1. “Associate Teacher Institute” Primer “Instituto de Partículas Elementales Para Profesores de Escuela Superior” en Puerto Rico Héctor Méndez University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, June 6, 05

2. What’s QuarkNet ? • QuarkNet is an Educational program whose aim is to support science education in High Schools by establishing a nationwide teacher network. • Goal: Bring high school Students, Physics Teachers and Particle Physicists to learn together frontline physics. • QuarkNet Centersprovides an opportunities to establish a mentor relationship between with local Universities Professor towork together on • High Energy Physics (HEP) experiments and • explore the world of Elementary Particle Physics

3. QuarkNet Centers • QuarkNet: a nationwide Educational program. [~60 Universities and National HEP Lab across de US] funded by NSF and DOE

4. Why UPRM QuarkNet Center at Mayaguez ? The only group in “Experimental HEP” in Puerto Rico (and probably in the Caribe) is at UPR Mayaguez. HEP Group at UPRM Post-Doc: Dr. Z. Li (Post-Doc) Professors (and QuarkNet Mentors): Dr. A. López Dr. H. Méndez Dr. E. Ramírez GraduatesStudents (2005): Neida Santacruz Arjuna Castrillón Osvaldo Aquines Carlos Andres Florez QuarkNet Lead Teachers: Rafael Aramis López (CROEM. Mayaguez) Luis Torres Rosas (Pedro Falú. RioGrande) System Manager (charma.uprm.edu) Hugo Hernández

5. Group’s Projects • FOCUS (Fermilab at Illinois) Fixed Target Experiment on PhotoProduction of quarkcharm • CLEOc(Cornell University at New York) Collider e-e+ experiment • CMS(LHC at CERN Geneve)(in progress) Collider experiment (2008) • QuarkNet Center (since 2003)

6. UPRM QuarkNet Center • Two trainedLead Teacher (L. Torres & R. A. López) • 7 weeks at UPRM (Learning on Particle Physics) • 1 week at FERMILAB (National Lead teacher Institute • Brought their experience to the ClassRoom. • Try to implement a physics course based on modern physics research on HEP

8. Associate Teacher Institute (ATI) • Hands-on experiences in Particle Physics Education techniques in a unique environment • Resources for transferring your experience to the classroom • Presentations by Particle Physicists • Opportunity to visit world class HEP research Lab and collaborate on an International experiment (MARIACHI: ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays) • 10 + 2 Teachers (from around the Island) • 3 weeks workshop 2 week (June 6 – June 17, 05) 1 week Follow-up (During academic year)

9. Schedule (two weeks)Monday – Friday [9:00 – 17:00] • Lab Session: Afternoon oPhotoElectric Effect o Cosmic Rays Detector o Introduction to HTML o Particle Adventure etc, etc • Talk Session: Morning oFOCUS at FERMILAB o LHC at Cern o Jefferson Lab o CLEOc at Cornell o Grid Computing o The Big Bang o Special Relativity o HEP Detectors o MC Simulations o Physics on Cancer o Standard Model etc, etc • Excursions: o Radio Observatory Arecibo o Planetarium at RUM

10. ATI’s Stipends(pay by NSF and DOE at the end of the 2 week) • $300 per week • $100 for travel (3 weeks) • $150 ($15 per day) for food (2 weeks) • $250 mini-grant per year (present a mini proposal to: QuarkNet National Center) • Total for 2 weeks: $850.00

11. Near Future Activities • ATI summer 06 with 12 + new 10 teachers • QuarkNet is a long-term program that provide some support for: o meetting attendance o Lead teacher institute at Fermilab o don’t lost contact..

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