(Editing in Progress) Virtual Neutrino Workshop Template - 2020 - 1 day

Summer 2020

University of Everywhere

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 claims based on evidence and provoide explanations; identify data limitations.
Develop a plan for taking students from their current level of data use to subsequent levels using activities and/or ideas from the workshop.

We will provide opportunities to engage in critical dialogue among teaching colleagues about what they learn in the workshop.

1 Day Version

Day 1 Agenda

Time (local to center)	Activity	Remarks
09:00-9:30	Pre-Workshop Zoom sign-in and handshake Whip-around: Intros and "how are you doing?" Registration
09:30-9:50	Introduce neutrinos Pauli inverse beta-decay decay lifetime
9:50-10:00	“What is the most likely number of throws necessary to produce a “1” on the top of a 6-sided die?” Introduction to “1-die Decay” Simulation Google Tally Sheet
10:00-10:45	Participants conduct “1-die Decay” Simulation with a real 6-sided die, if available, or with a simulated die at https://www.random.org/dice/ (Take a break when convenient for you.)
10:45-11:00	Discuss results of "1-die Decay" simulation.
11:00-11:45	Introduce MINERvA experiment, ARACHNE data display, and muon-lifetime and electron-energy data collection. Assign data sets to participants.
11:45-13:45	Videoconference Pause LUNCH (when convenient). Gather MINERvA data to determine muon lifetime and Michel electron energy. Optional "Office Hour" Need help? Sign on!	Facilitator available 11:45-12:15 Facilitator Lunch 12:15-12:45 Facilitator available 12:45-13:45.
13:45-14:00	Make muon-lifetime histogram, plot histogram data to determine muon mean lifetime.
14:00-14:15	Discuss Michel electron energy results. Muon decay produces two neutrinos. Lepton flavor number is conserved.
14:15-15:15	“Neutrinos: Mystery and History” presentation slides script recording
15:15-15:30	Reflections on day’s activities
15:30-16:30	Participants develop plans to implement in their classrooms activities or approaches derived from this workshop.