验。通过对实验教学实验模块的精心选择，本项目将为学生提供全面的引导探究体验：培养他们对科学的兴趣，训练他们使用技术，向他们介绍当前实验技术的方法，并为他们在本系教师的研究领域的成功合作做好准备。在项目的这个阶段，我们的重点是粒子和核物理实验的探测器技术。

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.