2026 QuarkNet Workshop for high school teachers

29 Jun 2026, 09:00 → 1 Jul 2026, 16:00 US/Eastern

3-191 (BNL Physics Department)

Kenneth Cecire (University of Notre Dame), Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (BNL), Susan Wetzler

The QuarkNet Collaboration is a long‐term, national program that partners high school science teachers with particle physicists working in experiments at the scientific frontier.

 

A professional development program, QuarkNet immerses teachers in authentic physics research and seeks to engage them in the development of instructional strategies and best practices that facilitate the implementation of these principles in their classrooms.

 

For information about QuarkNet, see here.

Monday 29 June

09:00 → 09:30 Coffee adn Prep

09:30 → 10:00 Intro to unworkshop

10:00 → 10:20 Break

10:20 → 11:10 Basics of detector concepts

Convener: Milind Diwan (BNL)

11:10 → 12:00 ML / AI in HEP

Convener: Eric Lancon (BNL)

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:00 Brainstorm Classroom AI Applications

14:00 → 15:00 Cons and pros of AI

15:00 → 18:00 Travel Break and LIPTA Picnic

Tuesday 30 June

09:00 → 09:30 Coffee, chat, recap

09:30 → 10:20 Advanced detector for HEP research

Convener: Milind Diwan (BNL)

10:20 → 10:40 Break

10:40 → 11:30 HEP applications in nuclear medicine

Convener: Cathy Cutler (BNL)

11:30 → 12:00 Writing Prompts

12:00 → 13:00 lunch

13:00 → 14:00 Work on activity of choice

14:00 → 14:50 Light Source and Applications

Convener: G. Lawrence Carr (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

14:50 → 15:10 Break

15:10 → 16:00 Astrophysics & Cosmology

Convener: Anze Slosar (BNL)

Wednesday 1 July

09:00 → 09:30 Coffee, chat, recap

09:30 → 10:30 High Energy Physics at BNL

Convener: Sally Dawson (BNL)

10:30 → 10:45 Work on activity of choice

10:45 → 11:05 Break

11:05 → 12:00 Work on activity of choice

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:30 Tour

14:30 → 14:50 Break

14:50 → 15:40 Implementation plans

15:40 → 16:00 Wrap-up and future plans