Dear "Physics Northwest" Teacher: I am writing to invite you to participate in a QuarkNet program, sponsored by Fermilab and the University of Chicago, to help involve and inform high school teachers about the exciting current research work being carried out in particle physics at Fermilab and elsewhere. There is every reason to expect that an exceptionally important discovery will be made within the next 6 years (or 7 at the outside): the discovery of the Higgs boson, of SuperSymmetric Particles, of "extra dimensions" (beyond the 3 space and 1 time dimension that we are familiar with), or perhaps all of these. We in the Chicago area have a unique opportunity to directly see what is being done, and to visit the accelerator, particle detectors, and physicists who are a part of this effort. Chris Johnson (physics teacher at Wheaton North High School) and I are organizing a 3-week paid workshop (2 weeks during July 2001, and 5 days interspersed through the current and next school years) for a small group of interested high school teachers. I am attaching the MSWord version of a letter that we have recently mailed to high schools in the Chicago/Fermilab area. More information about the QuarkNet program and its activities can be found at the Fermilab website http://quarknet.fnal.gov/. If you have any questions about the program, please phone me (773-702-7101 after Dec 7) or Chris Johnson (630-682-2393). If you are interested in joining the program, send email to me by December 15, as described in the enclosed letter. Sincerely yours, Frank S. Merritt, Chairman Physics Department University of Chicago ---------------- This is the ISTA-talk mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a message to <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or visit the following URL: <http://www.ista-il.org/about/mail_list.html>.
