Johns Hopkins University QuarkNet Center

Welcome to the Johns Hopkins University QuarkNet center. We meet on the campus of JHU and serve teachers in the surrounding area.

Contacts:

  • Dr. Morris Swartz, Mentor
  • Christine DiMenna, Lead Teacher
  • Ray Hodges, Lead Teacher
  • Jeremy Smith, Lead Teacher
Links :

JHU QuarkNet Annual Report

Look-ahead to the 2018-19 School Year

Here are some events/dates to keep in mind: --International Data Day, late fall --Application for CERN teacher summer program, early 2019 --International Cosmic Week, February --JHU CMS…

Searching for Gravitational Waves in Noisy Data - A Classroom Activity

In this activity students will search for the evidence of simulated gravitational waves in noisy data sets. Although the activity's discussion centers on the science of gravitational waves, the…

The LIGO mirrors

No events were detected at LIGO, until they made some upgrades such as: re-examined the coating and size of the mirrors. They looked at the how a laser beam can slightly heat and deform mirrors…

LIGO Poster by Goldman

Link Link to my poster https://docs.google.com/document/d/106xKcWwk8MMFvTs-CvrGeHpCfEvkoFpKwopM-ZNl1bI/edit?usp=sharing  

Seismic Review Activity

Google DocGoogle Doc for shared collaboration with the seismic review questions   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vLrAXwdsPVBac8nR6AibniBzpyfcpzybIQa3XFMYomc/edit?usp=sharing  …

Authenticity of Scientific Anecdotes

Authenticity of Scientific Anecdotes Nature volume157, pages196–197 (16 February 1946) THERE are two famous anecdotes told concerning-Michael Faraday and the usefulness of scientific…

2018 JHU Workshop - Agenda & List of Talks

Click "Read More" button to see entire agenda --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 24…

LIGO workshop July 25 - 26, 2018

    Objectives Participating teachers will be able to use the LIGO e-Lab to: Plot and interpret data recorded by LIGO seismic instruments Explain the importance of LIGO seismic data in…

QuarkNet at Johns Hopkins University