Alexandra Raborn Anderson High School

Will Beckes Summit Country Day School

Dr. Mike Sokoloff Mentor

Cosmic Ray Workshop
Kamehameha Kapalama School
210 Konia Circle
Konia Rm 212
Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017
8:45 am – 3:00 pm

Agenda – What is the Connection Between the Solar Eclipse and Cosmic Rays?

  8:45     Registration                                        Silvia Rocchi,  Mary Kadooka

QuarkNet Center @ Colorado State University

FY 2016-2017 Annual Report

Faculty mentors: Dr. Bob Wilson, Physics Professor, Physics Department, Colorado State University

Lead teachers: Cherie Bornhorst, Teacher in Residence, Colorado School of Mines; Adam Pearlstein, Teacher in Residence, Colorado State University; and Zach Armstrong, Science Teacher, Greeley West High School

On April 7, 2017, the University of Rochester Department of Physics and Astronomy hosted a CMS masterclass that was attended by approximately 40 high-school students from Canandaigua and Gates-Chilli, NY. The host was Prof. Garcia-Bellido who gave an introductory talk on particle physics, the LHC, CMS, and the masterclass objectives of identifying events originating from W, Z, or Higgs boson production.

The UF QuarkNet Center ran two workshops during the summer of 2017: one for 2 days in June and the second for 3 days in August. Between 8-10 local teachers participated, depending on the workshop. The first workshop, led by Ken Cecire of QuarkNet, reacquainted the teachers with the principles of particle physics. Prof.