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by  Life Lab Foundation   This page is meant to give a new teacher a start on professional development in QuarkNet. It is based on three big ideas: Students can learn fundamental concepts through particle physics. Students can learn fundamental concepts through authentic…

  Spotlight on the Year We do not need to go over the difficulties of the year equal to 22(5)(101). Let's talk about some highlights of the progress we made. As International Masterclasses came to a halt, some in QuarkNet managed to hold them anyway; fellow Jeremy Wegner held a virtual…

Staff Meeting Zoom link: https://notredame.zoom.us/j/691191701 Thursday, December 10, 2020 07:00-10:00 CT (08:00-11:00 ET) Agenda New Fellows plan (Ken & Spencer) Add Coding and Neutrino Fellows New budget; add “mini-grant” and raise pay to $150/day Link to spreadsheet…

  Spotlight on the NOvA Experiment NOvA is an acronym that contains an acronym: NuMI Off-axis ve Appearance experiment. The NuMI (Neutrinos at the Main Injector) beam of neutrinos starts out 150 feet below the surface at Fermilab and is aimed downward at a 3.3-degree angle. Before leaving…

  Spotlight on the Virginia QuarkNet Center . . . . . . which is not to be confused with the Virginia Tech QuarkNet Center. The latter is based at Virginia Tech while the former, the subject of our Spotlight, is based at the College of William and Mary and George Mason University. Got it? Good…

There will be no Friday Flyer this coming Friday (November 27), as we'll be on Thanksgiving break. We'll pick it up again on December 4. Have a great Thanksgiving!   Spotlight on the University of Illinois at Chicago/Chicago State University QuarkNet Center Mark Adams is the staff member who…

Spotlight on the Oklahoma State University QuarkNet Center Oklahoma's two QuarkNet centers—University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University—take turns hosting summer teacher workshops each year. Summer 2020 was Oklahoma State's turn, which normally means hosting teachers from across the…

    AGENDA  November 21, 2020     9 – 9:15 social time 9:15 – 10:15 Josh talk 10:15 – 10:30  BREAK 10:30 – 12:00 Activity time Making Tracks I, Making Tracks II and Particle Transformations 12:00 – 12:15 BREAK (if needed) 12:15 – 1:00  Talk time about…

Spotlight on World Wide Data Day As October and November roll around each year, here at Notre Dame we enjoy the autumn colors, apples from local orchards, and, of course, the ramp-up to World Wide Data Day (W2D2), which will happen this year next Thursday, November 12. W2D2 is a chance for…