2020 Teacher Workshop: Muons in the Classroom @ U of Hawaii

Sunday, March 15, 2020 - Event Cancelled due to Covid-19.

University of Hawaii

Agenda

09:00     Welcome and introductions

09:15     QuarkNet "housekeeping"

• QuarkNet accounts (you need 2 kinds)
• Registration (for those who need account)
• Update account
• Tour of Data Activities Portfolio

09:30     CMS World Wide Data Day

• Find the directional distribution of muon tracks in CMS   

10:30    Data Activities:

• Level 1, Mean Lifetime Part 1: Dice  (spreadsheet)
• Level 2, Mean Lifetime Part 3: MINERvA (spreadsheet) - measure muon lifetime

12:00     Lunch

13:00     Physicist/Mentor talk

13:45     Data Activity

• Level 2, Mean Lifetime Part 2: Cosmic Muons

14:30     Closing Activities

• Classroom Implementation Discussion & Plan
• Survey?

15:00     End Workshop