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.
Netzwerk Teilchenwelt translations project
Tiny URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/ntd2e.
Register here to be a translator!
Documents to translate (linked to PDF):
- Das Standardmodell der Teilchenphysik
- Teilchenphysik: Forschung und Anwendungen
- Der ATLAS Detektor
- Die Vier Wechselwerkungen
- Selbstbau einer Nebelkammer (English version and slides)
Current translation assignments:
Übersetzer | Dokument | Teilen | Seiten (pdf zahl) | Bemerkung |
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Gütschow | 1 | 12-13 | 5-6 | sent-under review |
Siegert | 1 | 1-6 | 3-4 | sent-under review |
Novgorodova | 5 | Kosmiche Teilchen | 6 | see docs #5 above |
Jende | 5 | Telichenspuren | 3&5 | see docs #5 above |
Socher | 1 | 7-11 | 4-5 | |
Bilow | 1 | Titelseite und Inhalt | 1-2 | |
Bilow | 5 | Informationen zu Trockeneis | 7 | see docs #5 above |
Wilsenach | 1 | 16-17 | 7 | |
Schnoor | 1 | 14-15 | 6 | |
Cecire | 1 | 18; Fußnoten | 7; 3-7 | |
Cecire | 5 | Hinweise, Methodische | 2&4 | see docs #5 above |
Please send translated pages as Word documents as well as your questions and comments to Ken.
TU Dresden Seminar 15.12.2014
Tiny URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/sem151214.
Seminar 01.12.2014 Seminar 08.12.2014 Seminar 15.12.2014
Agenda
Time (approx, CET) | Activity |
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13:00 13:05 13:25 13:30 14:30 |
Greetings and warm-up Review of main ideas; moving forward (slides) Set-up for videoconference (Indico page) Panel discussion with U.S. Physics Teachers Vielen dank! |
Resources
Useful Videos
- A Private Universe (Harvard-Smithsonian)...about student misconceptions
- Large Hadron Rap (Kate McAlpine and colelagues at CERN)...fun, goofy, and all of the physics is spot-on
TU Dresden Seminar 08.12.14
Tiny URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/sem081214.
Seminar 01.12.2014 Seminar 08.12.2014 Seminar 15.12.2014
Agenda
Time (approx, CET) | Activity |
---|---|
13:00 13:05 13:25
14:00 14:15 |
Greetings and warm-up Review of particle physics in high school (slides) Three activities: Presentation of results - claims, evidence, reasoning Reflection and discussion |
Resources
TU Dresden Seminar 01.12.2014
Tiny URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/sem011214.
Seminar 01.12.2014 Seminar 08.12.2014 Seminar 15.12.2014
Agenda
Time (approx, CET) | Activity |
---|---|
13:00 13:15 13:45 14:00 14:15 |
Greetings, introduction, and warm-up Review, explanation, and discussion of physics standards in the U.S. (slides) Falling paper experiment (results below) Presentation of results - claims, evidence, reasoning Reflection and discussion |
Resources
- Next Generation Science Standards
- Advanced Placement Physics 1 and Advanced Placement Physics 2
- State Physics Standards:
- QuarkNet
- Contact
AAPT-COPHS
Extreme Engineering at AAPT Summer 2014
Tiny URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/eeaapt27jul14.
Agenda
Time | Activity | Online Resources |
---|---|---|
08:00 | Registration and chat | Project pages |
08:15 | Introduction to LHC and projects | |
08:45 | Do: CMS data | |
09:30 | Build: Particle calorimeter | |
10:15 | break | |
10:30 | Build: ATLAS toroids | ATLAS construction videos |
11:15 |
Plan: Energy/Luminosity upgrade |
Project pages (again) |
11:45 | Wrap-up | Quick evaluation |
Contact: Ken Cecire
QuarkNet-ILC Shizuoka 2014
Tiny URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/qnilcns14.
Student Workshop
June 9-10, 2014 at Shizuoka-kita High School
Goals:
- Learn how to take, upload, and bless cosmic ray data
- Build capacity in CR studies
- Gain excitement about ILC
- Build capacity in finding, sorting Higgs events in ILC simulation
- Compare and discuss results of scientific investigation
Agenda:
Time | CRMD Group Activity | Analysis Group Activity |
---|---|---|
09:30 | Greetings | |
09:45 | Data uploads and blessing | Guided cosmic e-Lab investigation |
11:30 | Discuss results | |
12:00 | Lunch | |
13:00 | CRMD experiment | ILC mini-masterclass |
15:00 | Student presentations and discussion | |
16:00 | Finish |
Notes:
- "CRMD Group" is 5-7 students dedicated to working on the Cosmic Ray Muon Detector (CRMD) for the day.
- "Analysis Group" is 20-40 students working on data analysis via computers and internet.
- Facilitators may insert a 10 min break in the morning and afternoon.
- This agenda is subject to revision.
QuarkNet-ILC Sendai, June 2014
Tiny URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/qnilcsendai14.
Student Workshop
June 11-12 at Sendai Dai-Ichi High School
Goals:
- Learn how to take, upload, and bless cosmic ray data
- Build capacity in CR studies
- Gain excitement about ILC
- Build capacity in finding, sorting Higgs events in ILC simulation
- Compare and discuss results of scientific investigation
Tentative Agenda:
Wednesday June 11
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Thursday June 12
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QuarkNet-ILC Tokyo, June 2014
Tiny URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/qnilctokyo14.
Teacher Workshop
June 8, 2014 at the University of Tokyo
Tom Jordan--University of Massachusetts, Amherst - jordant@fnal.gov
Ken Cecire--University of Notre Dame - kcecire@nd.edu
Martin Shaffer--Cowley College - shafferm@cowley.edu
Mike Wadness--Medford High School - mwadness@medford.k12.ma.us
Tentative Goals:
- Each teacher is able to use the cosmic ray detector or the cosmic ray e-Lab in a simple activity with students.
- Teachers are introduced to the International Linear Collider (ILC)
Tentative Agenda:
Time | Activity |
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10:00 | Introduction and Registration; teachers form two groups. |
10:15 |
Group 1: Simple detector experiment. Group 2: Guided e-Lab activity for classroom. |
12:00 | Lunch |
13:00 | Presentation on ILC (Tanabe) |
14:00 |
Group 1: Simple detector experiment. Group 2: Guided e-Lab activity for classroom. |
16:30 | Discussion |
16:55 | Evaluation |
17:00 | End |
Student Workshop
June 10, 2014 at Tokyo Gakugei-dai Senior High School
Goals:
- Learn how to take, upload cosmic ray data
- Build capacity in one sort of cosmic ray flux studies
- Gain excitement about ILC
- Build capacity in finding, sorting Higgs events in ILC simulation
- Compare and discuss results of scientific investigation
Agenda:
Time | Activity | |
---|---|---|
09:30 | Greetings | |
09:45 | Presentation on ILC and Cosmic Rays (Tanabe) | |
10:45 | CRMD Operation | |
12:00 | Lunch | |
13:00 | CRMD Operation - data upload | |
13:15 | ILC mini-masterclass | |
14:30 | CRMD Operaton | |
16:00 | Finish |
Notes:
- "CRMD Group" is 5-7 students dedicated to working on the Cosmic Ray Muon Detector (CRMD) for the day.
- "Analysis Group" has students working on data analysis via computers and internet.
- Facilitators may insert a 10 min break in the morning and afternoon.
- This agenda is subject to revision.