QuarkNet Teachers Workshop, 2024, Cosmic Ray Workshop

QuarkNet Teachers Workshop 2023

Fermilab/University of Chicago/College of DuPage Center

tinyurl for this page https://tinyurl.com/QTW2024

zoom link for the workshop ???

Objectives

• Apply physics principles to reduce or explain the observations in data investigations.
• Examine simulated and experimental data. Identify patterns within the data and consider the causes of those patterns.
• Create, organize and interpret data plots; make claims based on evidence and provide explanations; identify data limitations.
• Develop a plan for taking students from their current level of data use to subsequent levels using activities and/or ideas from the workshop.

PreWork:

• Registration  QuarkNet 2023 Workshop Registration  ???
•  (teachers can indicate if they need a QuarkNet account)
  • create or revisit QuarkNet website account (this is done manually by the QN fellows, so it may take a day)
  • update QuarkNet profile on website How to Update your Profile
• Activity Survey
  • This year, all teachers need to do the full survey this year. QuarkNet Teacher Survey 2023 ???  
• Link to the actual Data Activities Portfolio
  • Slides describing Data Activities Portfolio
  • Screencast describing Data Activities Portfolio
• ​​​​​Norms for working as a group
  • STEP UP poster ???
• Create or select Google account 

Tuesday, 30 July, 2024 (Training Center, Large Training Room)

• 09:00      Welcome and introductions (QuarkNet/Workshop Overview)  
• 10:00    Student Presentation:  Cosmic Ray Muon Detectors (CMRD)
  • Implementation of Cosmic Ray Muon Topography at  Chichen Itza Pyramids
  • Akshay Naik, Hinsdale Central
  • DJ Mason Jr., Neuqua Valley
  • Mark Adams, Cosmic Ray Muon Detectors
  • Dave Hoppert, Cosmic Ray Muon Detectors
  • link to slides
• 10:30  Scientist Talk: Fermilab Overview???
  • Tom Carter
• 11:00   Data Activities: Intro to Cosmic Rays and Detectors
• 12:00   Break for Lunch
• 13:00   Data Activities: Cosmic Ray E-Lab
  • link to Cosmic Ray E-Lab   https://www.i2u2.org/elab/cosmic/home/project.jsp
• 14:00  Tour: Idustrial Complex Buildings (ICB)

  • This is a general tour of the Industrial Area of APS-TD, where components for accelerators are built.

• 15:00    Data Activities: Cosmic Rays
  • Signal and Noise
• 16:00   Reflections on Activities and Discussion
• 16:30   End of Day

Wednesday, 31 July 2024  (Training Center, Large Training Room)

• 09:00   Recap and Reflection 
• 10:00   Student Presentation: Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
  • Integrated Systems to Test Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs)
  • Virginia Olson, Barrington
  • Jonathan Paley, Neutrino Scientist
  • Taylor Contreras, Neutrino Scientist
  • link to slides ???
• 10:30   Scientist Talk:  Neutrinos ???
• 11:00 Data Activities
  • Cosmic Rays, Performance Study
  • 12:00 Break for Lunch
• 13:00 Data Activities:  
  • Cosmic Rays, Flux Study
• 14:00 Tour: Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems (SQMS) Center
  • The SQMS Center engineers multiqubit quantum processors platforms based on state-of-the-art qubits and related superconducting technologies.
• 15:00 Data Activities: 
  • Cosmic Rays, Lifetime Study
• 16:00 Reflections on Activities and Discussion
• 16:30 End of Day

Thursday, 1 August, 2024  (Training Center, Large Training Room)   

• 9:00    Recap and Reflection
• 10:00  Student Presentation:   Dark Matter
  • Testing the Broadband Reflector Experiment for Axion Detection (BREAD)
  • Ethan Charoenpitaks (IMSA)
  • Andrew Sonnenschein, Theoretical Physicist
  • Stefan Knirck, Theoretical Physicist
  • link to slides
• 10:30   Scientist Talk:  ???Carley Bennet, COD Physics?
• 11:00  Data Activities: Cosmic Rays, Time of Flight Study
• 12:00 Break for Lunch
• 13:00 Data Activities: Cosmic Rays, projects
• 14:00 Tour: SiDet
  • includes the upgrade of the silicon tracker of the CMS and test setup for silicon detectors.

• 15:00  Data Activities: Cosmic Rays, projects
• 16:00  Implementation and Evaluation
  • This year, all teachers need to do the full survey this year. QuarkNet Teacher Survey 2023  ??? 
  • Implementation Form???
  • ISBE Evaluation Form & link to Evidence of Completion???
• 16:30 End of Day

Follow-up:

•  
  • Finish Survey, if needed
  • Finalize or update profile, if needed.

Resources (Science)

QuarkNet website https://quarknet.org/

Everything you need to know about Fermilab  https://www.youtube.com/user/fermilab

All Things Neutrinos https://neutrinos.fnal.gov/

Neutrino Experiments at Fermilab  https://www.fnal.gov/pub/science/particle-physics/experiments/neutrinos.html

Resources (Activities)

• Step Up  
  • web page Step Up: Physics Together
  • Changing the Culture
  • Careers in Physics
  • Women in Physics

• ​​​Cosmic Ray Muon Detectors

  • CRMD Project Home Page

   

• a very good introduction to particle physics 

  • The Particle Adventure

   

• Interactive Historgrams, Graphical Analysis
  • shodor graphical analysis, histograms

Your QuarkNet Neutrino Fellows:

• Mark Adams, ???
• Spencer Pasero, spasero@gmail.com