Latin American Partnerships

Alfredo Raya, Escuela de Fisico-Matematicas UMSNH, Morelia, Mich., Mexico,
1997 Leon M. Lederman Award Winner


In 1986, at the invitation of Leon M. Lederman, then Fermilab Director, ten Latin American educators attended the Conference on the Teaching of Modern Physics at Fermilab. The expectations were that these educators will disseminate the information gained to other colleagues in their respective countries. They did and continue to do so. Fermilab and Friends of Fermilab continue to be directly involved in several of these activities.

Activities have been conducted in the collowing countries

V InterAmerican Conference on Physics Education, July 16-22, 1994 at Texas A & M, College Station, TX. A pre-conference Minicourse: Introduction to Particle Physics, and a Panel Discussion: Teaching Particle Physics in the Classroom, were conducted by Fermilab teachers and scientists and colleagues from Argentina and Mexico.

Science Education Materials available in Spanish

The education materials developed at Fermilab have been translated into Spanish for use with the mini-courses and other programs offered in Latin America. These include:

  • El Concepto de Simetría en la Física. Dr. Christopher T. Hill. Fermilab-PUB-86/140-T.
  • Física de las Partículas Elementales: Descubrimientos, Ideas y Herramientas. Dr. Chris Quigg, Fermilab. Fermilab-CONF-86/139-T.
  • Introducción a la Astrofísica, Dr. Armando Pérez C., Fermilab y Universidad de Valencia, España, no publicado.
  • Notas del Taller de Partículas Elementales y Notas del Taller de Cosmología, J. Ruebush, J. Johnson y W. Schearer, no publicado.
  • El Modelo Estandar, Drasko Jovanovic, Fermilab, no publicado.
  • Belleza y Encanto en el Fermilab, Una Guia para Maestros, Fermilab, no publicado.
  • Several physics posters developed at Fermilab are also available in Spanish.

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