CMS e-Lab Workshop at CSU 2017

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Submitted by ShaneWood on Thu, 05/25/2017 - 12:05
Colorado State University Center

June 5-6, 2017

Objectives

Participating teaches will be able to:

  • Identify particles colliding and emerging from collisions at the LHC from CMS data.
  • Interpret the physical meaning of plots created from CMS data in light of conservation rules (energy, momentum, charge).
  • Ask and answer questions about the physics of high energy collisions using CMS data. 

We will also provide opportunities to engage in critical dialogue among teaching colleagues about what they learn in the workshop.

Agenda

Monday June 5

09:00     Coffee, opening chat & sign-in
                 >Register (if you have not done so)
                 >Update profile on QN site

09:15     Introduction/Objectives/
              Overview/Data Porfolio

09:30     CMS update video
               (Start @ 10 mins.)

10:30     Break

10:45     Level 1 Data Portfolio Activities: 

  • Particle Cards (new; not yet in DP)
  • Z mass

11:45     Reflection on Activities

12:00     Lunch

13:00     Level 2 Data Porfolio Activity

14:00     Introducation to CMS e-Lab

  • Explore the e-Lab: layout & posters
  • Produce a mass plot for Z boson
  • Correlated charts
  • Brainstorm topic for poster

15:30     Reflections and discussion

16:00     End of workshop day 1

Tuesday June 6

08:00     Coffee/Recap of Yesterday/
              Plan for Today

08:30     CMS e-Lab work time

11:30     Poster Presentations

12:00     Lunch

13:00     Reflection and discussions

13:30     Implementation survey

14:00     Test lab set-up:
              "Nut Drop Lab"
              **SEE RESOURCES BELOW**

15:00     Workshop evaulation;
              End of workshop

 

Resources

 

Contacts

Files: 
Handout created by Zach Armstrong.
Article from The Physics Teacher about the nut drop lab.
University of Wisconsin resource on the Milliken oil drop experiment.
Pasco resource - Milliken oil drop experiment.