Friday Flyer/News

Spotlight on the Muon  This "heavy cousin" of the electron was discovered in 1936 by American physicists Carl D. Anderson and Seth Neddermeyer while studying cosmic ray showers. Because this…

Objectives You will be able to: Use the Curriculum Topics pull-down to locate activities related to your curriculum plan. Identify science and/or engineering practices to incorporate into your…

Spotlight on the Big Analysis of Muons in CMS Masterclass  As you know from previous issues of FF, many folks have been working on the Big Analysis of Muons in CMS (BAMC) masterclass for remote…

Spotlight on the Data Activities Portfolio  QuarkNet's Data Activities Portfolio is an ever-growing collection of over 30 data-based activities that you can use with your students. You can access…

  We recommend the following QuarkNet Data Activities for use in remote, online teaching. Comments posted for these adaptations, where appropriate, are accessible to all on this page. The activities…

Spotlight on QuarkNet e-Labs QuarkNet has had, since the aughts, a platform that lends itself very well to online and remote learning. Well, two, actually: the QuarkNet Cosmic Ray e-Lab and the…

    CMS Online Data Analysis The QuarkNet CMS Ray e-Lab (https://www.i2u2.org/elab/cms) contains a large data set of events in the Compact Muon Solenoid detector in the…

Cosmic Ray Analysis Opportunities The QuarkNet Cosmic Ray e-Lab (https://www.i2u2.org/elab/cosmic) contains a large data set of cosmic ray events and analysis tools with which teachers can…

  Spotlight on Remote Learning with Data Activities The "spotlight" last week focused on a collection of resources for teaching physics during this time of distance learning. This week, we…

  Small URL for this page: http://cern.ch/go/9TkH.   Videoconference technology can be a very helpful tool when teaching online. QuarkNet has created several Zoom channels that may be used by any…