Friday Flyer/News

Spotlight on the Kansas State University QuarkNet Center: Located in "The Little Apple" (Manhattan, KS), the center is very active serving primarily teachers from rural Kansas. In March 2016,…

Spotlight on Upcoming Events: Spring is upon us! We have great March activities; read about International Masterclasses and International Muon Week below. Look for a CMS e-Lab Poster Challenge…

Spotlight on the University of Washington QuarkNet Center: In August of 2016, this center held a three-day cosmic ray studies workshop open to both teachers and high school students. During the…

Spotlight on Idaho State: The Idaho State University QuarkNet Center is very involved in and dedicated to cosmic ray studies. They spent just about their whole summer 2016 workshop on plateauing…

Spotlight on Summer Workshop Opportunities at Centers: QuarkNet Central provides several two- to three-day workshops available to our centers. These are facilitated by staff or fellows, and…

Spotlight on e-Lab Posters: The poster section of all three QuarkNet e-Labs—Cosmic, CMS, and LIGO—is a great resource to find ideas for student investigations and for students to report on their…

Spotlight on the Fermilab/University of Chicago Center: Summer 2016 was a busy one at the FNAL/UC center. Eight high school students worked with mentor scientists and two teachers on research…

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…

Spotlight on the QuarkNet Leadership Fellows: The leadership fellows, along with QuarkNet staff, serve as points of contact for QuarkNet centers. They assist centers in the planning and…

Happy New Year!   Spotlight on the Virginia Tech QuarkNet Center: Virginia Tech continued its growth in 2016. The two lead teachers, Rebecca Jaronski and Nick Merrill, worked over the…