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 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…

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…

Experimental Design Outline

This is a guide to the types of questions you can use to prepare students for designing labs

Josh Erlich Talk Aug 5, 2014

Here is the link to Josh's talk on August 5, 2014 http://physics.wm.edu/~erlich/QN-Josh-8-5-14.pdf Enjoy!

Information on Detector Lesson

Particle Adventure WebQuest

This is the assignment that I use to introduce the Standard Model to my students...step one is to show the students the Particle Adventure website and step two is to allow them a few days of working…

Agenda for Summer Meeting August 4 - 6, 2014

All about the vortex cannon

http://skullsinthestars.com/2012/08/28/physics-demonstrations-vortex-cannon/

Planning for 2014 Workshop on Particle Physics