Level 1

In this activity, students use authentic detector data to apply simple 1D kinematics (v=d/t), interpret graphical data, and evaluate measurement uncertainties.

This activity is based on the data analysis used for World Wide Data Day,

Students use TOTEM data to determine if protons (quantum objects) obey classical conservation of momentum.

Students discover the rules of particle transformations using transformation diagrams.

Students analyze tracks in a bubble chamber.

Lesson #2 in QuarkNet STEP UP Series on encouraging the study of physics.

Students examine data to find how energy, momentum, and mass are related.

Students construct histograms, identify the best value to represent the data, and report the uncertainty in their answers. 

Heisenberg knew that, at the quantum level, we cannot know everything, at least not all at once. Students explore uncertainties in measurements of complimentary variables to find this out for themselves.

Students use momentum conservation to examine the decay of top-antitop pairs to determine what is missing from the event.