# Presentation: 312242

## Toolkits for Mentors and Teachers

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**Toolkits for Mentors and Teachers**

- Kenneth Cecire
- Staff Teacher, Hampton University
- ken.cecire@hamptonu.edu

## The Problem and the Opportunity

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**The Problem and the Opportunity**

## But what we aim for is . . .

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**But what we aim for is . . .**

**. . . and we wanted to see more of it!**

## We just want to bring everyone together in a meaningful and productive way.

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**We just want to bring everyone together in a meaningful and productive way.**

## It was clear that we needed a Toolkit. Well, two of them, actually.

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**It was clear that we needed a Toolkit. Well, two of them, actually.**

- Associate Teacher Institute Toolkit

- Classroom Toolkit

-  Refreshers
-  Projects
-  LTI Projects

-  Study effects of electric and magnetic fields on particles

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- These can be found at:
- quarknet.fnal.gov/toolkits/ati/
- and
- quarknet.fnal.gov/toolkits/class/em/student.html
*We will track three cases *
*of how we develop *
*and/or disseminate projects.*

## Development: The Table-top Electron Accelerator

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-  Popular activity in Lead Teacher Institute
-  Illustrates important aspects of accelerator technology
-  Expensive, hard-to-obtain in high schools
*The solution—create an online*
*activity based on measurements*
*taken with an actual device.*

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## Dissemination: Cosmic Ray Detectors

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-  Encouraged for the Associate Teacher Institute
-  Illustrates important aspects of detector technology
-  QuarkNet centers employ a diversity of designs and uses
*The solution—collect some of*
*the most accessible methods*
*together for easier replication.*

## Menu of Methods

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-  Geiger detector
-  FNAL, LBNL counters
-  Penn drift tube
- Unscientific Ratings for a “Consumer Reports” look

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- Development and Dissemination: The Jaw-Breaker Accelerator
-  Developed at SMU for Associate Teacher Institute
-  Illustrates accelerator technology
-  Encouraged for other centers
-  High “gee-whiz” factor
*The solution—disseminate SMU *
*design via meetings and the Toolkit.*

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## The Current Challenge

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**The Current Challenge**
-  Encourage centers to use these new resources.
-  Continue development of the Toolkits.
-  Adapt to new QuarkNet center environment.
-  What next?

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