Friday Flyer - January 20, 2017

Spotlight on the Virginia Center: The Virginia Center, 10 teachers strong, runs through the populated corridor from Hampton Roads and Williamsburg, up through Richmond, and up into Northern Virginia. They are active in International Masterclasses and each year hold one at George Mason University and one at the College of William and Mary. This summer, they held a three-day workshop in which they worked on neutrino physics, the TOTEM experiment, and using arduinos. If you want to learn how a geographically distributed center (with traffic issues!) holds together and even thrives, talk with a member of the Virginia Center. 

News from QuarkNet Central: Applications for the CERN High School Teachers program (HST) are open. HST will run July 2–22 this year. Learn more at the CERN HST web page, but U.S. teachers should not use the CERN application; rather, use the QuarkNet CERN HST application form. Applications are due Wednesday, February 1, 2017.

Mentors and lead teachers: Please be sure that one person from your center fills out the QuarkNet 2017 RFP form indicating the support needed for your 2017 QuarkNet center teacher and student activities. (Note that mentors should have received an e-mail message with this link last Tuesday from Shane.) We ask that each center complete this short form by January 24. Please contact Shane with any questions.

For International Masterclasses: Read the new masterclass circular, check out the page for orientations, then register for an orientation or update with the orientation registration form. Still need to schedule your masterclass? It is not too late! Check the videoconferences page and contact Ken to register or if you have questions. Advertise too! Masterclass posters, logos and media templates are available here. 

Physics Experiment Roundup: The Antiproton Decelerator (AD) at CERN is full of news: the first light spectrum of an antimatter atom and the best-ever measurement of the antiproton magnetic moment. 

Resources: Learn good stuff with Don Lincoln's new Fermions and Bosons video. Then spend a minute with Farah Fahim, an electrical engineer at Fermilab. And see how symmetry responds to the age-old "but what's it good for?" 

Just for Fun: We start the fun with a science pun. Still with us? Good! Let's STOMP around CERN.

QuarkNet Staff:
Mark Adams: adams@fnal.gov
Ken Cecire: kcecire@nd.edu
Shane Wood: swood5@nd.edu