
Oklahoma State University QuarkNet Center
Submitted by kcecire
on Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 14:03
The OSU QuarkNet Center works together on ATLAS physics, international masterclasses, and collaboration with the University of Oklahoma in QuarkNet.
Description
QuarkNet teachers from Oklahoma gather to explore particle physics, cosmic rays, and physics pedagogy.
Oklahoma QuarkNet - 2022 Annual Report

After a hiatus in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, Masterclasses were back in 2022. This spring OSU held two ATLAS Masterclasses, March 24 and April 30, with participants from three schools. (And we have four events planned for 2023!).
OSU QuarkNet Summer Meeting 2022

July 18-21, Physical Sciences 147, Okalhoma State University
Small URL for this page: http://cern.ch/go/n88l.
Agenda in brief (Full and Detailed Agenda)
Monday July 18 - Coding
2021 ATLAS Data Workshop at OU

July 20-22, 2021
University of Oklahoma, Building: Lin Hall, Room: 225
Tiny URL for this page: https://tinyurl.com/okqn2021
Objectives
Participating teachers will:
2020 QuarkNet Workshop - OSU

July 29-31, 2020
Small URL for this page: https://tinyurl.com/qn2020
Meet Online - Zoom Link:
https://notredame.zoom.us/j/99539152824?pwd=S3Q5T2J1emNaWTJ1d2JjTGN4OFA4Zz09
Oklahoma State University 2018 QuarkNet Annual Report

2017 CMS e-Lab Workshop @ OU

July 12-14, 2017
Nielsen Hall Room 203
Objectives
Participating teaches will be able to:
- Identify particles colliding and emerging from collisions at the LHC from CMS data.
- Interpret the physical meaning of plots created from CMS data in light of conservation rules (energy, momentum, charge).
- Ask and answer questions about the physics of high energy collisions using CMS data.
We will also provide opportunities to engage in critical dialogue among teaching colleagues about what they learn in the workshop.
Agenda
Wednesday July 1209:00 Morning Activities 12:00 LUNCH CMS e-Lab Workshop Begins - After lunch 13:00 CMS e-Lab registration 13:30 CMS e-Lab worksop: 13:45 Data Portfolio Activity: 14:30 Level 1 Data Portfolio Activity: 15:30 BREAK 15:40 Level 1 Data Portfolio Activity: 16:10 Reflection and 16:30 End of Day
Friday July 1409:00 Morning Discussion, 11:00 Poster Presentations (begin) 12:00 LUNCH 13:00 Poster Presentations (finish) 14:00 Using e-Lab teacher pages 14:30 Implementation Discussion 15:00 Implementation survey
15:30 CMS e-Lab Workshop evaluation
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Thursday July 1309:00 Morning Discussion, 09:15 Level 1 Data Portfolio Activity: 10:45 BREAK 11:00 Level 2 Data Portfolio Activity: 12:00 LUNCH 13:00 Introducation to CMS e-Lab
14:00 Research/poster work time 16:00 End of Day Discussion; 16:30 End of Day
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Resources
Contacts:
- Michael Strauss, OU Mentor
- Shane Wood, QuarkNet National Staff
LIGO e-Lab workshop at OSU

June 16-17, 2016
Objectives
Participating teachers will be able to use the LIGO e-Lab to:
- Plot and interpret data recorded by LIGO seismic instruments
- Explain the importance of LIGO seismic data in gravitiational wave search
- Use LIGO seismic data to demonstrate classical physics concepts.
Agenda
Times and specific activities are subject to adjustment.
Thursday 16 June09:30 Coffee, Registration, Introduction
10:00 Gravitational Waves presentation 10:30 Videos: 11:00 Interferometer activity 12:00 Lunch 13:30 Exploration of LIGO e-Lab:
14:30 Break 14:45 Search and analyze in data:
15:30 Exploration of LIGO posters; look for:
16:00 Reflections and discussion 16:30 End of Day (homework: QN Teacher Survey) |
Friday 17 June09:30 Coffee, Recap, Plan 09:45 Discuss:
10:00 LIGO Hanford Virtual Visit 10:30 Create research plan 11:00 Research activity
12:00 Lunch 13:30 Conclude research and create posters 14:30 Presentations 15:00 Break 15:15 Implementation discussions 16:00 Evaluation
16:30 End of workshop |
Resources |
Contacts |
2015 Annual Report

Thanks for another great year of QuarkNet!
This year the summer workshop was hosted by OU. A special thanks goes out to Mike Strauss for organizing the event and to all of the presenters. Or course, it wouldn't be possible without the excellent teachers who attended. I believe there were over 20 this year! :-)
I look foreward to 2016!
2014 Annual Report - Oklahoma State

Thanks to everyone involved for making QuarkNet 2014 a success!
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an overview of the experimental high energy physics program (photo);
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an introduction to the Higgs boson and how it was discovered (slides);
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an introduction to Symmersymmetry (photo);
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neutrinos and their crazy ways.
