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Purdue's QuarkNet Center

QuarkNet is a national program sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy, designed to involve high school physics and chemistry teachers in cutting-edge high energy particle physics research. Teachers work together to develop curriculum which can be incorporated into their teaching; thus, exposing students to the physics and technology of particle physics.

Participants and Cosmic Ray Detector
Summer 2007 Purdue QuarkNet Center Participants and Cosmic Ray Detector left to right: Joe Heidenreich, Todd Millar, Cheryl McLean, Marla Glover, Bruce Ryan, Matt Carlson, and Tracy Hood

Our goals for teachers include a deeper understanding of physics content, an appreciation for the machinery of modern science, an introduction to inquiry-based teaching as well as evolution in individual teaching to a more student-centered mode of instruction. 

Purdue's QuarkNet Center, started in 2003, operates in conjunction with the Physics Outreach Office

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