Virginia Center Agenda Summer 2020

Submitted by Dmroudebush
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HU-WM-GMU QuarkNet Center

August 3 - 5, 2020

Objectives:

Teachers will be able to:

  • Practice the activities using your "student hat."
  • Debrief using your "teacher hat."
  • Make and share Implementation Plans.

Small URL for this site: http://cern.ch/go/w8qK.

Agenda (note that times - other than starting times - are approximate):

Monday August 3, 2020

Day 1:

Time
(ET)		 Session Zoom Room, Session Lead(s) Resources
9:00 AM

Opening

  • Conversation
  • Virtual Meeting Rules
  • Registration
 Zoom channel Day 1
~9:15 AM

Speaker

Talk on Future Colliders

Marc Sher

Short Break

  
~11:15 AM

Activity

QuarkNet: Changing the Culture

  • Do the student activity with your "student hat"
  • Do the teacher activity
  • Debrief with your "teacher hat"

Zoom channel Day 1

& break-out rooms

 
~12:00 PM

Homework

  • Watch screen casts: Big Analysis of Muons in CMS (BAMC) Masterclass

 

  

Tuesday August 4, 2020


Day 2:

Time (ET) Session Zoom Resources
9:00 AM

Welcome back!

  • Joys, concerns, and questions from session 1
 Zoom channel Day 2

~9:15 AM

BAMC masterclass measurement

Ken Cecire

  
~10:45 AM

Activity

QuarkNet STEP UP: Careers in Physics

  • Do the student activity with your "student hat"
  • Debrief with your "teacher hat"

Zoom channel Day 2

& break-out rooms

 
~12:00 PM

Homework

  • Read the Women in Physics group tasks page
  

Wednesday August 5, 2020

Day 3:

Time (ET) Session Zoom Resources
9:00 AM

Welcome back!

  • Joys, concerns, and questions from session 1
 Zoom channel Day 3
~9:15 AM

Speaker

Talk on Xenon 1T

Marc Sher

Short Break

  
~10:30 AM

Activity

  • Overview of QuarkNet contribution to STEP UP activities
  • QuarkNet STEP UP: Women in Physics Introduction
 Zoom channel Day 3
~11:00 AM
  • QuarkNet STEP UP Implementation Survey
  • Data Portfolio Implementation Plan
  • QuarkNet Survey
 Zoom channel Day 3
     

Implementation Plans

 

11:15     STEP UP Program

  • Introduction to the program & partnership with QuarkNet
  • STEP UP materials & QuarkNet STEP UP materials
  • LINKS:

11:20     QuarkNet STEP UP Activity: Changing the Culture 

 

10:45    QuarkNet STEP UP Activity: Careers in Physics

Tasks for Careers in Physics
Task 1 (Student Hat): Pre-Lesson Brainstorm
What careers can you pursue with a bachelor's degree in physics?

Task 2 (Student Hat): Exploring Careers

  1. Take Career Goals Survey and read through 1-2 physicist profiles whose career interests match your own. (Click here and scroll down to see a hard copy of all of the current profiles.)
  2. Break-out rooms...Each person share information about one of your matches...describe the job and skills needed. Any surprises?
  3. Large group...Revisit word cloud example (pre lesson) from task one. Now check out the word cloud example (post lesson). Any additions?
  4. Physics Careers & Salaries (pdf version), then discuss...
    1. Any surprises?
    2. Any comment on any of the following...feelings about job security? ...job satisfaction claims? ...the application of physics skills/knowlege in other fields? ...salaries? ...on jobs that can help others?

Task 3 (Teacher Hat): Personal Career Profile

Task 4 (Teacher Hat): Teacher Reflection

Answer the following in your break-out groups; record responses on the padlet wall.

  1. In what way might you implement all or some of this lesson's tasks into your classroom?
  2. At what point in the school year do you think this lesson works best?
  3. Will you implement the entire lesson in one day, or will you divide the tasks over multiple days?
  4. Do you forsee any challenges in implementing this lesson with your students? How might you overcome these?

~11:45    End of Day 1 Reflection & Homework for tomorrow

~12:00    End of Day 1