This is a record of planned and executed visits with physics classes spring, 2001. (and other activities directly related to SIUE educational outreach efforts). 000. In September. put equipment for cosmic ray detection at Southwest High School. introduced students to ideas. made list of possible high school projects. students looked at those projects, and associated web sites with the teacher (Julie Breden). 00. Feb. 19, 20, 2001. brought equipment from Pitt to SIUE. 0. Feb. 26, 2001. Visited E. St. L. high school together with Pam Keck. evaluated student teachers: Kent LeBlanc (working with Debra Greenwood, integrated prin. of science. DG may be interested in RET in July) Michael Williams (working with LaDonna Singleton, earth science). Matt Carpenter (working with Hague Nighossian, chemistry). Chad Stroud (working with John Smith, general science). 1. Feb. 27, 2001, March 13, 2001, March 14, 2001, March 15, 2001. contacted several high schools, etc. by phone. results below. 2. Tentative schedule: March 7, 2001. Bunker Hill, Mike Giles. wave optics lab. 8 students 314 S. Meissner.12:15-1:50. done. geometry class also joined. about 25 students total. lunch there with teachers. March 9, 2001. jat, dek to SW HS to Julie Breden's class.. cosray detectors. built 3 counters, another group looked at coincidences between two ends of two-ended counter.(double class period) (plan to return for further work March 16. Ms. Breden and any interested students may also stay after school for further discussions, completion of investigations. March 11, 2001. worked on cosray equipment at SIUE, with collaborator dave kraus. March 12, 2001. Brussels. Hugh Kender. evaluate equipment, decide on possible collab. activities. 1:30 pm. 618-883-2131. done. worked until around 5:00 pm, uncovered several correlated pieces of equipment for optics, mechanics, electrical experiments. discussed possiblity of projects for students, voting by students on chapters of most interest.. plan to do waves April 9, electricity april 27. (10:25-11:07 am, 14 students out of 90 hs students. (9-12). also contacted ms. thoubenout of hardin, will visit her on March 16, saturday, for equipment survey. March 13, 2001. SIUE. discussions with Virginia Bryan about leadership awards, budgets, etc. some work with cosray equipment, brought back equipment to take to sw. March 16, 2001. cosray work at SW. (one class period. some after school work, with the teacher, julie breden. ms. breden was introduced to oscilloscope, frequency counter and wave form generator and in turn discussed these with students while kraus helped the students who had built counters on march 9 to test them, and thompson worked with a third group on coincidence logic circuits with a set of counters already built and tested. some equipment, especially an older heavy oscilloscope, was left at the school with an eye toward possible further students work. these investigations will be part of a required physics class project. March 17, 2001 8:00 am.(Saturday) Hardin HS, with Ms. Thoubenout. equipment inventory. 618-576-2229. March 30,2001. 11:00-2pm. Edwardsville hs. Cliff Parker. 656-7100. waves. 3 physics classes. 24,11,25 students. also he is interested in the cosray hs project for the summer ret April 6, 2001. Northwestern HS, Palmyra. waves. 10:00-11:30 am (prep, discussions, class.) physics taught alternate years. 15 students, 9-12 hs about 100 students. 217-436-2011 Bill Metcalfe. free 10:00-10:43 April 7, 2001. Carlinville. Pat Oser. inventory, explore physics equipment. 217-854-3104 April 9, 2001. Brussels (Hugh Kender) Waves, class 10:25-11:07. 14 students. April 13, 2001. SW projects due. April 16, 2001. Meeting with Bill Kyle of UMSL, 11am--1pm, and with his South African visitor "Meshach" who will be visiting the US at that time. He is from the Cape area, and we are discussing some teacher exchange, or visits by teachers there, here... April 18-23. jat, dek in Pittsburgh. April 20, 2001. Jerseyville. Jim Featherstone. wave optics lab. 2 classes, 11, 16 students. 9:15-11:05am. free 2:35 pm- 3:30pm. 618-498-5521 ***NEED TO RESCHEDULE THIS...*** April 27, 2001. electricity at Brussels. (circuits). April 30, 2001. reschedule jville? May 4, 2001. oscilloscope lab at Alton. (Ms. Nancy Meggos, 474-2700 x735 04 721. home 462-9485. (will probably need to check at the school once before the lab) May 7, 2001. waves at sw. 3. Other contacts: Warren Hemmer, Carrollton, 217-942-6913. generally active teacher, perhaps interested in cosmic ray detector work, somewhat later. free 2:48-3:32 pm. Bob Sederwall, Gillespie 217--839-2114. retiring next year, too busy. student who answered the phone remembered last year's wave optics experiments with pleasure. check with replacement 2002. Deborah Grist, now a counselor at Girard. 217-627-2419. suggestd a 5th-6th grade teacher might be interested, said their current hs. teacher is unlikely to stay. contact again next year. Pam Warren, Greenfield. 217-368-2219. free 1:30-2:15, 3:15- too busy spring 2001, contact again 2002. Ron Ryan, Mt. Olive, IL. 217-999-4231. (also wrestling coach). about to become principal, not yet new phys. teacher. contact again 2002. Lisa Bland, North Greene, White Hall. 217-374-2131 free 11:48-. temporary, does not wish to consider labs this spring. contact again 2002. David Dressel, Staunton, IL, 618-635-3838. free 10:50-11:45, also at 3;10pm. too busy this spring. contact again 2002. Steve Thoma, Virden (about 20 miles s. of springfield), about to resign 217-965-4127. check again 2002. 4. talked with Patricia Harrison, (E. St. L. Center, 618-482-6907) about working with their math and science center: about 50 students, from brooklyn, estl, cahokia school districts. they spend 6 weeks on campus in the summer. director of math and science center (and trio.. 3 upward bound programs) is charles hays (482-6960). his associate is Elke MacIntosh. and elvin johnson (?), retired chem. prof? works with them academically. tentative agreement, though times not yet scheduled, is to go one saturday in the spring, for a get-acquainted session with a presentation about thompson's research, etc. then do a few labs in the summer on-campus period. eg...see-saws, lenses, light waves, possibly electricity. also expect to meet with members of upward bound programs and the estl. charter school to understand better the connection between them.