FSU QuarkNet summer workshop: schedule for week 1

time

Monday 24 July

Tuesday 25 July

Wednesday 26 July

Thursday 27 July

Friday 28 July

9:00

Welcome, business, Journals/lab books

Planetarium show:    "The Universe of Dr. Einstein" (introd. to relativity)

 

Q&A

Q&A

Q&A

9:30

Physics Ice Breaker: The path to the electron -- history of discovery (Horst Wahl) 

Spreadsheets, data analysis  (1)      (Harrison Prosper)

Reading/discussion (accelerators) (HDW)

 

Planetarium show: "Lightyears from Andromeda"

10:00

Q&A

Planetarium show: "Cowboy astronomer" (introd. to astronomy)

10:30

discuss choices for projects

look at detector kits

Lect.: D0                (Horst Wahl)

introd. to CAPA (David Van Winkle)

11:00

Lecture: cosmology (Harrison Prosper)

Accelerator tour        (Kirby Kemper)

Paper presentations by HP's honors students

11:30

discuss labs

Lect.: energy - mom. conservation

12:00

lunch

 lunch

lunch

lunch

lunch

13:00

Lab 1  (e/m)        (joint experiment)

informal presentation:      introduction to particle physics (Horst Wahl)

Project time

Web surfing

Lab 3: electronics --                           build amplifier

14:00

Pairs/individuals report on lab Websites

 

class room activities: particle detector kits

14:30

Lab2: Bubble chamber picture

15:00

Particle Adventure

Examine Florida benchmarks, FCAT, identify skills and targets

Revisit particle adventure; design lessons to use with students

15:30