QuarkNet at LBNL 2025

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Building 50

Facilitators: Joel Klammer and Ken Cecire

URL for this page: quarknet.org/lbl-jun25

Student and Teacher Agenda

Wednesday June 18, Building 50 Auditorium

Session 1, 10:45-12:00 PT

Link to Slides

Making Sense of the Fundamental Particles

• Particle Cards
• Quark Workbench (Group Results)
• Discussion 
• Prep for Z mass measurement...you will need:
  • ATLAS or CMS event from the event images page - you will be assigned one
  • Protractor
  • Watch the intro screencast

Session 2: 14:45-16:00 PT

How to measure a boson

• Quark Workbench Notes (Group Results)
• Z-mass measurement (protractors) (calculators) 
  • Event Images
  • Lab Sheet
  • Group Results
• Further learning: 
  • Watch A Day with Particles
  • CERN's Particle Physics course for HS Students

Teacher Agenda

Thursday June 19, 50A-5132-CR

Session 1, 08:45-09:30

Start-up

• QuarkNet information and housekeeping
  • What is QuarkNet? - a refresher (slides)
  • Registration
  • About Evaluation
  • Data Activities Portfolio

Talk on Quantum Computing (Christian Bauer), 09:30-10:15

Session 2, 10:30-12:00

Relativity Part 1

• Relativity Concepts Tutorial
• Data Activity: How Speedy Are These Muons? (spreadsheet)

Lunch and Chat, 12:00-13:00 (QuarkNet Discussion (response slides), as time allows)

Session 3, 13:00-14:30

Relativity Part 2

• Data Activity: Mean Lifetime, Part 2: Cosmic Muons (data)
• Tie it together: Slides by Charlie Payne (plus Ken's quibble)
  • Go further on your own
  • Carl Sagan's view

Break, 14:30-14:45

Session 4, 14:45-16:00

Quantum Physics

• Quantum Concepts Tutorial
• Data Activity: TOTEM Data Express (spreadsheet)
• Data Activity: What Heisenberg Knew
• Wrap it up