Special Projects
Submitted by kcecire
on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 16:18
When QuarkNet does a workshop or other project that falls outside the current parameters, it can have a QuarkNet home here.
Description
QuarkNet projects outside of center or data portfolio groups.
QuarkNet and other resources, INAAPT April 2019
Small URL for this page: http://tiny.cc/qnin19.
Ken's slides:
QuarkNet colleagues presenting at INAAPT:
LIGO and Interferometers, AAPT WM19
University of Houston
January 12, 2019, 8:00 am - noon CT
Small URL for this page: http://tiny.cc/wm19li.
Agenda:
08:00 Greetings and start
08:10 Intro to LIGO (Amber Strunk)
08:30 LIGO activities (Amber Strunk)
09:15 Gravitational Waves (Ken Cecire)
Introductory Particle Physics Workshop at KIPP Northeast College Preparatory
Friday 11 January 2019, 12:30 - 15:00 CT
KIPP Northeast College Preparatory (Houston, TX)
Small URL for this page: https://tinyurl.com/KIPPparticles19.
Introductory Particle Physics Workshop at Bellaire High School
Friday 11 January 2019, 08:40 - 11:25 CT
Bellaire High School (Houston, TX)
Small URL for this page: https://tinyurl.com/bellaire2019.
Neutrino Masterclass Workshop at AAPT WM19
Saturday 12 January 2019, 13:00-17:00 CT
University of Houston, Fleming 231
Small URL for this page: http://tiny.cc/wm19nu.
LIGO Interferometer Workshop at AAPT
George Washington University
July 28, 2018, 1:00-5:00 pm EDT
Small URL for this page: http://tiny.cc/sm18liw.
Agenda:
1:00 Greetings and start
1:10 Intro to LIGO (Matt Abernathy)
1:30 LIGO activity (Matt Abernathy)
ICERI2016 info
Pictures: http://iated.org/iceri/
ICERI2016 Aftermovie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Keynote speeches: http://iated.org/talks/
You can have access to all contributions details in IATED digital library at: http://library.iated.org/
QuarkNet at ICHEP 2016
Compact URL for this page: http://tiny.cc/qn16nu0.
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10:00 QuarkNet Neutrino Physics Workshop (Illinois Boardroom)
12:00 Tevatron Reunuion (Riverwalk A/B) 13:00 Lunch together 15:00 Windy City Physics Slam (Chicago Ballroom) 16:40 program ends |
Venue:
Sheraton Grand Chicago
301 East North Water Street
Chicago IL 60611
(Parking at the hotel can be up to $38.)
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Taking Research into Your Classroom 2016
Compact URL for this page: http://tiny.cc/cms2016wcc.
Taking Research into Your Classroom
July 14-15, 2016
Maximum of 20 participants
Stipend of $100 per day for full attendance
Held at Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove Campus
ISBE recertification: 12.0 PDHs
Objectives
Participating teachers:
- Apply introductory physics to successfully complete data investigations
- Create, interpret and explain the meaning of data plots or representations from CMS
- Select an activity and develop a plan to implement it with students.
Agenda
Thursday 14 July 201608:45 Registration and coffee 09:00 Introduction: Objectives - Dr. Harry Cheung (Fermilab/CMS)
11:00 Particle Physics and CMS - Dr. Ben Kreis (Fermilab/CMS)
12:15 Lunch (provided) 13:00 Special Talk: Observation of Gravitiational Waves - Prof. Shane Larson (Northwestern Univ/LIGO) 14:00 J/Psi path masterclass measurement
16:15 Discussion of combined results and Wrap-up/Reflection; Bringing this to your classroom 17:00 End of Day (Homework: study Particle Adventure and About CMS, write up 3 questions on CMS or particle physics in general) |
Friday 15 July 201609:00 CMS WZH Measurement
11:00 Discussion of combined results and Wrap-up/Reflection; Bringing this to your classroom 12:15 Lunch (provided) 13:00 Discussion of homework 14:30 Resources and Implementation plans - Jeremy Wegner (Winnamac community High School/QuarkNet) 16:30 Evaluation and summary for NSF report 17:00 End of workshop
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Workshop LocationThe workshop will be in WGL201/202. The talks at 11 am and 1 pm on Thursday will be in SCI234 (1-2 min walk from WGL202). See this campus map. |
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Beamline for Schools - a special opportunity for your students!
CMS-at-SJHS 2016
9-12 May 2016
Small URL for this page: http://tiny.cc/cms-sjhs16.
Agenda
We will:
- Learn about what the Large Hadron Collider and the CMS experiment are up to at CERN
- Explore some basic particle physics
- Analyze actual data from the CMS experiment
- Draw conclusions
Schedule:
Period | Mon 09 May | Tue 10 May | Wed 11 May | Thu 12 May |
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1 | 08:15-09:15 Intro activities | 08:15-09:15 CMS physics presentation | 08:15-09:55 Data analysis and discussion | |
2 | 09:20-10:10 Intro activities | 09:20-10:10 CMS physics presentation | 09:00-10:40 Data analysis and discussion | |
4 | 11:40-12:30 Intro activities | 11:40-12:30 CMS physics presentation | 10:45-12:30 Data analysis and discussion | |
6 | 13:30-14:20 Intro activities | 13:30-14:20 CMS physics presentation | 12:55-14:25 Data analysis and discussion |
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