Skill: Graphing

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

The students will investigate the relationship between uncertainty in momentum and the uncertainty in position and how these relate to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.

The purpose of this activity is to come to a consensus for the “best” value for the mass of the Z Boson.

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

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 measure the effects of electric and magnetic fields on particles.