HU-WM-GMU QuarkNet Center

QuarkNet physicists and teachers from Northern Virginia, Central Virginia, and Hampton Roads

Teachers and their students work together with physicist mentors from Hampton University, the College of William and Mary, and George Mason University to explore particle physics and improve physics education. 

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Agenda for February 3 Meeting Centreville High School

 Schedule Feb 3  Arrive 9:00 am. That is when the door opens   9:00 - 9:30. Coffee and conversation 9:30 - 11:00. Phil tells us the latest 11:00 - 12:00 Lunch 12:00 - 1:00 Hank has the floor 1…

Agenda for November 18, 2017 Meeting Steward School, Richmond, VA

8:30 am - 9:00  am     Coffee, Snacks, Chatting 9:00 am - 10:00 am    Joah Part 1 10:00 am - 10:15 am  Break 10:15 am - 11:30 am   Josh Part 2 11:30 am - 12:30 pm   Working Lunch 12:30 pm - 1:30…

Virginia QuarkNet Center 2017 Annual Report

Workshop at William and Mary

August 7, 2017 9:30 - 10:00  Coffee and conversation 10:00 - 11:30 Josh talk 11:30 - 12:30 Lunch 12:30 - 2:30 discussion of scientists hardships articles  2:30 - 2:45 break 2:45 - 5:00…

Virginia Center Summer Meeting 2017

The Virginia Center will be meeting August 7, 2017 - August 9, 2017 Agenda to be announced

Virginia Center Spring Meeting Steward School, Richmond, Agenda - Feb 11, 2017

8:30 – 9:00           Coffee, goodies, conversation 9:00 – 9:30           Vidyo with Ken Cecire for Masterclass Orientation 9:30 - 11:00       Josh talk on Virginia Space Grant and Mini-Satellites 11…

Agenda for Fall Meeting at Oakton High School November 19, 2016

8:30 am – 9:00 am            Coffee and Discussion 9:00 am – 10:30 am          Talk with Phil – topic to be determined (I ma partial to either dark matter or the new multi-quark particles) 10:30 am…

Agenda for Summer Meeting Aug 8 - 10 2016

TENTATIVE AGENDA Moday 9 AM to 9:30 AM...arrival time.  9:30  - 12:00...Arduino tutorial  12 - 1...LUNCH!1 - 4...design your own exercise.  (if time, present what you created)Tuesday9 -10...finish…

CMS and Cosmics Workshop in Williamsburg

10-12 August 2015 Tiny URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/cms-wm15.    Objectives   Participating teachers will: Apply classical physics principles to reduce or explain the observations in data…

2014 Annual Report - HU/WM/GMU

Virginia QuarkNet Center 2014 Activity Report                                    9/17/14 The Virginia QuarkNet Center currently has 10 active high school teachers from across Virginia, and has been…