Note:
Details for Summer 2025 have not been posted yet, but we encourage you learn more about the program and keep an eye out for updates.
Note:
Details for Summer 2025 have not been posted yet, but we encourage you learn more about the program and keep an eye out for updates.
The workshop is designed to create a vibrant learning community that embraces diversity, equity and inclusion for Physics teachers and highly motivated high school students with an interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Teachers and students together, will experience an intense overview of cutting-edge research in particle physics and cosmology, with presentations from Berkeley Lab scientists and postdocs. Topics last year included the Higgs boson and other research with the ATLAS experiment at CERN, heavy-ion physics, neutrino physics, the search for dark matter, mapping the universe, measuring dark energy with supernovae, and machine learning. Students form small groups and interview a lab scientist about the work they are doing, and in the last week of the workshop they present a short video or powerpoint about the scientist’s research. A highlight of the last workshop included a discussion with Nobel Laureate Saul Perlmutter . The workshop was in part supported by QuarkNet and organized by Tony Spadafora of the Physics Division and Laurie Kerrigan of Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco. There is no cost to teachers or students.
Meet and hear detailed talks by young scientists working on the frontiers of international physics research.
Virtually tour international research facilities at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Build relationships with talented high school student colleagues from around the SF Bay Area.
Receive recognition for your accomplishments that can be used in college applications.
Become immersed in the world of science and technology few high school students experience.