Hawaii CMS Masterclass @ Punahou School - March 15, 2024

Hawaii CMS Masterclass @ Punahou School

March 15, 2024

Agenda:

All activities are in Mamiya Science Center, room M104

8:30am           Arrival/Registration

8:50am           Hands-On Activity

Student Discussions with Quark Puzzle Activity

9:10am           Wrap up of Quark Puzzle, overview of Standard Model

                        Z boson class activity

9:25am           Introductions

9:30am           Dr. Jason Kumar

Topic from 2023: Dark Matter ...  and How to Find It.

9:45am           Q&A (short-focus on previous talk)

9:50am           Analysis preparation with Guided Practice (T.Coke)

10:15am         Short Break

10:30am        Dr. David Rubin

Topic from 2023: Cosmology: the Study of the Universe on Large Scales

10:45am        Q&A (short-focus on previous talk)

10:50am        Dr. Jeremy Sakstein

                        Topic from 2023: Dark Energy vs. Modified Gravity

11:05am        Q&A (short-focus on previous talk)

11:10am        Collect questions relating to talks and to physics in general

11:15am        Panel Discussion with J. Kumar, D.Rubin and J.Sakstein

12pm              Lunch with a physicist: Pizza!

Common casual questions include

“What’s a day in the life of a physicist like?”

“What’s the difference between the work of theoretical and experimental physicists?”

“How did you get into physics?”

“What classes did you take in college that you liked best?”

12:30pm        Start data analysis in pairs

1:15pm           Check in: how is data analysis going? Review histogram so far

1:45pm           Pre-conference Discussion of Results

Students and mentors discuss the meaning of analysis results and questions for other institutes.

2:00pm           Videoconference with Fermilab + students in New Zealand

Students will discuss their results with students from other schools in other locations around the world with guidance from scientists at Fermilab 

2:45pm           Conclusions and Evaluation