Friday Flyer - May 25, 2018
This is the last Friday Flyer of the 2017–2018 academic year; we will start it again in September. Have a great summer! Spotlight on Summer 2018 It's that time of the year again with final tests, graduations, and all of the activities that accompany the end of the school year. This is also…
Cosmic Ray Workshop KSU 2018
“Our mission is to create opportunities for teachers and students to explore the nature of scientific research. Using cosmic ray muon detectors, participants design and perform experiments to analyze data employing the cosmic ray e-lab.” Learning objectives. a. …
2018 LIGO e-Lab Workshop at KSU
June 4-5, 2018 Cardwell Hall, Room #224 @ KSU Small URL for page: https://tinyurl.com/ksu2018ligo Objectives Participating teachers will be able to: Plot and interpret data recorded by LIGO seismic instruments; address limitations in the data. Make claims based on evidence from LIGO data…
Friday Flyer - May 11, 2018
Spotlight on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math)FF recently traveled to New Mexico to work with artist Agnes Chavez, Lakota cultural specialist Steve Tamayo, ATLAS physicist Steve Goldfarb and others to continue the development and implementation of a workshop known as Projecting…
Friday Flyer on Monday - April 30, 2018
Spotlight on the Cosmic Ray e-Lab Looking for a project for your students to tackle after the AP or IB test? Have a student who is interested in doing an independent study project with you? Why not try using the Cosmic Ray e-Lab! This e-Lab works whether you have a cosmic ray detector or not,…
Building a muon detector, Vaughn College Tech Day 2018 Poster, Maddaloni
Friday Flyer - April 13, 2018
Spotlight on International Muon Week 2018 During International Muon Week in March, a dozen high school groups used their QuarkNet cosmic ray detectors to measure the speed of muons. They each collected at least two sets of muon data with pairs of scintillation counters arranged with a vertical…
Friday Flyer - March 30, 2018
Spotlight on the University of Oregon QuarkNet Center The University of Oregon Center for High Energy Physics hosted its 16th summer workshop for teachers in June of 2017. Last summer's workshop focused on a variety of topics, including a talk on the 2017 eclipse and an update on LIGO from …
2018 QuarkNet Data Camp Summary
What: QuarkNet Data Camp Where: Fermilab, in Batavia IL When: 15-20 July 2018 Cost: $0 - All expenses paid, plus additional $500 stipend provided. Data Camp is designed to be an introductory workshop for both new and veteran teachers of physics and physical science. We welcome both those…