Quarknet Seminar
Alisa Bredensteiner
Endeavour Institute
Santa Cruz Institute of Particle Physics
Quarknet
August 2010
What happens when you mix one
exuberant teacher…
… a group of
excited
educators…
… some really expensive equipment…
… and lots of tape?
What I have gained from my week at SCIPP
• A better understanding of Cosmic Rays,
particle decay, Supersymmetry and the
Multiverse!
• A great reminder of how incredibly huge I am
compared to say a muon.
• A great reminder of how incredibly tiny I am
compared to say a universe.
• A CRMD
• The tools to bring ‘real physics’ and cutting
edge scientific discovery to my classroom
Classroom Application
2nd and 3rd year Endeavour students
• One week introduction and research on
Cosmic Rays and muon detection
• 3 weeks for student developed experiments,
analysis, and poster presentation.
Future aspirations
• Collaborative projects (comparison studies,
shower studies, etc…) with other schools
• Introductory Unit with 1st year students