UC QuarkNet Workshop Mike Sokoloff Brian Meadows Jeff Rodriguez

Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Agenda Workshop Objectives - Cosmic e-Lab & Masterclass QuarkNet Overview Standard Model and Particle Physics Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Masterclass Workshop at UC

Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Workshop Objectives: Obtain activities which introduce modern physics topics and cover multiple curricular objectives. Monday  Wednesday Cosmic Ray e-Lab and Detector Standard Model and Particle Physics Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Assemble CRMD: possibly plateau, geometry, research, data-take. Design e-Lab investigation: data, tools, plots. Write poster, present results. Share “Implementation Plan” and strategy.

Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Thursday  Friday Masterclass Masterclass Objectives: Build capacity and expertise to help students participate in International Masterclasses Make it possible to create a Masterclass-like exercise for students in the classroom Learn more about ATLAS, the LHC, and particle physics

Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Cosmic e-Lab and Masterclass What are we doin’?  Bein’ kids!  Experience the activities from a students vantage  Inquiry-based learning

Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Students and Teachers Paradigm: a good way to learn science? Participate in data-based science. Ask cosmic ray questions. Marshal a research plan. Engage hardware and technology. Analyze realistic, not simulated data. Share results with collaboration.

Alignment with National Science Education Standards Content Standards A: Science as Inquiry - Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry and understandings about scientific inquiry B: Physical Science - Developing student understanding G: History and Nature of Science - Developing student understanding Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays More standards and details on e-Lab website

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Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Active QuarkNet Centers Centers with detectors

Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays QuarkNet creates a collaboration of users: Teachers  Students Teachers  Mentor Scientists Detector Schools  Non-Detector Schools World-wide Network: Students  Students

Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Cosmic Ray e-Lab Stats: May teachers accounts 1,813 student research groups 537 DAQs worldwide 357 detectors in high schools data files 811 posters

Particle Physics –The Standard Model

Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Cloud Chamber   QuarkNet Cosmic Ray Detector

Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Cosmic Ray shower videos Shower over Chicago What questions do you have about cosmic rays? Where do they come from? What are they? How are they measured? More details about Cosmic rays Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays

Sources of Cosmic Rays –Supernova remnants –Active galaxies –Gamma Ray Bursters –Quasars (?) –Dark Energy (?) Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays

Cosmic Rays at Earth –Primaries (protons, nuclei) –Secondaries (pions) –Decay products (muons, photons, electrons) 1-2  per second Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays

Cosmic Rays –Sources –Composition, energy spectrum –Detection –Current experiments The QuarkNet Classroom Detector –Hardware overview –Classroom use –Experiments, measurements Data Analysis –Upload, analyze data & save data products. –Share results. –Enter logbook notes. Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays

Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Wealth of open, cool science questions Weather, lightning, biology, climate, data bits, solar storms, … CR e-Lab  not prescriptive, not recipes Provides resources and analysis tools Trusts the teacher to guide research

QuarkNet Cosmic Ray e-Lab Studies: Direct analog to detector-based particle physics and BIG science experiments Auger  Argentina CMS  LHC, CERN, Switzerland Atlas  LHC, CERN, Switzerland IceCube  South Pole MINOS Far Detector  Soudan Mine, Minnesota Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays

Teachers & students: –Assemble and Calibrate Detectors. –Develop Questions. –Set-up and experiment. –Make Conclusions and experiment again. Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays

Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Questions??? Break?? 

Overview: Cosmic Ray Muon Detector Jeff Rodriguez

Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays CRMD Expectation:  Not “plug & play”  Assembling and thinking required Direct analog of the big Tevatron & LHC detectors CDF ATLAS CMS QuarkNet Note: Images are not to scale

Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Typical QuarkNet Detector Setup 1. Counters-scintillators, photomultiplier tubes (two shown) 2. QuarkNet DAQ board 3. 5 VDC adapter 4. GPS receiver 5. GPS extension cable 6. Computer (PC preferred) 7. USB adapter or cable 8. Lemo or BNC signal cables 9. Daisy-chained power cables The QuarkNet Cosmic Ray Muon Detector (CRMD) 6

DAQ hardware measures: –Light pulse timing. –Ambient temperature. –Atmospheric pressure. Experiments include: –Flux studies. –Time correlation. –Shielding. –Particle speed. –Particle lifetime. –Altitude attenuation. Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays

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Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Types of Counter Configuration: 1) Array  shower Counters distributed 2) Stacked  flux Counters spaced on common center Determined by type of study Student defined

Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays NEXT SESSION: Break out into small teams.  Assemble cosmic ray muon detectors. 1.Assign groups to detectors 2.Determine experiment set up for overnight data taking. Flux + Shower configuration 3.Tomorrow: UPLOAD data and Cosmic Ray e-Lab analysis tools.

Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Explore tonight. Cosmic Ray e-Lab portal: Cosmic Rays The Particle Adventure

Cosmic Ray e-Lab Exploration Jeff Rodriguez

DAQ hardware measures: –Light pulse timing. –Ambient temperature. –Atmospheric pressure. Experiments include: –Flux studies. –Time correlation. –Shielding. –Particle speed. –Particle lifetime. –Altitude attenuation. Teaching and Learning with the Cosmic Ray e-Lab

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There has to be an easier way...  Cosmic Ray e-Lab Lower the threshold to analyzing real data. Teaching and Learning with the Cosmic Ray e-Lab

There are more e-Labs on the horizon... LIGO CMS Other science with large data sets... SDSS? Mars Rover? weather? ocean? Investigate further?  e-Labs

Major Strengths of e-Labs First time: teachers and students Large cluster of computer servers at Argonne National Lab e-Labs: same structure & format, “look/feel” e-Labs

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Teaching and Learning with the Cosmic Ray e-Lab Login Username: Password:

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Instructions for joining the community of e-lab users Register to the I2u2 blog- Implementation plans will be uploaded here! More on implementations plans later Register for the Facebook group – Search  interactions

Teaching and Learning with the Cosmic Ray e-Lab Go to: REGISTRATION 1st: Change password.  Update your previously created groups. !! min 6 characters : max 10 characters !! !! alpha/numeric !! !! no spaces !! 2nd: Create student group.  Register student research groups. Select “pencil”: yes pre/post test 3rd: Add DAQ #.  Update detector IDs for your group.

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Teaching and Learning with the Cosmic Ray e-Lab Quick Links

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Teaching and Learning with the Cosmic Ray e-Lab Students can tour the site.

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Teaching and Learning with the Cosmic Ray e-Lab Pause: Live action demo  UPLOAD data: Follow me.  GEOMETRY: Review tutorial.

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Teaching and Learning with the Cosmic Ray e-Lab Reproduce analysis:  Click on plot.  Run study again.  Change parameters.

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Teaching and Learning with the Cosmic Ray e-Lab More live action  Examples Data Search Shower Analysis Flux Analysis

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Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Debrief: Summarize in LogBook

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Teaching and Learning with the Cosmic Ray e-Lab Cosmic Ray e-Lab Investigation  Team Task: Data Analysis a) Pose a simple CR research question. b) Select small CR data set. c) Run CR analysis. d) Save Performance and analysis plots. e) Track your progress using the LOGBOOK. f) Write online poster about study with plot; include Performance and analysis plot. g) Share “tricks of the trade” about the e-Lab. Judge your constraints: time and $$$.

Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Debrief: Summarize in LogBook

Teaching and Learning with the Cosmic Ray e-Lab Implementation Plan Science Experiment Goals: In one or two sentences, describe or list the goals of the science experiment to which this e-Lab is related. Grade(s)/Context: (Such as Science Club) in which you will implement the e-Lab. Challenges: To implementing the e-Lab. When/Where: You implement the e-lab (e.g., after the AP exam in the spring for two weeks before the end of school). Learning Objectives: (What will you expect students to know and be able to do as a result of conducting the e-Lab). Standards: (Whichever ones you are being held responsible for) being addressed. Steps: In the plan (e.g., 1. assess prior knowledge by?; 2. provide background information by?; 3.?4.?5. have students complete the poster).

Teaching and Learning with the Cosmic Ray e-Lab Cosmic Ray e-Lab Investigation  Teacher Task: Implementation Plan a)Teacher Home: Community  “Required Elements for an Implementation Plan” b)Load  Community Forum: Workshop Deliverables... do not yet have an account, you can create one here. Invitation Code: inquiry Password: same as your e-Lab password !! !! Minimum 6 character: alpha/numeric; no spaces !! Guiding Questions: How would you use the CR e-Lab in your classroom? How do the learner outcomes apply to your activity? What makes self-guided research beneficial? Highlight one interesting feature you found in the QN e-Lab.

Teaching and Learning with the Cosmic Ray e-Lab CRMD/e-Lab Workshop Deliverables Every project constrained: time and $$$ Cosmic Ray e-Lab Investigation  Team Task: POSTER  Teacher Task: Implementation Plan  Community Forum: Workshop Deliveriables Workshop Evaluation --> Participants: Workshop Report --> Fellow: CRMDs  Center placement list and plan

Teaching and Learning with Cosmic Rays Debrief: Summarize in LogBook

Teaching and Learning with the Cosmic Ray e-Lab Workshop Review  How’d we do? Assemble CRMD: plateau, geometry, data-take. Record progress: LogBook. Design investigation: search data, use analysis. Write poster, present results. Share “Implementation Plan” for the e-Lab.