Level 0

The purpose of this activity is to come to a consensus for the “best” value for the mass of the Z Boson.

Students will learn the basics of coding using Jupyter style notebooks.

Students analyze tracks in a cloud chamber.

Lesson #1 in QuarkNet STEP UP Series on diversity and inclusion.

Students build basic histogram skills required in many of the other activities in the Data Activities Portfolio.

Students analyze signals and noise first in audio and video forms and then look at signals and noise from physics measurements.

Students explore some basics of magnetic fields that can be related to experimental particle physics.

Teams of students organize cards depicting fundamental particles based on their characteristics. This activity is a foundation for learning about the Standard Model and parallels the methods used by scientists to organize the elements into the period table.

Students roll dice, record the resulting individual values as well as the sum of the values, create histograms of the data and develop insight into the concept of “degrees of freedom." 

Students create and interpret a histogram of penny masses.