Hawaii CMS Masterclass @ Punahou School

Submitted by ShaneWood

Published: Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:46 | Group(s):

University of Hawaii QuarkNet Center

Agenda:

All activities are in Mamiya Science Center, room M104

8:30am Arrival/Registration

8:50am Hands-On Activity

Student Discussions with Quark Puzzle Activity

9:10am Wrap up of Quark Puzzle, overview of Standard Model

Z boson class activity

9:25am Introductions

9:30am Dr. Jason Kumar

Topic from 2023: Dark Matter ... and How to Find It.

9:45am Q&A (short-focus on previous talk)

9:50am Analysis preparation with Guided Practice (T.Coke)

10:15am Short Break

10:30am Dr. David Rubin

Topic from 2023: Cosmology: the Study of the Universe on Large Scales

10:45am Q&A (short-focus on previous talk)

10:50am Dr. Jeremy Sakstein

Topic from 2023: Dark Energy vs. Modified Gravity

11:05am Q&A (short-focus on previous talk)

11:10am Collect questions relating to talks and to physics in general

11:15am Panel Discussion with J. Kumar, D.Rubin and J.Sakstein

12pm Lunch with a physicist: Pizza!

Common casual questions include

“What’s a day in the life of a physicist like?”

“What’s the difference between the work of theoretical and experimental physicists?”

“How did you get into physics?”

“What classes did you take in college that you liked best?”

12:30pm Start data analysis in pairs

1:15pm Check in: how is data analysis going? Review histogram so far

1:45pm Pre-conference Discussion of Results

Students and mentors discuss the meaning of analysis results and questions for other institutes.

2:00pm Videoconference with Fermilab + students in New Zealand

Students will discuss their results with students from other schools in other locations around the world with guidance from scientists at Fermilab

2:45pm Conclusions and Evaluation