Exemplary Student Research Program Using the world-class facilities at Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source and the Electron Microscopy Center, high school students and their teachers will explore the principles and operation of these tools and conduct research over the school year. Under the guidance of staff scientists, each team will: construct a doable project based on the techniques and limitations within a specific research group; prepare and submit a research proposal, setup the experiment, gather and analyze their results, make conclusions, and prepare a final poster. These projects were presented in a poster session at the Argonne APS/CNM/EMC Users Meeting in May. Naperville North High School Characterizing Dehydrochlorination and Inservice Use in PVC Piping Neuqua Valley High School Water Contaminants and the Effectiveness of Filtration Physical Effects on Graphene Structure Read feature story The workshop for the 2012-13 program will be held at Argonne National Laboratory. This workshop is targeted to high school teachers, however, if available, 1 or 2 students per teacher may attend. Each person must register individually below. Day 1 – Monday, July 16, 2012, 8:30a – 4:30p Day 2 - Thursday, July 19, 2012, 8:30a – 4:30p Limited to high school teachers who will serve as project mentors for STEM, Honors, or Advanced Placement level student teams during the academic year. The workshop is FREE. High School Student teams: Design and conduct their own research with the guidance of teachers and scientists Use world-class facilities at the Advanced Photon Source and the Electron Microscopy Center Are immersed in the research enterprise of Argonne National Laboratory Encounter an authentic experience that may extend to multiple years   Agenda Summer Workshop Dates: Monday, July 16, 2012 & Thursday, July 19, 2012 Day 1 – Monday, July 16, 2012, 8:30a – 4:30p Welcome; introductions User facility Overview Overview of the Advanced Photon Source (APS) Specific group/CAT presentations Lunch A broad tour of the types of research and techniques that can be done at each group or CAT Choose two groups for a deeper dive on Day 2. Day 2 - Thursday, July 19, 2012, 8:30a – 4:30p Morning – teams work through theory, sample projects and techniques at their first-choice group. Lunch Afternoon--teams work through theory, sample projects and techniques at their second-choice group. Ending meeting to report progress and indicate plans to move forward: Each teacher selects one APS group to begin the research project. Identify and describe a possible research project indicating the techniques and limitations within that group. Indicate your plans to recruit students. If time allows, each student and teacher will complete the APS User Registration. Evaluation. Requested CPDUs.   All successive meetings must include the student team members, the teacher, and at least one group scientist. Meetings will be scheduled directly with your first-choice group contact. Most or all of the meetings will be held during the school year. This list below indicates what needs to be accomplished for the year. Remarkably this can be done in 3 visits to Argonne. Some activities will be done on-line, and by teleconferencing and/or video-conferencing. Complete the APS User Registration [August –early September 2012] Begin/complete User training Write a proposal for your project; establish a timeline for work to be done at school and at the APS group area [Late August – September 2012] Submit your proposal using the APS beam time access system Complete all required on-line training When the proposal is accepted the group scientist will schedule beam time during 2013-1 for the project. Revisit the work timeline [late October 2012] Students prep/run samples at the APS during one 9:00a - 4:00p beam shift [January or February 2013] Gather data and interpret collaboratively with assistance from a group scientist; Write conclusions. Begin constructing a poster. Vet your poster [March – April 2013] As a team present the research poster at the Argonne APS/CNM/EMC Users Meeting [early May 2013]