LHC Masterclass Institutes 2024
This and the ATLAS and CMS pages help to guide mentors and teachers in planning the masterclass.
Find useful general information on International Masterclasses from Local Organisation in the IMC website.
Elements common to all masterclass institutes Previous to day of the masterclass:
- Orientation for mentors and teachers by QuarkNet staff or fellow (1-3 hr)
- Classroom preparation of students by teacher (~3 hr)
Masterclass day (6-8 hr):
- Registration (sign-in sheet) and gateway activity (e.g. cloud chamber, cosmic ray detector, or e/m apparatus)
- Icebreaker activity
- Mentor presentation (a bit of standard model, a bit of mentor's own research)
- Lab tour
- Teacher presentation on masterclass measurement (ATLAS Z-path, CMS WZH-path, or other)
- Lunch with a physicist
- Masterclass measurement by students with help from mentor, teachers, other physicists
- Discussion of combined results for Institute
- Videoconference
- Wrap-up