August 2-4, 2021
Virtual Coding Workshop and More!
Objectives
Participating teachers will:
- Apply physics principles to reduce or explain the observations in data investigations.
- Examine simulated and experimental data. Identify patterns within the data and consider the causes of those patterns.
- Create, organize and interpret data plots; make claims based on evidence and provide explanations; identify data limitations.
- Develop a plan for taking students from their current level of data use to subsequent levels using activities and/or ideas from the workshop.
Agenda (note that times - other than starting times - are approximate):
Monday, August 2, 2021, 9:00 AM - ~1:00 PM Eastern Time
Time
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Session |
Zoom Room, Session Lead(s) |
Resources |
| 9:00 AM |
Welcome
Mike
- Registration and Sign-in
- Create/update your Quarknet.org account
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| ~9:30 AM |
Working Together
Adam
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breakout rooms |
Norms:
Videos:
Coding:
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| ~10:15 AM |
Coding Activities
Adam
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
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
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breakout rooms |
Probability
Muon mass
Notebook tutorial
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| ~12:40 PM |
All Hands
Adam
- Share observations, challenges
- How do you think your students would handle these tasks?
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Tuesday, August 3, 2021, 9:00 AM - ~1:00 PM Eastern Time
| Time (CT) |
Session |
Zoom |
Resources |
| 9:00 AM |
Welcome back!
Adam
- Recap from yesterday
- What stood out? Any new thoughts?
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| ~9:30 AM |
Try More Coding Activities
Adam
Position graphs
- Task: analyze Position graphs
- Skills: modify a loop, define a function, format a plot
Velocity graphs
- Task: Analyze Velocity graphs
- Skills: modify a loop, define a function, format a plot
Projectile in Air
- Task: Model the motion of a projectile in air
- Skills: modify a loop, define a function, format a plot
Quakes
- Task: Identify patterns in global seismic activity
- Skills: read in a large data set from the web, visualize complex data
Global Temperature
- Task: Describe the differences between land and water on temperature
- Skills: read in a large data set from the web, visualize complex data
Tides
- Task: Identify patterns in tidal height over time
- Skills: read in a large data set from the web, visualize complex data, manipulate time series data
Leptonic decays
- Follow-on to the Muon Mass activity
Quarknet coding acitivities in-works
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breakout rooms |
Position graphs
Velocity graphs
Projectile in Air
Quakes
Global Temperature
Tides
Leptonic decays
Notebook tutorial
quarknet coding acitivities in-works
HR Exercises from Chris
Adam's Files
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| ~11:00 AM |
Change from Student Hat to Teacher Hat
Chris
Where might these (or your own) coding activities fit into your course? Develop a coding activity and integrate it into your course plan.
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Implementation Plan |
| ~12:15 PM |
Shareout
Adam
- Teachers take turns (5 min each) sharing your ideas for how coding might make it into your classroom.
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| ~12:45 PM |
All Hands Meeting
Adam
- Share observations, challenges
- Closing thoughts? Where to next?
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Wednesday, August 4, 2021, 9:00 AM - ~1:00 PM Eastern Time
| Time (CT) |
Session |
Zoom |
Resources |
| 9:00 AM |
Welcome back!
Mike
- Recap from yesterday
- Introduction to Speaker
Talk on g-2
Josh Erlich
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- Linkn to speaker slides will go here...
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| ~10:00 AM |
Can we actually teach Quantum Entanglement???
Deborah
Zoom with Kansas Center
- Connection established
- Kansas Teachers summarize their results for TOTEM Data Exprese
- Introduce new data
- Kansas analyzes Green data (form)
- Virginia analyzes Red data (form)
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Links:
TOTEM Data Express
Green Data
Red Data
Green Data Form
Red Data Form
Analysis Guidelines
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| ~1130 AM |
Data Analysis
Deborah
- Follow up questions and discussion goes here....
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| ~12:00 PM |
Particle Transformations
Deborah
- Introduction to Feynman Diagrams
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Particle Transformations
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| ~1:00 PM |
Circle Back & Closing
Mike |
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