(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
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?”  
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.

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11:45-14:00

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 11:30-12:00

 

Facilitator Lunch 12:00-13:00

 

 

Facilitator available 13:00-14:00.

 

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.
 
14:45-15:45

“Neutrinos: Mystery and History” presentation

 
15:45-16:00

Reflections on day’s activities
Homework assignment

 

 

Day 2 Agenda

Time (local to center) Activity Remarks
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.
 
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  
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