FSU 2024 Coding Workshop Agenda

FSU 2024 Coding Workshop

July 24-26, 2024
UPL Room 114

Wednesday - July 24, 2024

Link to Google Doc version of agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eCVOyMCT0clrlsDkK4GGXy2nZQyN7ikvzgql8xsfBvE/edit?usp=sharing

8:30 - 9:00

9:00- 9:30

9:30-10:15

 

10:15-11:30

 

  • Introduction to Jupyter 
    • Skills: run, edit, & save a notebook
  • Probability
    • Task: Simulate flipping a coin and make a histogram of the number of heads for each trial.
    • Skills: generate random numbers, create and format a histogram

11:30-12:00

 

  • Share observations, challenges
  • How do you think your students would handle these tasks?
12:00 - 1:00LUNCH

1:00-2:30

  • Muon mass
    • Task: measure the invariant mass of a muon
    • Skills: calculate invariant mass given its 4-vector (energy and x/y/z-momentum), make a mass plot

2:30-3:00

 

3:00-3:30

 

 

Thursday - July 25, 2024

8:30 - 8:45

  • Recap
    • Stand outs from yesterday?
    • New thoughts?

9:45- 12:00

  • Teacher hat time!
    • Where might these (or your own) coding activities fit into your course?
    • Develop a coding activity and integrate it into your course plan.
    • See Adam’s CODINGinK12.org site and the UCI Machine Learning repository for data sets, or search the web for something that interests you.
  • Create an implementation plan.
    • The format should be whatever is useful to you. How do you sketch out your lessons? Do you use a form from your school or district?
    • Share implementation plans here.

12:00-1:00

  • Lunch Break

1:00-2:00

  • Finish creating activity and putting together implementation plan

2:00-3:00

  • Share out Implementation plans. 

3:00-3:30

 

 

Friday - July 26, 2024

8:30 - 8:45

  • Recap
    • Stand outs from yesterday?
    • New thoughts?

8:45-9:45

  • Shareathon
    • Teachers share activities that work well in their classrooms
    • Actually do some of the activities

9:45-10:00

  • Drive to MagLab

10:00-11:00

  • MagLab Tour

11:00-11:15

  • Drive back to FSU

11:15-12:00

  • Finish Shareathon

12:00-1:00

  • Lunch

1:00-2:30

  • A taste of Neutrinos (Shane)

2:30-3:30

  • Wrap up
    • Survey (see "must do" items)
    • Share contacts if approved
    • Announce next center event
    • Finish Must do items