# Presentation: 414349

## Lessons We Have Learned.

**Marge Bardeen**
**Fermilab Education Office**
**mbardeen@fnal.gov**
**630-840-2031**
**Homestake DUSEL Workshop, Feb. 2006**
**Lead, SD**
**(www-ed.fnal.gov/talks/dusel.ppt)**

## Lessons We Have Learned.

**Intro**
**Lab-based Education Programs**
**Teacher Programs**
**Student Programs**
**Learning Communities**
**Education Office**

## Where We Work

**Where We Work**

**Single mission lab**
**38 years old**
**6,800-acre site**
**30 miles west of the Loop**
**2,000 employees**
**2,500 scientific users**

## Education & Outreach

**Education & Outreach**

**Formal Education Context**

**Public Relations, Marketing**

## A Sense of Scale 

**FY04 college students:**
**Undergraduate Research -**** ****40**
**COOP -**** ****22**
**GEM -**** ****5**
**Graduate Research -**** ****10**
**Particle Accelerator School -**** ****218**

## A Typical Year at Fermilab

**In FY05**** ****25,000**** ****K-12 students and over**** ****2,400**** ****teachers participated **
**in**** ****32**** ****programs. The education server received**** ****17,270,480**** ****hits. **
**The staff was**** ****15.1**** ****FTEs including**** ****4**** ****FTEs for QuarkNet,**
**and**** ****21**** ****docents (~****3**** ****FTE equivalent).**
**~****50**** ****educators taught in the programs and**** **
**247**** ****scientists, engineers and technicians volunteered.**

## Lessons We Have Learned.

**Intro**
**Lab-based Education Programs**
**Teacher Programs**
**Student Programs**
**Learning Communities**
**Education Office**

## DUSEL — a Research Lab

**Local: Lab-based Programs**
**National: Experiment-based & Web-based Programs**

**Mission-based research implies**
**mission-based education.**
**•**

**Build on lab’s strengths.**
***“******Doing Science”***

## Local & National Communities

**Local: Lab-based Programs**
**National: Experiment-based & Web-based Programs**

**The key is interesting people in the science****.**

**What are the big questions? How do you state them for *****me*****? **
**How can you help people understand *****how***** you work?**
**How can you *****involve***** students and teachers in your work?**

**Reaching Out • Partnering**

## Lessons We Have Learned.

**Intro**
**Lab-based Education Programs**
**Teacher Programs**
**Student Programs**
**Learning Communities**
**Education Office**

## The K-12 World Becomes Your World.

**No Child Left Behind**
**    ****High-stakes testing**
**    ****Scientifically based instruction**
**    ****Highly qualified teachers**
**State & district requirements**
**Third International Mathematics & Science Study**

**National & state standards**
**   ****Content**
**   ****Science as inquiry**
**   ****Professional development**

## Partnerships are Critical.

**You need scientists who are busy but good at:**
**   ****Providing content.**
**   ****Doing science.**
**And you need teachers who are busy but good at:**
**   ****Understanding students.**
**   ****Knowing schools.**
**   ****Using current curriculum and materials.**
***   ******Writing new materials?***

## You Are a Catalyst for Change.

**Meeting needs. **
**Making resources available.**
**Making unique contributions.**
**Learning science through investigations. **
**Modeling inquiry-based teaching &**
**learning in professional development.**

**Research • Institutes/Workshops  • Study Units/Field Trips • Symposia**

**Districts, Schools, Classes Change**

## Empower K-12 Teachers. 

**   ****Assessing needs.**
**   ****Developing programs.**
**   ****Offering programs.**

**Teachers & Scientists Working Together**

## Use the Internet.

_**Instructional Materials**_
**   ****Beyond lesson plans**
**   ****IT - integrated with curriculum **
**   ****Data-based investigations**
**   ****e-Labs (Grid infrastructure)**
**   ****Webcasts**
**   ****Streaming video**
**   ****Blogs & podcasts**

**Program Information • Reference Materials • Instructional Materials**

## Lessons We Have Learned

**Intro**
**Lab-based Education Programs**
**Teacher Programs**
**Student Programs**
**Learning Communities**
**Education Office**

## Establish Research Pipelines.

**Establish Research**** ****Pipelines.**

**High School Students**
**   ****Research experiences**
**   ****Internships coupled with education**
**Undergraduates**
**   ****REU -**** ****important for minority students**
**       *****(Community college faculty/student team)***
**       ****Science majors**
**   ****COOP**
**Graduate Students**
**   ****GEM**
**   ****Graduate Research**
**Hiring**

**Strategy for Workforce Development  &**** ****Diversity**

## Formal Higher Ed Programs

**Community/Tribal College - Graduate Studies**
**Non-traditional Students**

**Research • Workshops • Courses • Reference Materials**

_**Program support**_
**Mentors/Instructors/Advisors**
**Support staff for:**
**  ****Applications**
**  ****Activities**
**  ****Logistics . . . **

## Informal K-12 Programs

_**Lederman Science Center**_
**Exhibits — safe area for students**
**Programs developed by:**
**   ****Educators & scientists**
**Programs led by:**
**   ****Docents & informal educators**
**Support for scientists**

**Saturday Morning Physics • Classes for Kids & Scouts Special Events • Classroom Visits • Community Festivals**

## Lessons We Have Learned.

**Intro**
**Lab-based Education Programs**
**Teacher Programs**
**Student Programs**
**Learning Communities**
**Education Office**

## Experiment-based Programs

**Experiment-based Programs**

**QuarkNet, an education program for the **
**ATLAS & CMS experiments . . . and more**

**A research community of physicists, teachers & their students**

## Experiment-based Programs

**Experiment-based Programs**

**e-Labs, Online Scientific Investigations,**
**Bringing data to students with the Grid**** **

**quarknet.fnal.gov/grid**

## With the Web, Students Can:

**With the Web, Students Can:**

**Communicate.****Collaborate.****Explore.****Research.****Publish.**

**Fermilab Prairie Restoration Project**** **

## Lessons We Have Learned

**Intro**
**Lab-based Education Programs**
**Teacher Programs**
**Student Programs**
**Learning Communities**
**Education Office**

## FNAL K-12 Infrastructure

**People Whose Job is Education**

## FNAL K-12 Infrastructure

**Offices**
**Wet Lab**
**Computer Lab**
**Class/Meeting Rooms**

**Space and M&S**

**Library**
**Workroom**
**Storage**
**Exhibits**

**Computers**
**Travel**
**Supplies**
**Etc.**

## Support from “Friends’

**Supports innovative FNAL **
**science education programs**

**•****  ****Provides program development support.**
**•****  ****Helps provide the “extras.” **
**• **** ****Sells Fermilab Logo items online.**

## FNAL K-12 Funding

**FY05 Infrastructure Budget (Lab G&A)**
**   ****SWF:****         ****$682,000**** **
**   ****M&S:****         ****$114,000**
**   ****QuarkNet:**** $407,300 ****(DOE HEP & NSF ESIE)**

**Other Sources:**
**Fermilab Friends for Science Education (funds from 38 sources)**
**   ****Federal - NSF, NASA, NIH, DOEd, DOE HEP Funds**
**   ****State - State Program, Regional Offices, MSP (part of NCLB)**
**   ****Foundations & Members**
**Fees**

## 3 Things to Remember

**Use DUSEL research as the foundation for programs.**
**Get students and teachers engaged in doing science.**
**Create partnerships between teachers and scientists.**

## Other Things to Remember

**  ****It takes real commitment, real effort, real money.**
**  ****DUSEL has people, multidisciplinary research & data.**
**  ****Take advantage of lab-based & experiment-based programs.**
**  ****Use the Internet to reach national audiences.**
**  ****Figure out the scale of activities that works for DUSEL.**
**  ****Maintain support from the top.**
**  ****Find "volunteers" among the scientific & technical staff.**
**  ****Make it possible for "users" to participate in E&O.**
**  ****Develop an appropriate niche for the lab.**
**  ****Know & use best practices (and what NSF favors).**
**  ****Collaborate with others.**
**  ****Meet needs identified by the K-12 community.**