Outreach

Paul Cottle was a member of several university- and state-level committees that address issues in K-12 education:

the Framers’ Group for the rewrite of the K-12 Sunshine State Standards in science by the Florida Department of Education in 2007
the Faculty Steering Committee for FSU-Teach, the effort to increase the number of highly qualified math and science teachers graduating from FSU
the International Advisory Committee for the Florida Center for Research in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (FCR-STEM), which is an FSU-based, state-funded center to research strategies for improving K-12 education

Cottle was also a leader in the successful effort to construct a classroom at FSU using the SCALE-UP design developed at North Carolina State University. He has used the classroom to teach a physical science class for pre-service elementary school teachers using the Physics by Inquiry curriculum developed at the University of Washington. The SCALE-UP classroom will also be hosting inquiry-driven studio versions of the calculus-based introductory physics classes beginning in the spring of 2008.

Sam Tabor has directed the Flying Circus of Physics, the day of public outreach and tours conducted by the FSU Department of Physics, since its inception. The event draws more than 1,000 people to the department. Several other nuclear physics faculty participated in the most recent Flying Circus, including Mark Riley.

Nuclear physics faculty Ingo Wiedenhoever, Sam Tabor and Grigory Rogachev, and nuclear physics graduate student Trisha Hinners, with high school students working in the nuclear physics laboratory as part of FSU’s Young Scholars Program.

Each summer, five or six high school students join the nuclear physics research effort as part of FSU’s Young Scholars Program. This year, these students were directed by Sam Tabor, Grigory Rogachev and Ingo Widenhoever. The participating students, along with the faculty members and graduate student Trisha Hinners, are shown in this photo on the right.

During the fall semesters, several nuclear physics faculty make presentations as part of the Saturday Morning Physics program for high school students. In the fall of 2006, the presenters included Paul Eugenio (Physics of Sports) and Ingo Wiedenhoever (Nuclei, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes). Volker Crede served on the organizing committee.




	FSU Experimental Nuclear Physics Main			Outreach Paul Cottle was a member of several university- and state-level committees that address issues in K-12 education: the Framers’ Group for the rewrite of the K-12 Sunshine State Standards in science by the Florida Department of Education in 2007 the Faculty Steering Committee for FSU-Teach, the effort to increase the number of highly qualified math and science teachers graduating from FSU the International Advisory Committee for the Florida Center for Research in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (FCR-STEM), which is an FSU-based, state-funded center to research strategies for improving K-12 education Cottle was also a leader in the successful effort to construct a classroom at FSU using the SCALE-UP design developed at North Carolina State University. He has used the classroom to teach a physical science class for pre-service elementary school teachers using the Physics by Inquiry curriculum developed at the University of Washington. The SCALE-UP classroom will also be hosting inquiry-driven studio versions of the calculus-based introductory physics classes beginning in the spring of 2008. Sam Tabor has directed the Flying Circus of Physics, the day of public outreach and tours conducted by the FSU Department of Physics, since its inception. The event draws more than 1,000 people to the department. Several other nuclear physics faculty participated in the most recent Flying Circus, including Mark Riley. Each summer, five or six high school students join the nuclear physics research effort as part of FSU’s Young Scholars Program. This year, these students were directed by Sam Tabor, Grigory Rogachev and Ingo Widenhoever. The participating students, along with the faculty members and graduate student Trisha Hinners, are shown in this photo on the right. During the fall semesters, several nuclear physics faculty make presentations as part of the Saturday Morning Physics program for high school students. In the fall of 2006, the presenters included Paul Eugenio (Physics of Sports) and Ingo Wiedenhoever (Nuclei, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes). Volker Crede served on the organizing committee.