CMS Coding and Analysis Workshop at the University of Florida, August 2017

1

9:00 - 10:30

Greetings and Intros  (NPB 1237)

Review of June workshop (brief summary slides)

The Big Picture of Science Education

10:30 - 10:40

Break

10:40 - 11:40

Quark Workbench /data-portfolio/activity/quark-workbench

11:40 - 12:00

Discussion

12:00 - 1:00

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00

Organizing the Periodic Table - seeing patterns  (NPB 2165)

2:00 - 2:20

Discussion

2:20 - 2:40

Break

2:40 - 3:30

Coding with CMS data (SWAN instructions)

3:30 - 4:00

Reflection

5:00

Meet at Swamphead brewery for tour. Tour starts at 5:30, max 15 people.

2

9:00 - 10:00

Coding with 6-12 science  (NPB 2165)

10:00 - 10:20

Discussion and reflection on coding activities and using it in the classroom

10:20 - 10:30

Break

10:30 - 11:45

Climate Change Data Discussion (Prof. Paul Avery)

11:45 - 12:00

Discussion: How is climate change addressed in the classroom? http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/02/19/467206769/why-science-teachers-are-struggling-with-climate-change

12:00 - 1:00

Lunch

1:00 - 2:30

Tour of Microkelvin Lab with Prof. Yasu Takano (as long as we’re talking about temperature)

2:30 - 2:40

Break

2:40 - 3:40

Data taking in Physics Dept. (NPB 1240)

●       Tracking cosmic ray muons from the sky, and measuring their lifetime (only 2.2 microseconds!)

●       Looking at the gamma ray spectrum from radioactive elements

3:40 - 4:00

Reflection

3

9:00 - 11:30

Tour of UF Nuclear Reactor. The tour will start at 9:30 at the Nuclear Engineering Building (168 Rhines Hall).

11:45 - 12:45

Lunch

12:45 - 2:30

Continuation of Data taking (NPB 1240)

2:30 – 3:00

Discussion and Reflection

3:00 - 5:00

Tour of  Radiation Oncology at UF COM. The tour will start at 3:30.