Fermilab: Research Lab on the Energy Frontier
Fermilab: Research Lab on the Energy Frontier
Contact: Gayle Stephens, Fermilab MS 777, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, (708) 840-8258, Decnet: FNALV: :STEPHENS
Objective: To familiarize sixth through ninth grade students with the environment in which cutting-edge particle-physics research is conducted.
Description: A particle physics instructional unit for sixth through ninth grade students has been developed. Teachers attend a workshop and provide classroom instruction for their students prior to the tour. Specially trained docents lead groups of students to see the preaccelerator, components in the linear accelerator gallery and the Main Control Room. The tour includes a visit to the 15th floor of Wilson Hall where students have a panoramic view of the Laboratory site and the surrounding area. Activity sheets are completed by students during the tour. After the tour, students discuss particle physics, Fermilab and career opportunities with a physicist. A cryogenic presentation may be given. Also, students may visit the Quarks to Quasars experiments at the Lederman Science Center as part of their tour.
Application Deadline: None
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Contact: Kristin F. Ciesemier, Fermilab MS 226, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, (708) 840-3092, Bitnet: CIESMIER@FNALV
Objective: To expose gifted high school students to the research done at a world-class particle physics laboratory.
Description: Fermilab hosts a research program for gifted high school students. Participants in this program join groups of physicists and graduate students doing frontier research in the properties of elementary particles. The program includes lectures by Fermilab staff physicists, lab tours, and tutorial sessions, as well as on-the-job experiences. Students spend two weeks working and studying at Fermilab. They are supervised by master high school physics teachers and live in a local college dormitory. Students in this program come from the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and six foreign countries. Six other DOE national laboratories host similar programs. 410 students have participated in this program at Fermilab; six teachers are staff members.
Application Deadline: U.S. students are selected through the Governors' Offices of Education. A typical deadline is in January or February.
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Contact: Robin D. Dombeck, Fermilab MS 777, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, (708) 840-8260, Bitnet: DOMBECK@FNALV
Objective: To create interest in science at the high school level and to honor outstanding students and teachers, the U.S. Department of Energy sponsors the National Science Bowl held in Washington, DC during National Science and Technology Week.
Description: Fermilab hosts and coordinates a Fermilab Regional Science Olympiad for the Fox Valley area high schools. Student teams from 16 schools, selected on a first-come, first-served basis, compete in this double-elimination academic competition. The winning high school team at this Science Bowl event is invited to compete at the National Science Bowl in Washington, DC. The National Science Bowl is a tournament style academic competition focused on science.
Application Deadline: NA
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Contact: Robin D. Dombeck, Fermilab MS 777, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, (708) 840-8260, Bitnet: DOMBECK@FNALV
Objective: To increase middle school young women's interest and awareness of science, engineering, mathematics and technology and to provide appropriate role models.
Description: Six partner organizations, Argonne National Laboratory, College of DuPage, Waubonsee Community College, Valley Education for Employment System, Waste Management, Inc. and Fermilab, plan and conduct a one-day biennial conference held at the two colleges for up to 600 middle school girls. A teacher and a scientist or engineer team to present a hands-on inquiry-based workshop. Girls select a strand of four workshops. Three hundred girls attended the first and second conference.
Application Deadline: Varies. Registration materials specify date.
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Contact: Dianne M. Engram, Manager, Equal Opportunity Office, Fermilab MS 117, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, (708) 840-4633
Objective: To provide out-of-class experiences for young people interested in scientific careers.
Description: This program provides a planned program of career interest exposure that brings eleventh and twelfth graders into association with professional adults. The program assists young people define future career goals. Explorers usually meet twice a month on Tuesday for an hour and a half after school at Fermilab. These young adults are invited to join through a yearly survey that is provided by the Exploring Division of the Boy Scouts.
Application Deadline: Scouting Survey specifies the deadline.
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Contact: Public Information Office, Fermilab MS 206, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, (708) 840-3351
Objective: To introduce high school science classes - primarily physics and chemistry - to high- energy physics research and to give them an opportunity to see the extent of the facilities involved.
Description: Guided tours are available year-round Monday through Friday at 9:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. at no charge. We advise booking tours as far ahead as possible especially in the spring. The size of the group should range from 10 to 40. We ask that one instructor or responsible adult accompany every 20 students. The tour lasts approximately two hours. With prior arrangement, students may purchase lunch in the cafeteria or use Fermilab facilities for sack lunches.
A guided tour begins in Wilson Hall and consists of an orientation talk and slide presentation followed by an opportunity to see the preaccelerator, components in the linear accelerator gallery and the Main Control Room. The tour then moves to the 15th floor where visitors have a panoramic view of the Laboratory site and the surrounding area. An Option B tour, with a Fermilab physicist giving the orientation, is available for physics classes who have had additional instruction prior to their visit.
Application Deadline: NA
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Contact: Gayle Stephens, Fermilab MS 777, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, (708) 840-8258, Decnet: FNALV: :STEPHENS
Objective: To give junior high school students a field experience in the natural areas of Fermilab including pre- and post-teaching activities and an extension of the program into the students' community.
Description: Instructional materials have been developed by a group of teachers that make the Fermilab National Environmental Research Park accessible to junior high school classes. Materials include an award-winning videodisc and software. This program provides a unique opportunity for students to be scientists by doing research that will provide meaningful data for ParkNet researchers and by collaborating with students from other schools in ongoing research. Field trips are scheduled for teachers who have participated in an inservice workshop. The field trip includes an opportunity to use a multimedia station on the prairie.
Application Deadline: Classroom instruction prepares students for their visit.
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Contact: Gayle Stephens, Fermilab MS 777, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, (708) 840-8258, Decnet: FNALV: :STEPHENS
Objective: To help young students learn about the science and technology of Fermilab.
Description: Student groups visiting the Lederman Science Center will work at more than a dozen hands-on experiments to develop an understanding of the operations and experiments that take place in the Fermilab accelerator and detector halls. The experiments allow young students to explore Fermilab from five perspectives: accelerators, detectors, scattering experiments, and the structure of matter and the universe.
Application Deadline: NA
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Contact: Drasko D. Jovanovic, Fermilab MS 122, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, (708) 840-3077, Bitnet: SIMPHY@FNALV
Objective: To introduce selected high school students to topics in modern physics.
Description: Three times each year, a series of ten lectures is conducted at Fermilab. One hundred students from area high schools are selected by their schools to participate in each series. Lectures ontopics such as "Accelerators and Detectors," "Special Theory of Relativity," "Leptons and Hadrons" and "Cosmology" are delivered by Fermilab staff experimental and theoretical physicists. The program also includes Lab tours, demonstrations of equipment and instruments, and tutorial sessions led by physicists to discuss in depth the material presented in the lectures. Saturday Morning Physics has "graduated" over 3400 students.
Application Deadline: September 15
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Contact: Ruby Coiley, Fermilab MS 117, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, (708) 840-8365
Objective: To provide youth ages 14 to 21 who meet eligibility requirements of the Kane, DeKalb and Kendall Counties Job Training Departments with an opportunity to acquire work skills in order to clarify their career goals and prepare them for future employment.
Description: The Summer Youth Employment Training Program is basically a nine-week program. Interns are allowed to work a maximum of 35 hours per week. Candidates are identified by the county agency and referred to the Fermilab Laboratory Services Section. The Equal Opportunity Office coordinates interviews, placement and support effort with the agency.
Application Deadline: May of each year through Kane, DeKalb and Kendall County offices
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Contact: Dianne M. Engram, Manager, Equal Opportunity Office, Fermilab MS 117, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, (708) 840-4633
Objective: To conduct an apprentice research program for talented minority high school students.
Description: Students are nominated by their schools and selected by the Fermilab Equal Opportunity Office personnel. The 25 participants, the majority from Chicago schools, spend six weeks in the program. In the mornings, they work side-by-side with a scientific, engineering or technical mentor at Fermilab. In the afternoons the students attend classes and receive assistance in the preparation of an individual or group research project. The students receive a combination of a salary and a stipend for their participation in the program.
Application Deadline: March 15
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