University of Cincinnati QuarkNet Center

This group is based at UC with mentors Brian Meadows and Mike Sokoloff. Jeff Rodriguez is the lead teacher.

Contacts:

  • Michael Sokoloff, Mentor
  • Conor Henderson, Mentor
  • Emily Rosen, Lead Teacher
  • Martin Wells, Lead Teacher

The group is very involved with cosmic ray studies but also active in the LHCb masterclasses.

Links :

University of Cincinnati annual report

Notes and ideas for LIGO in school

Waves in physics: distance, time for wavespeed HW: real world examples (e.g. wavespeed) How to do a research study Could work well for science intro class (e.g. Gr 9) Interferometer: changes in…

LIGO e-Lab workshop at UC

June 13-14, 2016 Small URL for this page: http://tiny.cc/ligo2016uc.   Objectives Participating teachers will be able to use the LIGO e-Lab to: Plot and interpret data recorded by LIGO seismic…

U Cincinnati QuarkNet Annual Report 2015

2014 Annual Report - U Cincinnati

   UC QuarkNet Annual Report Information September, 2014 The QuarkNet Associate Teacher Institute at the University of Cincinnati conducted its 11th annual workshop from Jun 21-25, 2012.  This year’s…

First Post

In the first class, I learned a bit more than I had about how Energy is measured in a particle collision. I'm still having issues with the exact methods of calculating momentum, but I have a general…

Summer workshop 2012 agenda

You'll find it and more at: /content/cms-data-workshop-cincinnati.  

Introduction to Particle Physics

I enjoyed hearing the extended explanation of the Standard Model by Jeff yesterday. It is interesting to hear the basic science questions asked by particle physicists. I too am wondering about what…

1st day of Quarknet

First off, I need to say I’m very excited to be in this group.  I have always been curious about dark matter, dark energy and the inner workings of the universe.  My first day of Quarknet consisted…

1st day of particle physics workshop

I always look forward to this particle physics workshop every year. It's a time to make new friends and renew old friendships. Every day seems like I learned something new and reinforce what been…