Day 1
Session 1
9:00 Welcome
- Introductions
- zoom with Sergei
- Stipends → attendance
- Call Anne Zakas and give SSN
- 574-631-2789 Encrypted and such
- Grad Credit
- Wifi → UA Guest
9:45 Norms discussion and activity
- Hopes and Fears survey
- Hopes and Fears Responses
- In groups:
- STEP-UP poster from APS STEP-UP
- Fermilab norms poster
- Which poster items resonate with what you’re doing this week?
- Which poster would you hang in your classroom?
10:15 Our philosophy re:coding
10:25 Driver/navigator time
- Remember to MAKE A COPY of the notebooks
- You can start with this notebook as an Intro to coding
- Once both group members feel a little more comfortable try this notebook:
- Probability and Histograms using dice
- Stuck on step 5? Try this Probability notebook with hints!
- And also this one Ifs & Loops
- If you are comfortable with all this and have time, check out this implemented notebook on visualizing sea level data.
11:30-12:15 Zoom with Ken Cecire kcecire@nd.edu
University of Washington Workshop Link
- QuarkNet website
- QuarkNet data portfolio (activities)
- Quarknet Workshops
12:15 Lunch Break
Session 2
1:00 Continue driver/nav work from session 1
2:30 Share out of probability notebooks
- Upload notebooks here
- Share observations, challenges
- How do you think your students would handle these tasks?
If time
3:45 All hands meeting
- Google and latest LLMs can be the best programming help
- Daily feedback survey
- Quarknet Must Do Items
Day 2
Session 1
9:00 All Hands meeting
- Successes / challenges from yesterday’s notebooks
- Group photo later this AM
9:15 Standard Model and CMS Experiment review with Eric
- Ana Maria's slides (Another info resource on particle physics)
- Processing LHC Data - great video!
- What is my Particle Identity? - fun activity
9:45 Visit Yi’s Lab at Bevil
10:15 Start on this notebook:
- Calculate the mass of a muon using CMS data.
- Take breaks as needed
11:30 Celebrate Year of Quantum
- QuarkNet UnivAlabama Quantum 2005.pptx
- Polarization of light with Maajida
- Talk from Jamileh Beik-Mohammadi - Experimental Condensed Matter Physicist UA
12:10 Group Photo #1
12:15 Lunch Break
Session 2
1:00 FInish muon mass notebook, and share here
1:15 Switch to Teacher Hat mode
- What most schools don’t teach video
- Work on one of these notebooks and share some things you learned like new code or new ideas and how this could be implemented in a classroom
- Wrapping paper & surface area (MS Math)
- Perimeter vs Area (HS math)
- Bigfoot sightings example implementation
- Learn plate tectonics by inquiry
- Sunspot counts and locations example implementation
- Quakes example implementation
- Word Analysis
- visualizing sea level data. (MS Earth Science)
- Unofficial Rolling with Rutherford Activity and sheet - imports data from Google Sheets and demos writing math in markdown
2:15 Work solo or in groups
- Implementation advice and examples on CODINGinK12.org Thanks Adam.
- Brainstorm lesson ideas
- Start on implementation plan
- Resources for data
3:45 All Hands Meeting
6:30 Optional hangout at Loosa Brews (412 20th Street, Tuscaloosa)
Trivia on Tuesday nights at 7 pm.
Pinball machines, old arcade games, and lots of drink options
Day 3
Session 1
9:00 All Hands
- Thoughts from yesterday
- How to do this without Google access?
- On your computer: Install Anaconda (includes Jupyter, Python, & all your favorite modules)
- Free online:
- Trinket
- Repl.it
- jupyter.org (free lite version)
- IBM deepnote (must be 16+, age restricted)
9:15 Continue working on implementation plan
- Brainstorm and data search
- develop a plan for implementation with your students
- use whatever format or structure you’d like
- A good place to include your implementation plan is in your coding notebook.
- Be prepared to have others look at your implementation plan and coding activity during Session 2.
- Elevate your notebook for students
- Upload your implementation plan here
When you need a mental break today, please work on the MUST DO items on the Quarknet Website
Extra HS math notebook: What if it has infinite sides? Polygon exploration
10:00 PNTF (Precision, Navigation, Timing, Frequency) lab tour and CMS lab tour in the Physics Building (Gallalee)
- Gallalee 313, 112
11:30 Work on implementation plans
12:00 Lunch Break
Session 2
1:00 Finish up implementation plans
2:00 Share plans for implementation
- Each participant shares their lesson concept and notebook. Others participate as a student might.
- Others provide comments/feedback
- The author can make their own notes with comments/feedback.
3:30 Resources
- Plotting help
- Search up questions
- Stack Overflow
- Geeks for Geeks
- W3 Schools (multiple languages)
3:45 Housekeeping and sign off
Contact Information for professors willing to bring content to your classrooms or host lab tours:
Professor Sergei Gleyzer, Associate Professor sergeivgleyzer@gmail.com
Sergei’s research uses data from the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. He runs the CMS lab where components for the upgrade on the CMS experiment are being tested. Sergei also works on projects involving machine learning and AI.
Professor Yi Lin, Assistant Professor yi.lin@ua.edu
Yi studies electrons and also has used AI to create a vocal coach for opera singers!
Professor Jamileh Beik Mohammadi, Assistant Professor jbeikmohammadi@ua.edu
Jamileh has worked on ImmersiPhys, a virtual reality experience for students to explore properties of materials. She is willing to bring this activity/experience into high school classrooms.
Professor Marzieh Kavand, Assistant Professor mkavand@ua.edu
Marzieh studies experimental condensed matter physics and does research on two-dimensional materials and devices to use as magnetic sensors. She is open to working with teachers or to host lab tours.
Professor Chao-Chin Yang, Assistant Professor ccyang@ua.edu
Chao-Chin is an astrophysicist focusing on understanding how planets are formed in our solar system as well as all the thousands of extrasolar planets around other stars. He can bring any content related with astronomy to your classroom and answer any questions about astronomy.