Resources for Education and Outreach

A variety of resources for physicists interested in education and outreach (For general audiences unless grade levels given). For ideas and materials, contact Susan Dahl at the Teacher Resource Center.

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• Fermilab Physics Resources
  Fermilab Physics Resources
Fermilab: Gateway to Discovery for Teachers and Students, resources about Fermilab research.
• The Accelerator Kiosk, streaming video (grades 6-12) and DVD
• Anatomy of a Detector (grades 8-12)
• How to Build a Cloud Chamber
• Searching for the Building Blocks of Matter
• Interactive timeline
• Pulse- accelerator science in medicine
• Lederman Science Center exhibits (6-12)
• Fermilabyrinth, online versions of 12 exhibits (6-12)
• Nature of Science Symposium - streaming video talks (K-12 teachers)
• Who's the Scientist? - Fermilab scientists as seen by seventh graders students
• Streaming video talks at Fermilab including Physics for Everyone, Arts and Lecture Series
• Introductory level online physics activities that use Fermilab data (9-14)
• Resources from the Search for Higgs Unit
• Particle Decay Prediction - Graphing Particle Data (8-12)
• QuarkNet (9-12)
• ARISE - "Physics First" (9-12)
• Physics News and Features
  Physics News and Features
• Accelerators and Beams - APS publication (pdf)
• QUARKS
  UNBOUND
  the new Physics
• CERN Courier
• Beam Line Online
• Picture of the Week from Particle Physics in the UK
• Physics News Graphics: Particle Physics
• Physics Central
• Physical Review Focus
• Inside Science News Service
• Interactions
• Fermilab Publications
  Fermilab Publications
• FermilNews
• Fermilab's Inquiring Minds Topics, Top Quark Discovery, and Research at Fermilab
• Download "Top Quark Secrets" (PDF)
• Articles written for teachers (6-9)
• High-Energy Physics Made Painless
• High school bibliographies - Print - Online
• QuarkQuest, a newspaper about particle physics for middle school students
• Precollege instructional units - free of charge. (pdf in the works)
• Download 3-day & 5-day high school physics lesson plans. (pdf)
• The Story of Fermilab Research
• Leon M. Lederman's Story
• URL Lists
  URL Lists
• High-Energy Physics Lab Education Sites
• Particle Physics Education Sites (from CPEP)
• DOE Lab Online Instructional Resources
• Science Centers
• Snowmass Virtual Science Fair
• Education and Outreach - What Works
  Education and Outreach - What Works
• 2005 Database - Search for physics education and outreach activities at HEP sites nationwide
• Engaging students in science using the Web
• Particle physics in the classroom (APS talk)
• Download Resources for program development
• Teacher Resource Center