REU/RET Site: Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota

REU/RET 站点：明尼苏达大学物理与天文学

• 批准号: 1156388
• 负责人: Alex Kamenev
• 金额: $ 57万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-05-01 至 2016-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1156388&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; RET; Site; Physics; Astronomy

This award supports the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experience for Teachers (RET) site in Physics at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. In order to encourage students to pursue careers in scientific research, the REU/RET provides an opportunity for students and high school teachers to participate first hand in cutting-edge scientific research in astrophysics, biophysics, condensed matter physics, cosmology, high energy particle physics, nuclear physics, physics education, and space and planetary physics. The students receive guidance in applying to graduate school, and preparing for the Graduate Record Examination in Physics. Students get experience and coaching on effective scientific communication including the writing of a research report, a poster presentation, and an oral presentation of their research results. Both students and teachers participate in safety and ethics sessions to prepare them for physics research. To emphasize the bigger intellectual picture, both populations are introduced to frontier physics research outside the subject in which they are doing research. The high school teachers are also introduced to the latest research on pedagogy and encouraged to integrate their research experiences into their teaching by the Physics Education Research Group. The teachers benefit from their interaction with the students in the REU program as do the students in their interaction with the teachers.

该奖项支持明尼苏达大学双城分校物理学本科生研究经验 (REU) 和教师研究经验 (RET) 网站。 为了鼓励学生从事科学研究事业，REU/RET为学生和高中教师提供了亲身参与天体物理学、生物物理学、凝聚态物理学、宇宙学、高能粒子物理学等前沿科学研究的机会、核物理、物理教育以及空间和行星物理。学生将获得申请研究生院和准备物理学研究生入学考试的指导。 学生获得有效科学交流的经验和指导，包括撰写研究报告、海报展示和口头展示他们的研究结果。 学生和教师都参加安全和道德课程，为物理研究做好准备。为了强调更大的知识图景，这两个群体都被介绍到他们正在研究的学科之外的前沿物理研究。物理教育研究小组还向高中教师介绍了教育学的最新研究成果，并鼓励他们将研究经验融入到教学中。 REU 项目中教师与学生的互动受益匪浅，学生与教师的互动也同样受益匪浅。