The Virtual QuarkNet Center is a group of teachers, generally far from a geographic QuarkNet center but who work together using online tools to collaborate. Virtual QuarkNet Center teachers have monthly Sunday evening videoconferences during the school year and meet face-to-face once each summer. The teachers participate in cosmic ray studies using the cosmic ray e-Lab and in international masterclasses from their schools. The mentors, Antonio Delgado, a particle physicist at the University of Notre Dame, and Danielle McDermott, condensed matter physicist at Pacific Univerisity; emeritus mentor Dan Karmgard, another Notre Dame particle physicist; the lead teachers, Dave Trapp (dtrapp@mac.com) and Mike Wadness, are QuarkNet fellows from Washington and Massachusetts, respectively.
Virtual QuarkNet Center
VQC is a group of QuarkNet teachers who are separated geographically but collaborate online.
Contacts:
Danielle McDermott, Mentor
Dave Trapp, Lead Teacher
Mike Wadness, Lead Teacher
Virtual Center Portfolio 2025
This portfolio provides a look at survey responses from the Teacher Survey to select questions, teacher work examples (e.g., presentations, in-workshop activities, experiments) and student work (e.g…
Virtuals in New Mexico - Lightning, Telescopes, and Quantum
2024 Annual Report Overview: Our group met approximately monthly on video conference (Zoom). We held Sunday evening meetings as summarized below. Our biannual in person meeting…
2024 Virtual QuarkNet Center Summer Workshop: Albuquerque
July 31-Aug 2 Objectives:Participating teachers will:Apply physics principles to reduce or explain the observations in data investigations.Examine simulated and experimental data. Identify…
Annual Report 2023
Overview: Our group met approximately monthly thoughout the year on video conference (Zoom). We held Sunday evening meetings as summarized below. Date…
2023 Virtual QuarkNet Center Summer Workshop (Online)
Aug 2-4, 2023 Zoom Link Sign-In Objectives: Participating teachers will: Apply physics principles to reduce or explain the observations in data investigations. Examine simulated and…
Virginia Tech and Virtual Center New Questions Workshop 2023
Friday, August 4, 2023 Small URL for this workshop: https://cern.ch/nq-vt-vc-23. Registration Zoom link Agenda Time (EDT) Activity Presenter/Leader Remarks…
Annual Report 2022
Overview: Our group met monthly thoughout the year in an online environment. We held Sunday evening meetings on Oct. 10, Nov. 21, Jan. 23, Feb. 28, Apr. 24th and May 22nd. Our…
2022 Virtual QuarkNet Summer Workshop - Notre Dame
Aug 3-5, 2022 Objectives: Participating teachers will: Apply physics principles to reduce or explain the observations in data investigations. Examine simulated and experimental data.…
Annual Report: Virtual Quarknet Group 2021
Summer Meeting Theme: Quantum Computing and Coding in the Physics Classroom Attendance: 12 teachers Mentors; Danielle, Antonio Teachers: James Small, Darwin Smith, Kathy Kowski, Joel…
Virtual QuarkNet Summer 2021 Workshop: Quantum Computing and Coding
July 22nd and July 23rd Objectives: Participating teachers will: Apply physics principles to reduce or explain the observations in data investigations. Examine simulated and experimental…