
University of Washington QuarkNet Center

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Description
Teachers, students and physicists working together to explore high energy physics.
University of Washington QuarkNet Center Annual Report 2020

University of Washington QuarkNet Center Annual Report 2020
Mentor: Prof. Shih-Chieh Hsu
We organized one successful activity in 2020. The 2-day virtual masterclass.
CMS Masterclass (Sep 10-11 2020)
University of Washington QuarkNet Center Annual Report 2019

Mentor: Prof. Shih-Chieh Hsu Co-mentor: Dr. Gordon Watts, Dr. Henry Lubatti
We organized two successful activities in 2019. The 1-day masterclass in March, 1-day LHC Engineering Discovery Days.
CMS Masterclass (Apr 6 2019)
https://quarknet.org/content/2019-master-class
University of Washington 2018 QuarkNet Annual Report

2018 ATLAS Data Workshop @ U. of Washington

August 17-19, 2018
UW Physics/Astronomy Building (PAB), Room B248
Tiny URL for this page: https://tinyurl.com/qn2018uw
Objectives
Participating teachers will:
2017 Cosmic Ray Workshop @ Washington

August 16-18, 2017
Physics & Astronomy Building (PAB) B248
“Our mission is to create opportunities for teachers and students to explore the nature of scientific research. Using cosmic ray muon detectors, participants design and perform experiments to analyze data employing the cosmic ray e-lab.”
Objectives
Participating teachers will be able to:
- Configure a cosmic ray detector appropriately for acquisition of data for calibration and analysis of measurements.
- Identify and describe the e-Lab tools available for conducting studies with data collected using a cosmic ray detector.
- Create, organize and interpret a data plot to make a claim based on evidence; provide reasoning and identify data limitations.
- Develop a plan for taking students from their current level of data use to subsequent levels using activities and/or ideas from the workshop.
Agenda
Times and specific activities are subject to adjustment.
Day 1 - Wednesday, 16 August09:00 QuarkNet overview 09:30 Commission detector 10:45 Break 11:00 Mission planning 12:00 Lunch 13:00 Explore CR e-Lab:
14:15 Break 14:30 Cosmic showers (Wilkes) 15:00 Set up for overnight data run 16:00 End of Day |
Day 2 - Thursday, 17 August09:00 Final mission prep 09:30 Snoqualmie Pass Expedition - Guye Cabin (900m altitude) 15:00 Analyze and discuss results 15:30 Set up for overnight data run 16:00 End of Day Teacher Homework: QuarkNet Teacher Survey |
Day 3 - Friday, 18 August08:30 Data Uploads and Analysis
10:30 Break 10:45 Create posters
11:45 Discussion:
12:15 Evaluation
12:30 End of workshop |
Resources
Just for fun!
This just in!
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Contacts
The Snoqualmie Files
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2017 LIGO e-Lab Workshop @ Washington

August 14-15, 2017
Physics & Astronomy Building (PAB) B248
Objectives
Participating teachers will be able to:
- Plot and interpret data recorded by LIGO seismic instruments; address limitations in the data.
- Make claims based on evidence from LIGO data and provide reasoning.
- Explain the importance of LIGO seismic data in a gravitiational wave search
- Use LIGO seismic data to demonstrate classical physics concepts
- Develop a plan to use material from the workshop in school.
Agenda
Times and specific activities are subject to adjustment.
Day 1 - Monday, 14 August09:00 Registration (if not done
09:30 Talk: LIGO, Grav. Waves 10:30 Break 10:45 Graviational Waves Review 12:00 Lunch 13:00 Videos: 13:30 Exploration of LIGO e-Lab:
14:30 Break 14:45 Search and analyze in data:
16:00 Review day
16:30 End of Day |
Day 2 - Tuesday, 15 August09:00 Morning Reflection
09:15 Begin resreach
10:30 Break 10:45 Continue research 11:30 Create posters 12:00 Lunch 13:00 LIGO Hanford Virtual Visit 13:30 Poster presentations 14:00 Break 14:15 Implementation discussion 14:45 Reflection: write/discuss
15:00 Evaluation
15:30 End of workshop |
Resources |
Contacts
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U of Washington QuarkNet Center Annual Report 2016

