QuarkNet Fellows Group
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on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 10:42
QuarkNet Fellows Group
Workshop Agenda Templates
Template 1: One Day Workshop.
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Objectives
Participating teachers/students/etc will be able to:
- do this
- do this
- explain that
Date and times should be adjusted.
Agenda, Tuesday 11 July 201709:00 Registration 09:15 Introduction/Objectives 09:30 Activity 10:15 Break
12:00 Lunch 13:00 More activities
14:45 Break 15:00 More things to do 15:30 Reflection and evaluation 16:00 End of workshop |
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QuarkNet Summer Workshop Opportunities at Centers
QuarkNet offers a variety of summer workshops for our centers. These are facilitated by staff or fellows, who come to the center to work with teachers. The table below summarizes the workshops currently available.
Workshop | Fellows group | Duration | Brief Description | Sample Agenda | Contact |
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ATLAS Data | LHC | 2 days | Teachers learn to use Data Portfolio activities of increasing sophisitication from simple preparatory exercises (Level I) through masterclass measurements (Level II). The emphasis is on putting ATLAS Data into the hands of students and planning implementation of the activities that do this. This workshop also serves as a good preparation for a robust teacher role in facilitation of a ATLAS local or international masterclass | Oklahoma State 2014 | Ken Cecire |
CMS Data | LHC | 2 days | Teachers learn to use Data Portfolio activities of increasing sophisitication from simple preparatory exercises (Level I) through masterclass measurements (Level II). The emphasis is on putting CMS Data into the hands of students and planning implementation of the activities that do this. This workshop also serves as a good preparation for a robust teacher role in facilitation of a CMS local or international masterclass | Fermilab 2015 | Ken Cecire |
CMS e-Lab | LHC | 2-3 days | Teachers learn to lead students into investigations of CMS data in the CMS e-Lab (Level III). They become familiar with CMS e-Lab resources and datasets and perform a short investigation on which they may create and present online posters. Teachers develop a plan for implementing the e-Lab with students, including a consideration of the types of research questions that the e-Lab supports. | Purdue 2013 | Ken Cecire |
Cosmic Ray e-Lab | Cosmic | 3 days | Teachers learn to develop scientific research projects with their students, using Cosmic Ray muons as their laboratory. They are introduced to Cosmic Rays and explore the use of scintillation detectors that are common in HEP collaborations. Teachers split into research teams: building detectors, developing research questions, uploading and analyzing data, and reporting on findings. Hands-on experience with e-Lab tools prepares participants to design and to analyze many types of measurements with muons, as well as to mentor student research groups. | Idaho State 2015 (below) | Mark Adams |
LIGO e-Lab | not applicable | 2 days | LIGO operates a seismic array at each of its two observatory locations to monitor the impact of seismic noise on the project's gravitational wave detectors. The LIGO e-Lab invites students to undertake investigations using these seismic data sets. The LIGO e-Lab workshop will allow teachers to gain experience with LIGO's seismic data and to develop a plan for implementing the e-Lab with students, including a consideration of the types of research questions that the e-Lab supports. | Univ. of Kansas 2016 | Shane Wood |
Don't see a workshop that fits your needs? Contact a QuarkNet staff member!
Sample Cosmic Ray e-Lab workshop agenda
Idaho State 2015:
- cosmic ray lecture by mentor
- guided tour of the a) QuarkNet Program b) detector, c) Cosmic e-Lab
- split into research teams
- pose a research, workshop question
- work time: build detectors, “on-air”, upload data, research, investigation, build posters
- report on findings
- setup teacher e-Lab accounts
- discuss classroom approaches
QuarkNet - Data Camp
What: Where: When: Cost: |
QuarkNet Data Camp Fermilab, Batavia IL July (usually second or third week) $0 - All expenses paid, plus additional $500 stipend provided |
Data Camp is designed to be an introductory workshop for both new and veteran teachers of physics and physical science. We welcome both those teachers who have little to no experience with QuarkNet and the world of high energy particle physics, and who are looking for a kickstart; as well as experienced QuarkNet teachers who have little experience with quantitative analysis of LHC data. |
We have tried to make this different from a traditional teacher workshop by putting emphasis on an authentic data analysis experience, in which the teachers get to play the student role by learning a challenging topic they may initially know very little about! In the beginning of the week, teachers will receive a real dataset from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment, and will work in small groups to analyze the dataset. Groups will use these data to determine the mass of particles produced during LHC proton-proton collisions and detected by the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector. Successful completion of this phase of the workshop culminates in each group presenting and explaining a plot of the invariant mass of a particular particle from a particular decay mode (e.g. mass of the W boson based on decays to electron and neutrino). Teachers will also visually interpret event display plots similar to those used by particle physicists at CERN, as depicted at right. |
Figure 1: A Higgs candidate event from the CMS detector! Source: cms-docdb.cern.ch. |
Following this exercise, teachers will have an opportunity to explore various classroom activities in the QuarkNet Data Portfolio (/data-portfolio) that help teachers incorporate high-energy physics concepts into their everyday lessons. Many of these activities utilize real data from CMS or other experiments such as ATLAS, LIGO, TOTEM and the QuarkNet cosmic ray detectors. Successful completion of this phase of the workshop will result in teachers developing an implementation plan that they can try with their students the following year. Up to three graduate credits are available for teachers who submit a formal implementation plan along with adaptations unique to their school or school district. (There is a cost and registration process for the graduate credit: if interested, please inquire about this ahead of time.) Throughout the week, teachers will also take various tours at Fermilab, including such destinations as the LINAC tunnel, MINOS experiment, the Neutrino Campus, the LHC remote operations center, and the Silicon Detector Facility. Teachers will also get to participate in presentations from both theoretical and experimental physicists who work on various projects at Fermilab. |
Figure 2: A sample histogram plot from one of the Data Portfolio activities. Source: quarknet.i2u2.org. |
Travel expenses (hotel and flights) are covered by QuarkNet; a per diem allowance is provided for meals; and each teacher receives a $500 stipend for the week. |
Teaching and Learning fellows site help
Welcome to the Data Camp group. To start, here are three things you can do right now:
Create/edit your site profile (if you have not done this yet, please do ASAP!)
1. In the top menu, roll over "My stuff"
2. Choose "My profile"
3. Under your group name, choose the "About" button
4. Find and choose "Edit my profile"
5. In the "Account" page, you can change your password and upload an avatar image
6. In the "Personal information" page, you can add whether you are a QN teacher, your contact info, etc.
Add a post like this one
1. In the top menu, roll over "My stuff"
2. Choose "My groups"
3. Choose "QuarkNet Data Camp"
4. At the top of the right sidebar, choose "Document" or “Post” from the drop-down list; choose "Create"
5. Start typing
6. Edit
7. Choose the "Save" button at the bottom left when it is time.
Comment on this post
1. Choose the "Comment" button at the bottom of this post
2. Type away.
But wait! There's more!
Find How-to articles in the QuarkNet "How to" group.
Update your profile on the QuarkNet site
First, probing questions:
When should I update my profile?
I knew you'd ask that. You should update your profile:
- any time there is a change in your contact information, school status, etc.
- if you get or give up a cosmic ray detector, in which case you should edit that part of your profile.
You should also check it each spring before June 1 to be sure it is all correct and edit it if not.
Why?
I knew you'd ask that, too. Your profile information goes into a QuarkNet database that gives us your contact information, your school status, which cosmic ray detector you might have (by DAQ serial number), etc. Basically, all the stuff we need to keep you active in QuarkNet from the administrative side. We use this information to be able to pay you for workshop/meeting days in your center and report to our funders that you are A-OK.
Next, the How-to:
1. Go to https://quarknet.i2u2.org/. Log in.
2. Click Edit tab.
3. Update the following page. It is rather long, so scroll down to see all the fields. Finally, SAVE.