Creating an Advanced Laboratory for K-16 Science Education at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

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Apr 2002

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American Physical Society, April Meeting, Jointly Sponsored with the High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the American As

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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An innovative laboratory dedicated to plasma science education at the pre-college and undergraduate level will be described. The Plasma Science Education Laboratory (PSEL) will be the first of its kind, a cutting-edge education facility and associated programs that bring the beauty and complexity of plasmas to a greatly expanded range of teachers and students who now rarely have the chance to study plasma physics in a hands-on manner. Crucial to the success of PSEL is an integrated teaching approach that has students at all levels learn physics in the same manner that a research scientist does physics. At the core of this method is a research-based experience (in the laboratory) woven together with the necessary theoretical basis (in the classroom) and the use of advanced computational tools with an emphasis on visualization of the underlying principles. The new activities will be supported by the creation of a group of “Master Teachers” to both develop and assist in the teaching of new workshops. A summer “educational internship” will be created to bring new master teachers in to assist in the various programs. These master teachers will be veterans of previous workshops and, thus, well versed in basic plasma physics theory and experimentation.

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