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.
HU-WM-GMU QuarkNet Center
QuarkNet physicists and teachers from Northern Virginia, Central Virginia, and Hampton Roads
2014 Annual Report - HU/WM/GMU
Virginia QuarkNet Center 2014 Activity Report 9/17/14 The Virginia QuarkNet Center currently has 10 active high school teachers from across Virginia, and has been…
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
Revised Agenda for Summer Workshop 2013
This is the revised agenda for the Virginia Center Summer Workshop Aug 12 - 14, 2013
Welcome to the Virginia group!
Welcome to the HU/W&M/GMU group. To start, here are three things you can do right now: Create/edit your site profile (please do ASAP!) 1. In the top menu, roll over "My stuff" 2. Choose "…