African School of Fundamental Physics and Applications Virtual Teacher Workshop 2021

21 Jul 2021, 12:00 → 23 Jul 2021, 18:00 Africa/Johannesburg

Kenneth William Cecire (University of Notre Dame (US)), Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

Videos of proceedings, days 2 and 3

Wednesday, 21 July

12:00 → 13:00 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 → 13:30 Break

13:30 → 14:30 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 → 15:00 Break

15:00 → 16:00 Introduction to the Standard Model

Speaker: Azwinndini Muronga (Nelson Mandela University)

Intro2SM-Muronga.pdf

Particle Data Book

16:00 → 16:30 Break

16:30 → 17:30 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

17:30 → 18:00 Daily Discussion

Speaker: Kenneth William Cecire (University of Notre Dame (US))

Thursday, 22 July

12:00 → 12:15 Recap and Restart

Speaker: Maria Niland (NilandM@calvertnet.k12.md.us)

ASP Gather Town

Even Bananas playlist

MINERvA masterclass website

12:15 → 13:00 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 → 13:30 Break

13:30 → 14:30 Neutrino physics in the 21st century

Speaker: Mary Bishai (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

asp_tp_2021_bishai.pdf

14:30 → 15:00 Break

15:00 → 16:00 Data Analysis

MINERvA Neutrino Masterclass Part 1

Assisting: Wegner, Cecire, Fetsko

Speakers: Helen Coyle, Paul Sedita

data

event guide

screencast

slides

spreadsheet

16:00 → 16:30 Break

16:30 → 17:30 Data Analysis

MINERvA Neutrino Masterclass Part 2

Assisting: Wegner, Cecire, Fetsko

Speakers: Helen Coyle, Paul Sedita

17:30 → 18:00 Daily Discussion

Speaker: Michael Fetsko (Mills Godwin High School)

Friday, 23 July

12:00 → 12:15 Recap and Restart

Speakers: Helen Coyle, Jeremy Wegner (Winamac Community High School)

12:15 → 13:00 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 → 13:30 Break

13:30 → 14:30 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 → 15:00 Break

15:00 → 16:00 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 → 16:30 Break

16:30 → 17:30 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

17:30 → 18:00 Closing Discussion