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2003 QuarkNet Workshop Schedule

QuarkNet participants in front of detector
2007 QuarkNet particpants in front of the Minot far Detector at the Soudan Underground Laboratory.

2008 Minnesota QuarkNet Workshop


Monday, July 28 (New QN Teachers Only) Room 130


9:30 am Welcome & Introductions/Bagels Jon, Shane, Dan & Ken
10:00 am Accelerators, Accelerator Activity Jon
10:50 am Break
11:00 am Detectors, Detectors Activity Shane
12 Noon Lunch talk (food provided) Angela Reisetter on Dark Matter/CDMS
1:00 pm Force Concept Inventory Jon & Shane
2:00 pm Break
2:15 pm LoggerPro Demos/Activities Jon & Shane
4:00 pm Wrap-up Jon, Shane, Dan & Ken

Tuesday, July 29 Room 130

9:30 am Welcome returning QN Teachers Jon, Shane, Dan & Ken
9:45 am Particle Physics Masterclass, Break Included Shane
12 Noon Lunch talk (food provided) Hans Courant on the History of the Atomic Bomb
1:00 pm Break
1:15 pm U of M Demos Brian Andersson
2:15 pm Break
2:30 pm Cosmic Ray Muons Jon
3:00 pm CRM Detectors Tom Jordan & Shane
4:00 pm Wrap Up Jon, Shane, Dan, Ken & Tom

Wednesday, July 30 Room 130

9:30 am Morning Meeting Jon, Shane, Dan, Ken & Tom
9:45 am E Labs Tom & Jordan
12 Noon Lunch talk (food provided) Jon Broadhurst on Particle Physics
1:00 pm Break
1:15 pm Afternoon Activities:Jon, Shane & Tom
  • E-labs wrap up
  • Teacher Demos./Share-a-thon,
  • Particle Physics and the Curriculum,
  • Particles and People
  • (Break Included)
4:00 pm Wrap-Up and Future Plans Jon, Shane, Dan, Ken & Tom

Thursday, July 31 Meet at Park & Ride (Como/280)

7:30 am Bagels
7:45 am Depart for Soudan, MN Stop at Virginia, MN Pizza Hut Mine/MINOS/CDMS Tours
7:30 pm Return to U of M