October 25, 1999
SCIPP offers physics workshop for high school teachers
By Tim Stephens
The Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP) will present a physics workshop
for high school teachers on Saturday, November 13. The workshop, which is free and
open to all teachers, will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 101, Natural
Sciences Annex, on the UCSC campus.
The workshop will give teachers a new perspective on modern physics and help them
develop an up-to-date curriculum for high school physics. It will feature science
presentations by UCSC physics faculty, a report on SCIPP's 1999 Research Experience
for Teachers program, and an interactive session on advancing the physics curriculum.
The workshop is hosted by SCIPP in collaboration with teachers Kelly Clark from Georgiana
Bruce Kirby Preparatory School in Santa Cruz and Stuart Brice from Independence High
School in San Jose.
Talks by leading theorists and experimental researchers in physics will cover a range
of topics. Presentations will include:
- Professor Michael Dine, "Elementary Particle Physics"
- Professor Joel Primack, "Cosmology"
- Professor David Dorfan, "Phenomena and Discoveries"
- Adjunct Professor Hartmut Sadrozinski, "Experiments and Observations"
For information and to make reservations to attend the workshop, contact Jacqueline Pizzuti at (831) 459-4499 or jackie@scipp.ucsc.edu. Additional information is available on SCIPP's Web site.
