KSU QuarkNet Workshop May 28 - 31, 2019

Submitted by MartinShaffer

Published: Wed, 05/15/2019 - 08:18 | Group(s):

Kansas State University QuarkNet Center

“Our mission is to create opportunities for teachers and students to explore the nature of scientific research. Using cosmic ray muon detectors, participants design and perform experiments to analyze data employing the cosmic ray e-lab.”

Learning objectives.

a. Configure a cosmic ray detector appropriately for acquisition of data for calibration and analysis of measurements.

b. Identify and describe the e-Lab tools available for conducting studies with data collected using a cosmic ray detector.

c. Create, organize and interpret a data plot to make a claim based on evidence; provide reasoning and identify data limitations.

d. Develop a plan for taking students from their current level of data use to subsequent levels using activities and/or ideas from the workshop.

Workshop will be in Cardwell 144 & 145, a connected room with two room numbers.

Tue 28

8 am sign-in & introductions

8:20-8:30 Brett DePaola, physics chair

8:30-noon fix GPS’s and assemble new CRMD

Noon-1 lunch

1-5 fix GPS’s and assemble new CRMD

collect Data overnight

Wed 29

8-noon CRMD time

Noon-1 lunch

1-4 Keti Kaadze measurements, errors, statistics

4-5 Cosmic Ray elab

Thu 30

8-9 CRMD time

9-10:30 Glenn Horton-Smith quantum mechanics

10:30-noon CRMD time

Noon-1 lunch

1-5 Analysis of Cosmic Ray data

Fri 31

8-9 CRMD time

9-10:30 Glenn Horton-Smith quantum mechanics

10:30-noon CRMD time

Noon-1 lunch

2019 QuarkNet Teacher Survey - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DHP9N8R
- to be completed by ALL teachers in all summer programs, workshops, institutes, etc., at any center
- complete before end of summer workshop
- takes 15-20 minutes

1-5 Cosmic Ray Experiment for ICRC worktime

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