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, Marc Osherson, a particle physicist at the University of Notre Dame, and Danielle McDermott, condensed matter physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory; the lead teachers, Megan Alvord is a QuarkNet Coding Fellow from North Caroline and Mike Wadness is a QuarkNet fellow from Massachusetts.
Virtual QuarkNet Center
VQC is a group of QuarkNet teachers who are separated geographically but collaborate online.
Contacts:
- Marc Osherson, Mentor
- Danielle McDermott, Mentor
- Megan Alvord, Lead Teacher
- Mike Wadness, Lead Teacher
Links :
2025 Annual Report
Submitted by: dmcdermott | Posted:
Our group met approximately monthly on video conference and for two full days in August (Zoom). We held Sunday evening meetings as summarized below. We had formal talks by teachers…
2025 Virtual QuarkNet Summer Workshop
Submitted by: mjwadness | Posted:
Aug 3-5, 2025Relativity!!!Objectives:Participating teachers will:Apply physics principles to reduce or explain the observations in data investigations.Examine simulated and experimental data.…
Virtual Center Portfolio 2025
Submitted by: Kathryn Race | Posted:
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
Submitted by: dmcdermott | Posted:
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
Submitted by: mjwadness | Posted:
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
Submitted by: dmcdermott | Posted:
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)
Submitted by: mjwadness | Posted:
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
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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
Submitted by: dmcdermott | Posted:
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
Submitted by: mjwadness | Posted:
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.…