UO QuarkNet Workshop June 20-21, 2018

412 Willamette Hall, University of Oregon


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Wed June 20
Thur June 21


8:30  Gather, coffee
10:20

 		Ray Frey: Update on LIGO and gravitational-wave astrophysics – [pptx file with animations 81 MB], [pdf file, no animations 16 MB]
 8:35
Eric Torrence: (Re-) Introduction to ATLAS and the CERN LHC  -  [ pdf,59MB) ]
11:30
 Scott Fisher: UO's Pine Mt Observatory
9:30 ATLAS group meeting, A/V connection to CERN
12:30Lunch -- on your own
10:45
Stephanie Majewski: The ATLAS search for dark Matter
2:00
Elly Vandegrift: The UO Science Literacy Program [SLP web page]
12:00Lunch -- on your own
2:30
Bryan Rebar: Research opportunitues for teachers
[ presentation ] 		1:30
Participants: My Projects 2017-18, 2018-19
3:00
 Ben Farr: Black hole spins and cosmic production of heavy elements [ pptx with animations ]  [ pdf ]
 3:30 Stan Micklavzina: The Tesla Show: Using demonstrations to enhance pedagogy









Contacts:
    Ray Frey, rayfrey (at uoregon.edu),  541-346-5873
    Anne McGinley, annem (at uoregon.edu),  541-346-4898

UO Faculty participants:
    Ben Farr, Scott Fisher, Ray Frey, Stephanie Majewski, Stan Micklavzina, Bryan Rebar, Eric Torrence, Elly Vandegrift


High school science teacher participants:

   
    Rich Bowden (Sheldon HS)
    Amy Hughes (Springfield Online HS)
    Karen Hunter (Physics by Discovery)
    Art Liddle (Springfield HS)
    Nicolle Ng (Springfield HS)
    Asher Tubman (South Eugene HS)
    Dani Tubman  (South Eugene HS)
   

Links:

Oregon QuarkNet
US QuarkNet
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