German Programmesfor teachers and high school students

Sascha Marc Schmeling

Scandinavian Teachers‘ Programme Review

June 19th, 2013

Overview• Different Programmes

• GTP – The Basis• High School Students‘ Programmes• Netzwerk Teilchenwelt

• Miscellaneous• Work with Students (and individual teachers)• Material

• Some Conclusions

• Standard Programme

• up to 36 participants• state endorsed in several states

• Sunday Evening until Friday Lunchtime

• Lectures• CERN Introduction• Particle Physics• Particle Detectors• Particle Accelerators• Antimatter• Cosmology• Applications in IT and Medicine• National Resources• Curriculae

• Visits• PS/Linac2/AD• SM18• 2 LHC Experiments• Computer Centre

• Workshops• Teachers Lab• Cloud Chambers

• Programme outside• Visit of German Permanent Representation• Treasure Hunt• Cheese Fondue

GTP Programme Format

GTPGerman Teacher Programmes 2013

• March (24.-29.)• Nationwide, also together with Netzwerk Teilchenwelt

• May (26.-31.)• Nationwide, 20 Bavarians

• Oktober (13.-18.)• Nationwide, 10 Saxonians

• Oktober (27.10.-1.11.)• Nationwide, also together with Netzwerk Teilchenwelt

• Additional programmes planned in Germany• Additional programmes planned with and/or in the state of NRW,

following the inclusion of particle physics in the curriculum

German Programme Participants

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10

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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

HST

PhT

GTP

ATP

School Programmes 2008-13 and Visits

Internatsschule Schloß Hansenberg 13.-26. April 2008

13 Participants, 11 different placements

19. April-2. Mai 2009 8 Participants,

8 different placements 11.-24. April 2010

12 Participants, 10 different placements

9.-20. Mai 2011 12 Participants,

8 different placements 15.-28. April 2012

12 Participants14 different placement possibilities

7.-20. April 2012 12 Participants

15 different placement possibilities

Visits Programmes

Netzwerk Teilchenwelt Workshops

Lectures Masterclasses Workshops bisher

November 2010 June and November 2011 June and November 2012

several different schools Multi-day Programmes

extended Visits Masterclasses Workshops

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Netzwerk Teilchenwelt German Network on Particle Physics Education and Outreach

funded by the German Federal Ministry

for Education and Research

30.11.2012EPPCN • Sascha Schmeling on behalf of

1. Who we are and what we do2. Our Activities3. Organisational structure4. Communication5. Network and users‘ community6. Ideas for the future

We are…

… a German Network of

• scientists• (astro-)particle physics

• students• aged 15-19

• teachers/trainers• at schools, school labs, science centres, etc.

in direkt contact to CERN

We …

work with students and teachers to bring modern research to the classroom

offer programmes in particle physics and astroparticle physics

offer young scientists the chance and knowledge to improve their communication skills

Our Concept

• 4 programme levels • Basic: introduction to particle physics• Qualification: participants organize own projects• Strengthening the experience: workshops at CERN• Research Projects: at research institutes (CERN & DESY)

• 4 central elements • local projects all over Germany throughout the year• workshops at CERN • development of context material• scientific evaluation

students & teachers

particle physics and cosmic projects

Activities 2010 / 2011 / 2012

Research Projects

CERN

Qualification

Basic

studentsteachers/trainers

Researchprojects

0/0/0

Workshops 25/50/48

Participants’ Projects- Organisation national

Masterclasses: 40/120/120- Cosmic-projects:DESY only -/6/30

4/8/14 teachers‘ days80/160/280 participants

Researchprojects5/8/12Workshops

33/44/52Project Weeks

0/4/10

Teaching others:Tutor, talks, Masterclasses, Exhibitions, Outreach etc. :

30/80/100 Cosmic-projects: DESY only -/6/30

40/~120/120 National Masterclasses16/19/19 int. Masterclasses in D.-/~5/20 Cosmic-Projects (basic)

2.800/3.600/5.000 persons

Activities: National Masterclasses

• what: about 120 „national masterclasses“ a year• where: mostly in schools, also school labs, fairs, exhibitions• how : 4-5 hrs, one talk, measurements, quiz, no videoconf• supervision: mostly PhD students, assisted by (school) students

and teachers • groups: about 20 school students• data: LHC&LEP

National Masterclass in Lenggries (MPI München)

Activities: Cosmic Project*

(DESY Zeuthen)•what: 20 „basic introductory days“, 30 „project weeks“, ~5 research projects a year•how:

•Scintillator Experiment, using Quarknet DAQ board• „Kamiokanne“

•Web experiments (e.g. trigger hodoscope, polar ship)

mainly acitivities in qualification and research stages

•Students: project weeks (1-2 weeks)•Teachers: teachers days•supervision: mostly PhD-students and teachers

*since Dec 2010

ScintillatorPhotomultiplierDAQ board

Activities: Qualification Stage

Students: „spreading their knowledge to others“ being tutors in masterclasses, cosmic-experimentsgiving talks about particle physics in their schoolguiding in exhibitions; help with outreach-activities… even holding a masterclass themselves

Teachers: „organizing particle physics projects“organizing masterclasses, cosmic-projectspreparation of masterclasses

Activities: CERN Workshops and Project Weeks(CERN, partially with German Teachers Program)

• Students: 60 participants in two annual workshops (3 days) 10 participants in project weeks

(own research projects)

• Teachers: 60 participants in two annual workshops (5 days) CERN-Workshops are a big motivation

for activities in the qualification stageand very effective training for teachers in modern physics

Activities: Research Projects

Students: research projects for 3-10 months (particle and astroparticle physics) often part of final school examinations work on own measurements tutors: PhD students and physicists at universities and teachers

Teachers: planning: research projects in particle physics and physics teaching current problem: lack of physics teachers in German schools

(no chance to take sabbaticals)

ImpressionsExcited participants at the 1st students‘ CERN-Workshop in November 2010Testing the new LHC-ATLAS-W-Data at the same workshopTeachers with cosmic experiments at the 1st CERN-Workshop für teachers (with German Teachers Programme)Participants at the finals of the German Competition „Jugend Forscht“ (astroparticle physics project)

Organization & Structure

• Coordination: Institute for Nuclear and Particle Physics, TU Dresden

• Workshops: CERN, German Teachers‘ Programme

• Context material: Didactics of Physics, U Würzburg

• Scientific Evaluation: Didactics of Physics, TU Dresden

• since 2011: Astroparticle Project: DESY Zeuthen

• Funding: BMBF (1/2010-1/2013) initially

• Patronage: German Physical Society

• Partner: www.weltderphysik.de

Local Organisation

• 24 Institutes in total• 19 International Masterclasses• 8 Teachers Day• 15 Astroparticle Physics

Almost all Particle Physics Institutes in Germany

around 140 scientists involved !

No network without Communication

Newsletter (800)

Facebook/Twitter

Publicati

ons/Didac

tics

Science Events

www.teilchenwelt.de

Network and Users‘ Community

Utopia:

For a lasting competence in modern science teaching

• benefiting from each others‘ perspectives• sharing knowledge and needs

• more interaction between different groups• developing experiments together

• developing teaching material together• moderation by the staff

Scientists

Teachers

Students

Scientists

Students

Teachers

Staff &Activities

For long term effects you need the teachers …

Ideas for the future

New Idea: Create a Teachers‘ Network

-improving particle physics activities for schools: longterm involvement of teachers at the top stage of the network

(workshops, conferences, communication platform, shared knowledge) -science projects for interested teachers

-nation wide workshops with teachers at the top stage of the network-to acknowledge:

„modern science“ certificate for schools with active teachers

Aim: create a „win-win“ situation for students, teachers, schools, and

universities

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Budgeted 2013-2015!

Work with Students• Student Works („Staatsexamen“)

• e.g. Julian Merkert, Karlsruhe, 2008• “Project Physicsteaching”

• well-documented multimedia introduction to CERN and LHC• extensive production of teaching material• consolidation of teachers‘ resources at CERN

• PhD Thesis – Gentner-Programme / Austrian Programme• 4 doctoral students currently at CERN

• „Masterclasses and the LHC“• „Cosmics Experiments in Highschool“• „Physics Teaching 2.0“• Particle Physics to Teachers in NRW

German Language Material

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Some Conclusions• build on existing programmes for general

teachers courses

• build a network to reach high school students, teachers, and students

• get teacher students integrated, they are a great asset to any programme