(Editing in Progress) Virtual Neutrino Workshop Template - 2020 - 2 day - Template
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.
2 Day Version
Day 1 Agenda
| Time (local to center) | Activity | Remarks |
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| 09:00-9:30 |
Pre-Workshop
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| 09:30-9:50 |
Introduce neutrinos
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| 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?”
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| 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.) |
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| 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. |
What links go here? |
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11:45-14:00 |
Videoconference Pause
Optional "Office Hour"
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Facilitator available 11:30-12:00
Facilitator Lunch 12:00-13:00
Facilitator available 13:00-14:00.
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| 14:00-14:30 | Make muon-lifetime histogram, plot histogram data to determine muon mean lifetime. | |
| 14:30-14:45 | Discuss Michel electron energy results. Muon decay produces two neutrinos. Lepton flavor number is conserved. |
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| 14:45-15:45 |
“Neutrinos: Mystery and History” presentation |
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| 15:45-16:00 |
Reflections on day’s activities |
Day 2 Agenda
| Time (local to center) | Activity | Remarks |
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| 09:00-9:30 | Welcome back and opening discussion | |
| 09:30-10:15 | How do we know that our cosmic ray detectors are detecting muons? Engage in “Mean Lifetime Part 2: Cosmic Muons” activity. |
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| 10:15-10:30 | Discuss activity results | |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break | |
| 10:45-11:00 | Present “What Heisenberg Knew” Activity. | |
| 11:00-11:45 | Engage in “What Heisenberg Knew” activity. | |
| 11:45-12:00 | Discuss activity results. | |
| 12:30-14:30 |
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| 14:30-15:00 | Discuss MINERvA “Momentum Conservation” activity results. | |
| 15:00-15:45 | Present some current neutrino experiments. | |
| 14:45-15:45 | Implementation Plan | |
| 15:45-16:00 | Survey | |
| 16:00 | End of workshop |
