Notre Dame QuarkNet Center
Submitted by kcecire
on Monday, May 6, 2013 - 09:22
Welcome to the Notre Dame QuarkNet Center (NDQC). We are located at 929 North Eddy Street in South Bend, Indiana, and are part of the University of Notre Dame, one of the parent institutions of the QuarkNet program. We hold teacher meetings every Monday during the school year, holidays excepted, and we have a very active summer research program for teachers and students.
Description
The Notre Dame QuarkNet Center is the home to QuarkNet efforts at the University of Notre Dame and in Michiana.
iLED2014 at the Notre Dame QuarkNet Center
QuarkNet Center at Notre Dame, July 17-18, 2013, 1:00-4:00 pm
Tiny URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/iled-nd14.
Group A participates in the Masterclass program on July 17 and the Cosmic program on July 18. Group B has the reverse schedule. This agenda is subject to modification.
Agenda
Masterclass (Group A 7/17, Group B 7/18) 1:00 pm Orientation 1:20 pm Introduction to CMS science 2:00 pm Data measurement 2:45 pm Break and discussion 3:00 pm Finish data measurement 3:30 pm Discussion of mass plot results 4:00 pm End for day |
Cosmic (Group A 7/18, Group b 7/17) 1:00 pm Orientation 1:20 pm Introduction to Cosmic Rays 2:00 pm Detector Construction 2:45 pm Break and detector adjustments 3:00 pm Experiments 3:45 pm Analysis/Upload 4:00 pm End for day |
Resources
CMS |
Cosmic Rays General |
Spreading the net: ND QuarkNet in International Innovation
Tiny URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/iiqn2014.
The online publication International Innovation (Issue 135, p. 118) has a new feature on Notre Dame QuarkNet, masterclasses, and more. Mitch Wayne and Ken Cecire were interviewed.
Here is a view of the article:
Send queries here.
Download below:
Exoplanet Masterclass at Bremen High School, 28 April - 2 May 2014
Tiny URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/pldrdk5
Location
Bremen High School, 511 West Grant Street, Bremen IN 46506 (tel 574-546-3511)
Schedule
Day and Time | Tasks and links | Facilitators |
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Mon 28 Apr, 09:40-10:50 ET | Preparatory activities | McNeely |
Tue 29 Apr, 09:40-10:50 ET | Exoplanet presentation by ND astrophysicist | Phillips, McNeely |
Wed 30 Apr, 09:40-10:50 ET | Data analysis prep | McNeely, Cecire, Kraner |
Thu 01 May, 09:40-10:50 ET | Data analysis | McNeely, Cecire, Kraner |
Fri 02 May, 09:40-10:50 ET | Discussion of results | Phillips, McNeely |
Resources
Contact
Notre Dame CMS Masterclass 2014
Welcome students and teachers!
This page will serve as your guide to the CMS Masterclass at Notre Dame. Please check it regularly, as it will be updated in the coming weeks.
Step 1: Preparation
You will have chances to prepare at school and at home for the masterclass. In school, you may do two or more of the following exercises:
Here are two web sites you can study at home that will help you prepare:
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Rolling with Rutherford data table from Riley High School. Rolling with Rutherford histogram from Science Alive. |
Step 2: Begin
We will hold a session from about 9 am to 3 pm as part of the science education forum at Notre Dame on March 1. (Snacks and lunch provided!) Here is what we plan:
- Presentation and practice to analyze actual CMS data yourself
- lunch with physicists
- Tour of Notre Dame particle accelerators (tentative)
- Digital Visualization Theatre show on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN (tentative)
The Forum will be held in Jordan Hall at the University of Notre Dame. Register here!
Time | Activity |
08:30 AM 09:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:30 AM 12:00 PM 01:00 PM 02:10 PM 03:00 PM |
arrive, light breakfast (Jordan lobby) overview of CMS and masterclass (Jordan 411) tour of ND accelerators (Niieuwland) how to analyze CMS data (Jordan 411) lunch (Jordan lobby) data analysis assignments and practice (Jordan 411) DVT show (Jordan DVT) end of day |
Watch this space for more details!
Step 3: Analyze Data at Home
After Step 2, you will have what you need to analyze the data online from home. You can do a little every day or get it all done in one sitting: you have 100 CMS events to analyze before March 20.
You need:
- CMS masterclass website, http://cms.physicsmasterclasses.org/cms.html
- Google spreadsheet, http://tinyurl.com/mcband14
- Cheat sheet, http://tinyurl.com/cmshelp14 .
Step 4: Videoconference
On Thursday March 20, you are invited to the Notre Dame QuarkNet Center to finsh your masterclass project. Here is your tentative agenda:
09:30 am arrive, eat doughnuts, chat
10:00 am discuss your overall results with a Notre Dame particle physicist (spreadsheet)
11:00 am videoconference with masterclass students at Biblioteca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypyt (indico page)
12:00 pm all done!
Who ya gonna call? Contacts: |
iLED 2013 at the Notre Dame QuarkNet Center
QuarkNet Center at Notre Dame, July 18-19, 2013, 1:30-4:30 pm
Group A participates in the Masterclass program on July 18 and the Cosmic program on July 19. Group B has the reverse schedule. This agenda is subject to modification.
Agenda
Masterclass (Team 1 A 7/18, Group B 7/19) 1:30 pm Tour 1:40 pm Introduction to CMS science 2:30 pm Data measurement 3:00 pm Break and discussion 3:15 pm Finish data measurement 3:45 pm Discussion of mass plot results 4:00 pm Extension activity and/or wrap-up 4:30 pm End for day |
Cosmic (Team 2 7/18, Group A 7/19) 1:30 pm Solar viewing 1:40 pm Introduction to Cosmic Rays 2:00 pm Detector Construction 2:30 pm Test detector and adjust 3:00 pm Experiments 3:45 pm Analysis/Upload 4:15 pm Discussion, including summer research 4:30 pm End for day |
Resources
CMS |
Cosmic Rays General |
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