Name: African School of Fundamental Physics and Applications Virtual Teacher Workshop 2021
Start: 2021-07-21T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2021-07-23T18:00:00+02:00
Location: No location set

Wednesday 21 July
- 1
  
  Start-up
  
  Introductions and Greetings
  Shuffling the Particle Deck
  Overview and plan for the workshop
  Share-a-thon
  Implementation plans
  What to do during breaks
  
  Assisting: Coyle, Wegner, Randall
  
  Speakers: Kenneth William Cecire (University of Notre Dame (US)), Maria Niland (NilandM@calvertnet.k12.md.us), Susan Wetzler
  
  ASP Gather Town
  
  Particle Cards documentation
  
  Particle Cards (Google Slides)
- 13:00
  
  Break
- 2
  
  Classroom Activities
  
  Rolling with Rutherford
  
  Quark Puzzle
  
  Assisting: Cecire, Niland, Wetzler, Randall, Coyne
  
  Speakers: Jeremy Wegner (jeremy.wegner@epulaski.k12.in.us), Michael Fetsko (mrfetsko@henrico.k12.va.us)
  
  Quark Puzzle documentation
  
  Quark Puzzle online
  
  Rutherford documentation
  
  Rutherford online simulation
  
  Rutherford results form
- 14:30
  
  Break
- 3
  
  Introduction to the Standard Model
  
  Speaker: Azwinndini Muronga (Nelson Mandela University)
  
  Intro2SM-Muronga.pdf
  
  Particle Data Book
- 16:00
  
  Break
- 4
  
  Classroom Activities
  
  What Heisenberg Knew
  
  Mean Lifetime, Part I: Dice
  
  Assisting: Fetsko, Wegner, Cecire
  
  Speakers: Helen Coyle, Paul Sedita
  
  Dice documentation
  
  Dice roll sim
  
  Heisenberg documentation
  
  Heisenberg slides
  
  spreadsheet
- 5
  
  Daily Discussion
  
  Speaker: Kenneth William Cecire (University of Notre Dame (US))
Thursday 22 July
- 6
  
  Recap and Restart
  
  Speaker: Maria Niland (NilandM@calvertnet.k12.md.us)
  
  ASP Gather Town
  
  Even Bananas playlist
  
  MINERvA masterclass website
- 7
  
  Activities
  
  Mean Lifetime Part III: MINERvA
  
  Assisting: Cecire, Wetzler, Niland, Coyle, Wegner
  
  Speakers: Paul Sedita, Rebekah Randall
  
  data
  
  MINERvA lifetime documentation
  
  slides
  
  spreadsheet
- 13:00
  
  Break
- 8
  
  Neutrino physics in the 21st century
  
  Speaker: Mary Bishai (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
  
  asp_tp_2021_bishai.pdf
- 14:30
  
  Break
- 9
  
  Data Analysis
  
  MINERvA Neutrino Masterclass Part 1
  
  Assisting: Wegner, Cecire, Fetsko
  
  Speakers: Helen Coyle, Paul Sedita
  
  data
  
  event guide
  
  screencast
  
  slides
  
  spreadsheet
- 16:00
  
  Break
- 10
  
  Data Analysis
  
  MINERvA Neutrino Masterclass Part 2
  
  Assisting: Wegner, Cecire, Fetsko
  
  Speakers: Helen Coyle, Paul Sedita
- 11
  
  Daily Discussion
  
  Speaker: Michael Fetsko (Mills Godwin High School)
Friday 23 July
- 12
  
  Recap and Restart
  
  Speakers: Helen Coyle, Jeremy Wegner (Winamac Community High School)
- 13
  
  Physics activities share-a-thon
  
  Assisting: Randall, Niland, Coyle, Wegner, Klammer
  
  Speakers: Kenneth William Cecire (University of Notre Dame (US)), Shane Wood (University of Notre Dame)
- 13:00
  
  Break
- 14
  
  Writing Code for Physics
  
  Rolling with Rutherford: under the hood
  GlowScript
  
  Assisting: Fetsko, Wood, Coyle, Cecire, Niland, Randall
  
  Speakers: Jeremy Wegner (Winamac Community High School), Joel Klammer
  
  Dickenson College VPython class
  
  Glowscript
- 14:30
  
  Break
- 15
  
  Writing Code for Physics
  
  VPython projects:
  - uniform linear motion
  - falling object
  - uniform circular motion
  - projectile
  - other
  
  Assisting: Fetsko, Wood, Coyle, Cecire
  
  Speakers: Jeremy Wegner (Winamac Community High School), Joel Klammer
- 16:00
  
  Break
- 16
  
  Implementation Plans
  
  Plan how you might use something you learned in this workshop with your students. Record for later use or revision.
  
  Assisting: Fetsko, Coyle, Wegner
  
  Speakers: Kenneth William Cecire (University of Notre Dame (US)), Shane Wood (University of Notre Dame)
  
  Implementation Template
- 17
  
  Closing Discussion