HiSPARC A cooperative project between the Scientific Community and High Schools. Jef Colle and Cor Heesbeen (HiSPARC, NL)

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Summary The origin of HiSPARC HiSPARC project: Description Implementation of the Active Project –Structure of Education in The Netherlands –Plans to broadly implement HiSPARC in Education Knowledge of science: Curriculum Practical Assigments Master Piece: the happy few? –The Future

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska The origin of HiSPARC Nijmegen NAHSA NIKHEF 2002 Community of learners

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska HiSPARC description “I have really discovered how beautiful physics is and I have enjoyed every second of it” Andreas Pantelis HiSPARC Student

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Simulation with CORSIKA

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska The 5 clusterAmsterdam Groningen Leiden Utrecht Nijmegen

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska The Detector Scintillation plate Light Conductor Photomultiplier

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska The HiSPARC Detector Taken from Utrecht “Master Piece” (Pieter de Goeje, Veerle Bodewes, Brend Wanders)

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Detector on the roof Electronics GPS Computercentre at school

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Summary

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska scintillator Fotomultiplier, HV lightguide GPS-kaart Oscilloscoop kaart Trigger Amplifier, shaper Discr. Netwerk datagrid GPS

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Data acquisition 1

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Data acquisition 2

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Cluster Data Netwerk Server (NIKHEF):

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Electronics Not suited for mass- productionNot suited for mass- production Improved design from AltranImproved design from Altran –Rob Derlage (Altran) –analog part: NIKHEF Much effort NIKHEF 35 producedMuch effort NIKHEF 35 produced

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Altran design usb interfaceusb interface integrated ADC’s – 440 MHz samplingintegrated ADC’s – 440 MHz sampling integrated GPS timingintegrated GPS timing fully programmable logic and settingsfully programmable logic and settings up to 4 channelsup to 4 channels scaler readout, etc.scaler readout, etc. cost reduction, factor 3 !

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska What do we want to know? Direction of the primary particle Energy of the primary particle A lot of DATA

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska First results! in Nijmegen Publication in “ Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde ” december 2004 by Charles Timmermans et al. Highest energy particle ever observed in the Netherlands!

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Let’s watch the movie Construction Calibration and Maintenance

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Implementation of The Project –Structure of Education in The Netherlands –Plans to implement HiSPARC in Education Knowledge of science: Curriculum Practical Assigments Master Piece: the happy few? –The Future ?

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Education in The Netherlands Some general remarks The governement is responsible Compulsory school attendance Public-authority and Private Schools

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska HiSPARC

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska The Second Phase = Higher Secondary More subjects Self-study Independence of the student The teacher as Coach Master Piece The First Phase = Lower Secondary

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Profiles Program The Second Phase ( age 15, 16, 17 ) partly a general curriculum partly 1 out of 4 profiles: –Society and Culture –Society and Economy –Nature and Health –Nature and Technology

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Science subjects The First Phase : Age 12, 13, 14: –Physics/Chemistry, Biology: all students The Second Phase Age 15,16,17 –Physics compulsory for Nature and Technology –Physics optional for Nature and Health –Knowledge of Science: all students –Master Piece In 2007: new science course????

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska HiSPARC = Master Piece? Construction? Yes Maintenance an Calibration?Yes And Then??? Practical Assignments <> research ??? All students ??? New Plan? Let`s review the possibilities HiSPARC Symposia

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Junior High School Project For all student In cooperation with Math, Biology and Geography New didactics And the Spark Chamber

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Position of the Spark Chamber To trigger the interest in cosmic rays To make the step from subatomair world to daily life

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Senior High School all students Knowledge of science –Approach…Astronomy –Approach…Radiation –Public website (KennisLink)

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Senior High School (suite) all students Didactics Normal course E-learning course

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska The use of Electronic Learning Environment Problem of the new students: The detector is a black box for them Students in 5 clusters Virtual teaching AND individual coaching

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Senior High School Students with a science profile Curriculum Subjects MathPhysicsBiologyGeography Foreign languages Dutch Knowledge of Science Chemistry AstroPhysicsXX X Air showers X X GPSX X extra-terestrial live X space travel X detection X X electronics X weather X X staticticsX medical diagnosis X radiology X northern lights PR activitices XX History of science X

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Pratical Assignments To what particles is the detector sensible? The influence of shielding Atmospheric Effects The number of muons that hits the body each second Variation with Detector Positions and Angles

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Influence of the treshold and the voltage of the PMT Angulair distribution of the cosmic rays Pratical Assignments

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Data Retrieval from Hisparc

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska 4 July 2005 Extreme Rain

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Rate dependence of Weather

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Plotting D1 vs D2

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Extreme wheather peaks

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Muonrate vs Barometric pressure

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Maintenance and callibration of the detector Data Analysis Theory and History Public Relations Senior High School Master Piece Students will not be visitors to the scientific institutions, they will be there as collaborators

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska The Future? Communication environment Expanding and enhancing the network National Symposium Workshops and Lectures at schools LOFAR HiPARC reviews Workshop for teachers European collaboration

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Far Future …High School Network… Grid Middleware Intelligent Detector Interface GPS ……… Wind Sound Cosmics LOFAR

19 july 2005CROP workshop Lincoln Nebraska Conclusions! A lot of work to do!!!!!!