Friday Flyer - November 16, 2018
There will be no Friday Flyer next week; we'll pick it up again on November 30. Happy Thanksgiving! Spotlight on the SUNY – University at Buffalo QuarkNet Center Buffalo hosted a CMS masterclass in April, then held its 12th annual teacher meeting in August. Mentors Ia Iashvili, Avto…
Agenda for November 17, 2018, meeting of the Virginia Center
Draft Agenda 8:30 am Arrive, coffee, snacks, discussion 9:00 am Talk on the latest in Astrophysics - Josh 11:00 am Brief discussion of budget situation under the new grant 11:30 am Working Lunch at Rodino’s Yum Yum 1:00 pm Josh leads activity on Feynman Diagrams 2:00 pm…
Cosmic Ray Muon Detection, J. Mule 2018 Aug
Friday Flyer - November 2, 2018
Spotlight on the Rice University/University of Houston QuarkNet Center This Houston center held two major events in 2018: A CMS masterclass for students and a week-long summer workshop for teachers. The masterclass was held on March 24 with six students and two teachers in attendance.…
Brookhaven - Stony Brook QuarkNet meeting, 26 Oct 2018
Agenda: Greetings and introductions QuarkNet news QuarkNet accounts (flyer) (sign up) World Wide Data Day on Nov 15 (more info and register) Particle Cards (find in Data Portfolio) Hope, ideas, plans other business (add your ideas!) When you are logged in, you can add…
Proposal for MINOS tunnel - muon rates versus distance from access shaft
Participaqnts from four high schools plan to meet Sunday Oct. 28, 2018 to develop a proposal to Fermilab to measure the rate of muons versus the distance from the access shaft. Topics to be discussed include: detector design; stand designs; location mapping; anticipated rates; safety training…
Boston QuarkNet Center 2017-2018 annual Report
Submitted by Richard DowerFebruary 8, 2018After some initial socializing and snacks, Chris Fuchs (Physics Professor at UMass Boston) gave an engaging talk that wove together ideas about quantum mechanics (The quantum-mechanical wavefunction describes our ideas about reality; it is not a…
Friday Flyer - October 19, 2018
Spotlight on the Fermilab/University of Chicago QuarkNet Center Summer 2018 was a busy one, with 15 teachers taking part in a workshop and four students involved in a summer research experience thanks to funding secured through the College of DuPage. During the summer research experience,…
Friday Flyer - October 5, 2018
Remembering Leon Lederman, pictured here with children at FNAL daycare. (Photo from Fermilab.org) Nobel laureate, trail-blazing researcher, and former director of Fermilab passed away on Wednesday at the age of 96. Lederman was passionate about science education and a great friend to QuarkNet…