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  **EXISTING        NUMBER OF POINTS                1 pt            2 pts           3 pts           4 pts           Points
  ACTIVITY**                                                                                                        

                    MATURITY                        Used in one     Used in \>1 AY  Used in         Used in         
                                                    Academic year   and one         multiple        multiple        
                                                    (AY) and one    classroom       classrooms for  classrooms for  
                                                    classroom                       1 AY            \>1 AY          

                    CONTEXT                         Stand-alone     Stand-alone     Sprinkled once  Sprinkled many  
                                                    unit after AP   unit in context                 times           
                                                    exams                                                           

                    NUMBER OF                       ONE POINT FOR                                                   
                    ACTIVITIES                      EACH ACTIVITY                                                   

  **PROPOSED        EQUIPMENT AND                   Requires        Requires        Requires access Requires        
  ACTIVITY**        MATERIALS                       equipment at    equipment found to web          readily         
                                                    university      in well-off                     available       
                                                                    schools                         materials       

                    PARTICLE PHYSICS                No connection   Weak connection Contrived       Robust          
                    ORIENTATION                     between HS and  between HS and  connection      connection      
                                                    HE physics      HE physics      between HS and  between HS and  
                                                                                    HE physics      HE physics      

                    STUDENT ROLE      Engagement    Students not    Students        Students        Students        
                                                    engaged         observe demo or perform         initiate        
                                                                    perform         investigation   research and    
                                                                    cookbook lab                    design and      
                                                                                                    perform         
                                                                                                    investigation   

                                      Questioning   Students do not Students answer Students        Students        
                                                    ask or answer   pro forma       discuss and     generate and    
                                                    questions       questions       answer provided answer          
                                                                                    open-ended      questions       
                                                                                    questions                       

                                      Data          Students do not Students        Students        Students        
                                                    consider data   consider data   consider data   consider real   
                                                                    with a known    with less       data with       
                                                                    outcome         well-defined    unpredictable   
                                                                                    outcome         outcome         

  **POST-SUMMER**   STANDARDS                       No link to any  Weak link to    Robust link to  Robust links to 
                                                    collection of   local standards local standards local and       
                                                    standards                                       national        
                                                                                                    standards       

                    DISSEMINATION                   Plan does not   Plan limited to Plan includes   Plan includes   
                                                    exist           local QuarkNet  posting to QNet presentation at 
                                                                    center          listserv and    a conference (  
                                                                                    website         or paper)       

                    IMPLEMENTATION                  Plan does not   Plan lacks      Plan lacks      Plan includes   
                                                    exist           sufficient      sufficient      detail and      
                                                                    detail          collaboration   collaboration   

  **GROUP           MATURITY                        Joined in 2005  Joined in 2004  Joined in 2003  Joined earlier  
  SPECIFICS**                                                                                       than 2003       

                    PROFESSIONALISM                 Plan includes   Plan includes   Plan includes   Plan includes   
                                                    no              sporadic        episodic        regular         
                                                    collaboration   collaboration   collaboration   collaboration   
                                                    amongst         amongst         amongst         amongst         
                                                    teachers and    teachers and    teachers and    teachers and    
                                                    physicists      physicists      physicists      physicists      
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