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1 US CMS Education and Outreach Dan Karmgard University of Notre Dame

2 D. Karmgard – US CMS Collaboration Meeting – 19 May '01 2 USCMS Education QuarkNet - National Science Program National HEP Education and Outreach Booklet USCMS and CMS Initiatives –REU – Research Experiences for Undergraduates –RET – Research Experiences for Teachers –USCMS Fellows –Support for significant regional programs –Detectors and displays Websites Acknowledgements

3 D. Karmgard – US CMS Collaboration Meeting – 19 May '01 3 QuarkNet We are now starting our 3 rd Year We have 36 centers participating, of which 18 are affiliated with USCMS groups Goal is to reach 60 centers by the 5 th year

4 D. Karmgard – US CMS Collaboration Meeting – 19 May '01 4 Current QuarkNet Centers

5 D. Karmgard – US CMS Collaboration Meeting – 19 May '01 5 QuarkNet Activities 2000 –Mentor orientation, Spring –Summer Institute for lead teachers, Fermilab – 8-week and 3-week summer programs at Centers –Fall Institute for lead and associate teachers, Fermilab –Participation in AAPT national meetings

6 D. Karmgard – US CMS Collaboration Meeting – 19 May '01 6 QuarkNet Activities 2001 –AAPT Meeting San Diego (many presentations) –QuarkNet Mentor Day, Spring –Run II Discovery, live national webcasts by four teams of high school students, Spring –Summer Institute for lead teachers, Snowmass –Snowmass education and outreach program –3-week Modeling Workshop at Arizona State University –8-week, 3-week, and 1-week programs at the Centers

7 D. Karmgard – US CMS Collaboration Meeting – 19 May '01 7 National Education & Outreach Booklet on HEP Education and Outreach Activities (Bardeen, Barnett, Huston, Ruchti) –First edition published in 1997. –Second edition in preparation. Documentation on 120 HEP sites in the US Important reference source for teachers, educators, program coordinators, physicists, and legislators and government and private sector sponsors

8 D. Karmgard – US CMS Collaboration Meeting – 19 May '01 8 USCMS and CMS REU: Research Experiences for Undergraduates – at CERN. (NEU/UM) RET: Research Experiences for Teachers – at CERN (NEU) RET: At Notre Dame (HCAL) CROP: Cosmic Ray Observatory Project (Nebraska) Summer Physics Program for Young Women (Rochester) USCMS Fellows: Teachers at Iowa and Iowa State Hand-held Cosmic Ray Detectors: –PA 5 at CERN for the visitor gallery –National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC –Fermilab Education Office/Lederman Science Center

9 D. Karmgard – US CMS Collaboration Meeting – 19 May '01 9 Websites http://quarknet.fnal.gov http://cmsdoc.cern.ch/cms/outreach.html http://uscms.fnal.gov http://quarknet.nd.edu

10 D. Karmgard – US CMS Collaboration Meeting – 19 May '01 10 Acknowledgements NSF and DOE funding for QuarkNet Support from the USCMS Project Office Resources from the Fermilab Education Office Assistance from the Fermilab Public Affairs Office and Visual Media Services Valued collaboration with US ATLAS Education in a wide variety of activities


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