The Rice/UH Greater Houston QuarkNet Center
QuarkNet Summer Workshops for High School Teachers
The Physics Departments of Rice University and University of Houston have joined forces more than 15 years ago to bring the QuarkNet Program to the Greater Houston high schools.
QuarkNet is a program sponsored by the NSF and pairs high school science teachers with active researchers in particle and nuclear physics. It is a very well-established program, with over 50 centers in many parts of the country. For several years, we have been hosting at Rice a yearly one-week summer workshop for about 10-15 high school teachers.
The agendas of some of the past workshops are listed below:
- 2017 Summer Workshop: Cosmic Rays e-Lab (Mon-Wed), LIGO e-Lab (Thu-Fri)
- 2018 Summer Workshop: CMS Data e-Lab (Mon-Tue), Neutrino Data e-Lab (Wed-Thu), Friday
- 2019 Summer Workshop: Agenda (local version: Mon-Fri)
- 2021 Summer Workshop: Agenda: CMS data workshop, STEP-UP, Cosmic Ray Detector Workshop
- 2022 Summer Workshop: Agenda: Coding workshop, Neutrino workshop, Higss@10
- 2023 Summer Workshop: Agenda: IRIS-HEP Coding workshop, W2D2 workshop, New Questions Workshop (photos!)
- 2023 Winter Event: Physics Education Forum, "Helping Shape the Future of Physics Education in Our Schools"
- 2024 Summer Workshop: go to the page (register closed) Agenda: CMS data workshop (Masterclass), Cosmic Ray Detector Workshop, and HMNS
Resources
QuarkNet program official websiteActivities in QuarkNet Houston Center (blog):
Contacts
Houston Area Program Coordinator:
- Prof. Frank Geurts
Lead Teacher:
- Mary Yarbray (Klein College)
QuarkNet Fellow:
- Shane Wood
Faculty Sponsors:
- Rice Univ.: Prof. Frank Geurts
- UH : Prof. Larry Pinsky
