M. Bardeen, Homestake Feb. 2006 Lessons We Have Learned. Marge Bardeen Fermilab Education Office...

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M. Bardeen, Homestake Feb. 2006 Lessons We Have Learned. Marge Bardeen Fermilab Education Office [email protected] 630-840-2031 Homestake DUSEL Workshop, Feb. 2006 Lead, SD (www-ed.fnal.gov/talks/dusel.ppt)

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M. Bardeen, Homestake Feb. 2006

Lessons We Have Learned.

Marge BardeenFermilab Education Office

[email protected]

Homestake DUSEL Workshop, Feb. 2006Lead, SD

(www-ed.fnal.gov/talks/dusel.ppt)

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Lessons We Have Learned.

Intro

Lab-based Education Programs

Teacher Programs

Student Programs

Learning Communities

Education Office

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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

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Everything Else

Education & Outreach

Research

Formal Education Context Public Relations, Marketing

Everything ElseTours, Etc.

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A Sense of Scale

FY04 college students:

Undergraduate Research - 40

COOP - 22

GEM - 5

Graduate Research - 10

Particle Accelerator School - 218

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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.

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Lessons We Have Learned.

Intro

Lab-based Education Programs

Teacher Programs

Student Programs

Learning Communities

Education Office

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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”

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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

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Lessons We Have Learned.

Intro

Lab-based Education Programs

Teacher Programs

Student Programs

Learning Communities

Education Office

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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

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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?

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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

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Empower K-12 Teachers.

Assessing needs.

Developing programs.

Offering programs.

Teachers & Scientists Working Together

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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

www-ed.fnal.gov

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Lessons We Have Learned

Intro

Lab-based Education Programs

Teacher Programs

Student Programs

Learning Communities

Education Office

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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

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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 . . .

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Informal K-12 Programs

Lederman Science CenterExhibits — 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

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Lessons We Have Learned.

Intro

Lab-based Education Programs

Teacher Programs

Student Programs

Learning Communities

Education Office

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Experiment-based Programs

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

A research community of physicists, teachers & their students

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Experiment-based Programs

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

quarknet.fnal.gov/grid

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With the Web, Students Can:

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Fermilab Prairie Restoration Project

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Lessons We Have Learned

Intro

Lab-based Education Programs

Teacher Programs

Student Programs

Learning Communities

Education Office

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FNAL K-12 Infrastructure

1 Manager 5.8 Education staff 2.5 Computer specialists 3.8 Support staff

People Whose Job is Education

24 Docents

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FNAL K-12 Infrastructure

OfficesWet LabComputer LabClass/Meeting Rooms

Space and M&S

Lederman Science Center

LibraryWorkroomStorageExhibits

ComputersTravelSuppliesEtc.

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Support from “Friends’

Supports innovative FNAL

science education programs

• Provides program development support.

• Helps provide the “extras.”

• Sells Fermilab Logo items online.

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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

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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.

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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.