Telescope prototypes tested at UIC summer workshop
The theme of the UIC QuarkNet summer workshop was preparation for the solar eclipse. Eighteen students and 5 teachers assembled and tested three varieties of cosmic ray telescopes: fixed-angle; tracking with plumbing pipe sframe; and tracking with PVC support. Results - With fixed angle…
Detector building
Review: Intro to Standard Model and LHC
Foundational Question: What is the Standard Model? Describe the Standard Model in brief, simple terms. Resources: Particle Physics 101 (Fermilab) The Standard Model (CERN) Standard Model (Wikipedia) Supplementary Activity: Describe the Standard Model through graphs. Make plots of…
University of Tennessee June 14-16 Cosmic Ray Workshop Agenda
“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. Configure a…
CMS Data Workshop at the University of Florida, June 2017
Objectives Participating teachers will: Apply classical physics principles to reduce or explain the observations in data investigations. Identify and describe ways that data are organized for determining any patterns that may exist in the data. Create, organize and interpret data plots; make…
UIC QuarkNet Summer 2017 Agenda
Objectives Participating teachers will be able to: Configure a cosmic ray detector appropriately for acquisition of data for calibration and analysis of measurements Identify and describe the e-Lab tools available for conducting studies with data collected …
Data Portfolio Implementation Plans for VT Center Teachers
The Virginia Tech Center's first workshop concluded with a Cosmic Ray eLab poster presentation as well as an opportunity for the teachers to browse the Data Portfolio and start to plan how they could use these activities in their own classrooms. All of the teachers see possibilities to use…
Cosmic Ray Workshop at Rice University -- June 2017
Objectives Participating teachers will be able to: Configure a cosmic ray detector appropriately for acquisition of data for calibration and analysis of measurements Identify and describe the e-Lab tools available for conducting studies with data collected …
ATLAS Masterclass at LBNL 2017
June 27-28, 2017 Agenda Tuesday June 21 Wednesday June 22 08:30 Greetings 08:45 Icebreaker: Particle Cards 09:15 Rolling with Rutherford Histogram 09:45 Break 10:00…