Friday Flyer on Monday - January 20, 2020
Spotlight on QuarkNet at AAPT Winter Meeting 2020 As many of you know, AAPT holds two national conferences each year: one in the winter and one in the summer. At each of these meetings, there is a significant QuarkNet presence, and the current meeting in Orlando has been no exception. For the…
QuarkNet Center Staff Assignments as of January 2024
Each QuarkNet Center has a Staff member assigned to be the main point of contact with QuarkNet Central. The assignments are:CenterStaffBlack Hills State University/SURFShane WoodBoston AreaKen CecireBrookhaven National Lab - Stony BrookKen CecireCatholic University of AmericaKen CecireColorado…
2020 Center Activity
Spreadsheet: 2020 QuarkNet Funding (Also contains 2020 RFP Form Results) - Includes possible dates for meetings & workshops. Spreadsheet: 2020 Center Meetings/Workshops - Includes final dates for meetings & workshops. Link: 2020 RFP Form Link: Summer Opportunities (…
International Collaboration Activity
１月１３日２０２０年、広尾がくえん、東京 Please make 5 groups. Each group studies the Introductory Question and then does one of the assigned Group Investigations, using the provided online resources. When each group is finished, the members should make a page in Google Slides …
Friday Flyer - January 10, 2020
Spotlight on Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center had an active 2019 and is not slowing down for 2020. ND was active in International Masterclasses 2019 and will have masterclasses for ATLAS, CMS, and MINERvA in 2020. Public outreach has also been a strong component, with…
Friday Flyer on Monday - January 6, 2020
Happy New Year from all of us at QuarkNet! Spotlight on 2020The spotlight in our last Flyer focused on a look back at 2019. In this edition, we look ahead to 2020 to sketch out some of what we look forward to in the coming year. We welcome the addition of Spencer Pasero to QuarkNet staff! Spencer …
Activities for Teaching Contemporary Physics
AAPT Winter Meeting 2020, W05 Sunday 19 January 2020, 09:00-12:00 ET Small URL for this page: https://bit.ly/2M668FF. Agenda 09:00 Greetings and Intro; Everyday Actions 09:15 Radioactive Decay Simulation with Dice 09:45 Muon Lifetime…
Friday Flyer - December 13, 2019
This is the last Friday Flyer of 2019. We will resume on January 3, 2020. Happy Holidays! Spotlight on 2019 A lot happened in physics in 2019. Our astrophysics friends took the world by storm by capturing an image of a black hole through clever use of gravitational lensing. The Nobel Prize…
Virginia Center Workshop November 23, 2019
Agenda Time Description 9:00 Conversation, Coffee and Snacks 9:30 Josh talk Josh brought a set of Quantum Dots and explained why the CdSe vials fluoresce Why does a blue morpho moth fluoresce as blue? Diffraction! Report from HEP meeting. Discussion of…