Dates: July 19-30, 2010. Location: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, near University of California-Berkeley. Level: High School Students. Application Deadline: June 30, 2010

The Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics Global Teachers’ Academy is seeking student applicants for its fourth annual two-week summer workshop for high school students and teachers. The “Physics in and Through Cosmology” workshop will be held at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory adjacent to the University of California, Berkeley Campus beginning Monday, July 19 and ending Friday, July 30.

The workshop format allows students to work in small groups under the guidance of master teachers and undergraduate science and engineering students. The ideal student applicant will have taken algebra, one science course and have some knowledge of chemistry. Every student will increase their knowledge of their place in the universe and its history, structure and fate while having a positive, enjoyable learning experience. Prior knowledge of cosmology is not necessary. Selected students will receive complementary BART tickets for travel to and from the workshop.

Participants in this program will meet Professor George Smoot, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Mather, hear talks by and meet young scientists working on the vanguard of international cosmology research, tour international research facilities at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, learn physics principles through hands-on activities guided by Bay Area master physics teachers, build relationships with talented high school student colleagues from the San Francisco Bay Area, receive recognition for program accomplishments that can be  used in college applications, and experience an immersion into the world of science and technology that can stay with the participants for a lifetime.

This opportunity was created through a partnership with QuarkNet, the BCCP and the Wells Fargo Foundation. Select student participants of diverse ethnic backgrounds and gender are encouraged to apply. Participants will be identified as the BCCP/Wells Fargo Student Scholars. The workshop is designed for high school students with an interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

The student application is available here and should be emailed to rjotto@comcast.net.

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