Programs and Resources

A variety of professional development workshops, programs and educational resources are available. For contact information, see the links below.

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Pat Franzen

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• Field Trips, Study Units & Workshops
  Field Trips, Study Units & Workshops
• High School Guided Tours
• Beauty and Charm - grades 6-9 physical science
• Particles and Prairies - grades 6-8 prairie ecology
• The Prairie, Our Heartland - grades 3-5 prairie ecology
• Phriendly Physics - grades K-5 physical sciene
• Scout Programs
• Web-based Classroom Projects
  Web-based Classrom Projects
• Index to All LInC Projects - Project Exemplars
• Handbook for Engaged Learning Projects
• Student Investigations Using Fermilab Data
  Student Investigations Using Fermilab Data
• Investigate Special Relativity.
• Calculate the Mass of the Top Quark.
• Search for Higgs.
• Study Cosmic Rays with an e-Lab.
• Answer Prairie Research Questions using SIMply Prairie and Student Data.
• Use Skyserver to study data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS).
• Fermilab Physics Resources
  Fermilab Physics Resources
• The Accelerator Kiosk and DVD
• Anatomy of a Detector
• Fermilab's accelerators
• Searching for the Building Blocks of Matter
• Fermilab Stories
• Fermilabyrinth
• Top Quark Discovery, Fermilab's Inquiring Minds Topics, and Research at Fermilab
• Pulse - accelerator science in medicine
• Interactive timeline
• Calculate the top quark mass
• Particle Decay Prediction - Graphing Particle Data
• Investigate special relativity
• Resources from the Search for Higgs Unit
• Superconductivity Activities: Effect of Temperature on Electrical Resistance - Teacher Notes, Lab (pdf)
   How Do We Levitate a Train - Notes (pdf), Data (excel)
• TMP Resource Book - Overhead and data graphics (pdf)
• Physics Folklore
• Catching the Sun
• QuarkNet Resources
• Study Cosmic Rays
• Leo's Log Book
• Fermilab Prairie Resources
  Fermilab Prairie Resources
• Answer prairie research questions using student plant population data
• Databases: Birds - Butterflies - Frogs - Insects - Plants
• Smallville online environmental impact study: grades 4-5 - 6-8 - 9-10
• Video and slides from the Particles and Prairies videodisc
• Prairie flora and fauna
• Create a prairie
• Prairie panoramas and close-ups - photos
• Special Programs
  Special Programs
• ARISE high school science sequence
• Online LInC Course
• Nature of Science Symposium - streamed talks
• URL Lists
  URL Lists
• Annotated list of education resources
• DOE Lab Education Websites
• DOE Lab Online Instructional Resources
• High-Energy Physics Lab Education Sites
• Particle Physics Education Sites
• Science Centers (ASTC)
• Virtual Science Fair
• More Interesting Resources
  More Interesting Resources
• Science Friday "Pick of the Week" Video
• Engaging Students in Science
• High-Energy Physics Made Painless
• Fermilab articles for teachers
• QUARKS
  UNBOUND
  the new Physics
• The Story of Fermilab Research
• Quantum Universe Publications
• "Top Quark Secrets" (PDF)
• Leon M. Lederman's Story