Agenda and Guide

Times are Pacific Daylight.

Part 0: Teacher Meeting, Mon 12 July

14:45   QuarkNet Housekeeping:

• Registration (due Mon 12 July)
• QuarkNet Account Update (due Wed 14 July)
• Data Activities Portfolio (look above)
• Teacher Survey (due Fri 23 July):
  • If you completed the 2019 Teacher Survey, complete the 2021 Teacher Survey Update (~6 mins)
  • If you did NOT complete the 2019 Teacher Survey, complete the 2021 Teacher Survey (~20 mins)
• Implementation plan discussion
  • Template (share with Ken when done) (due Fri 23 July)

15:15   Discuss Activities

• BAM parts I, II, and III
• Future QuarkNet Data Activities 

16:00   End of session

Part I: Preparation, Fri 16 July

Pre-homework: Watch A Day with Particles.

14:45   Particular correlations

• Each group examine this reduced chart of fundamental particles
• Look for trends in particle characteristics:
  • mass
  • lifetime
  • year of discovery
  • other
• Prepare to discuss what you have found
• Particle Physics slides

15:15  Rolling Online with Rutherford

• simulation (note width=30 cm, 5 target marbles)
• Google form (fill out for every 10 turns)

16:00  Finished for day

Homework: Watch the BAMA Instructional Screencasts. (More resouces are on the same page.)

Part II: Ramp-Up to Analysis, Mon 19 July

14:45   Data Analysis Intro

• Homework Q&A 
• Demo of Data Analysis
  • HYPATIA 4
  • Google form
  • Spreadsheet
• Assign Datasets
• Begin Data Analysis

16:00  Finished for day

Homework: Continue data analysis on your own 

Part III: Analysis, Results, and Discussion, Wed 21 July

Data Analysis must be complete, aside from questions, by 15:00,

14:45  Connect and check-in

15:00  Finish data analysis with Q&A: mass spreadsheet

          Supplementary measurement: angle preadsheet

15:30  Discussion of Results

16:00  Finished

Questions? Contact!

Ken Cecire, University of Notre Dame