2018 Meeting & Neutrino Data Workshop Prototype @ William & Mary

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Submitted by ShaneWood on Tue, 07/24/2018 - 09:24

HU-WM-GMU QuarkNet Center

August 6-8, 2018

Small Hall, Room 122

Small URL for this page: https://tinyurl.com/wm2018qn

Agenda, Monday, August 6, 2018 (Neutrino WS - day 1)

Time (local)	Activity
08:30	Coffee & Conversation
09:30	QuarkNet accounts (there are 2 kinds) Update account Registration
09:45	Top Quark and Missing Energy Helpful Spreadsheet - for calculations Rick Dower's data & analysis: Beta Spectrometer, teacher Beta Spectrometer, student
10:15	Talk on Neutrinos, Jeff Nelson
11:30	Lunch
12:30	Particle Lifetime and Halflife Dice (6-sided, 20-sided) spreadsheet Excel version of spreadsheet From DP activity: Cosmic Muon Lifetime Extension: David DeMuth's (Valley City State Univ.) Radiation Simulator Extension Resource: Why dice experiment is slightly wrong
13:00	MINERvA Data Express (muon lifetime) Helpful spreadsheet (add link)
14:00	Data Portfolio Activity: Particle cards Standard Model
14:30	Break
15:30	Coupled pendulum How can we transform this demo into a more quatitative student investigation? Coupled pendulum, Rick Dower
17:00	End of Day

Agenda, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 (Neutrino WS - day 2)

Time (local)	Activity
08:00	Coffee & Conversation
8:30	Neutrino Film Festival & Discussion Neutrinos: Nature's Ghosts Neutrinos: Nature's ID Thieves Coupled pendulum & neutrinos
09:00	Neutrino/MINERvA Physics Tutorial
09:30	MINERvA Masterclass: Introduction Arachne Simple Google sheet (link) Slides used for analysis (edited for this workshop) Slides for analysis (general)
10:00	Break
10:15	MINERvA Masterclass analysis & discussion Hot off the press!
12:00	Lunch
13:00	FNAL - ROC West Virtual Visit, Rob Fine
13:45	Implementation discussion Workshop development discussion
14:45	Workshop evaluation; End neutrino workshop
15:00	Begin: Test out new/updated Data Portfolio activities: Mapping the Poles Making it Round the Bend Signal to Noise: Basic Signal to Noise: Cosmic Others?
17:00	End of Day

Agenda, Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Time (local)	Activity
08:30	Coffee & Conversation
09:00	STEAM update & discussion Neil D-T video clip Update from Shane - diversity efforts Agnes Chavez work and website
09:30	Interfermoter Kits Assemble kits Design and/or carry out experiment
11:30	Lunch
12:30	Continue: Test out new/updated Data Portfolio activities: Mapping the Poles Making it Round the Bend Signal to Noise: Basic Signal to Noise: Cosmic Others?
14:30	Wrap up, Q&A, final discussion
15:00	End workshop
17:00	End of Day

Resources

All Things Neutrino (Fermilab)
Game-changing neutrino experiments (symmetry)
QuarkNet

Contacts

Josh Erlich, Mentor
Deborah Roudebush, Lead teacher & QN ed. consultant
Ken Cecire, QuarkNet Staff
Shane Wood, QuarkNet Staff