SMU Quarknet Workshop 6-10 June 2011

Meet at 9:00am in room 123 Fondren Science Building on the SMU campus.

Map to SMU

Parking (We will email you a pass if you are on the list below)

Participants so far:

Mentors

Quarknet

Teachers

Guests

SMU Physics

Pictures from the Workshop

Schedule (Dynamic)

        Lectures Room 123, Labs Room 26  
                                             
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6  Mo   Welcome | Intro to Standard Model (D. Preble) |  Report 2011 AAPT Meeting (G. Rothstein) | Life of a Proton (K. Taylor) 
        | LUNCH | 
        Special Relativity Paradoxes computer Lab | Tour of SMU Electronics Lab (J. Ye, SMU)                       
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7  Tu   Dark Matter Intro (T. Cannon) | Search for Dark Matter (J. Cooley, SMU) | Standard Candles and Variable Star Search (F. Ferrante, SMU) 
        |LUNCH|  
        Demo Construction Lab (Galaxy Rotation Speed)       
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8  We   LHC Workshop - Intro, LHC videos, LHC lecture (who?), Activity: Quark Puzzle 
        |LUNCH| 
  Video: Particle Hunters, Intro to Standard Model lecture(R. Statser), Activity: Making it Round the Bend, 
  lecture on magnets & accelerators (K. Taylor?)
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9  Th   LHC Workshop – Set up Cloud Chamber, lecture on detectors (who?), Activity: Bubble Chamber photos
        |LUNCH|
        CMS & Atlas videos, Atlas lecture, Activity: Domino Effect
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10 Fr   LHC Workshop – lecture on “the big questions” (who?), Activity: Higgs Celebrity Reception
        |LUNCH|
        Video: The Big Deal, Guided Inquiry – Master Class Discussion / CMS e-lab, Video: The Cosmic Perspective      
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Wed/Thu/Fri is the `LHC workshop’ led by Evelyn Restivo and Kris Whelan. Times/Rooms/Speakers are approximate.

Lunch will be provided on site every day.

Random Resources

LHC versus Tevatron

·         IB NUCLEUS AND NUCLEAR REACTIONS by Rich Lines (Viewing the slides in the "notes view" format will allow teachers to see the notes I've added for my printouts to help me make sure I don't leave important stuff out.)

·         CosmicExtremes.pdf

·         QNOverview2010.ppt

·         6000_CRMD_Plateau_Guide.doc

·         Plateau-Template-6000MS.xls

·         Spacetime Physics by Edwin F. Taylor and John Archibald Wheeler

·         Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity by Edwin F. Taylor and John Archibald Wheeler

·         Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy by Kip Thorne

·         Scientists Drop Theory of Everything Down Elevator Shaft

·         Video: Testing Quantum Gravity With Bosons in an Elevator Shaft

  • Mechanical Universe
  • MIT Open Courseware (Physics)

    ?                Dallas Regional Science & Engineering Fair

    ?                http://smu.edu/smunews/darwin/events.asp - Feel free to bring your class.

    ?                Suppliers for the demo construction lab equipment

    ?                      http://www.amazingmagnets.com/ - for the neodymium magnets

    ?                      http://www.scientificsonline.com/ (Edmunds) - for the mini-compasses

    ?                      RadioShack - for the Electronics for Rich Lines' LED lab

    ?                      VXB.com - for the ball bearings

    ?                Contact info for Quarknet@SMU teachers with a cosmic ray detector (CRD)

    ?                      Rich Lines ralines@garlandisd.net

    ?                      Ken Taylor KenTaylor@richardson.k12.tx.us

    ?                      Gail Rothstein GRothstein@Dallasisd.org

    ?                Happy birthday to charm!

    ?                Giant Particle Collider Struggles

    ?                The Universe Adventure

    ?                Quantum Universe

    ?                Benefits of Particle Physics

    ?                Detector Lecture from Boot Camp

     

     

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