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Welcome to Yerkes Observatory and the
2008 Kavli Institute of Cosmological Physics (KICP) Yerkes Summer Institute!
Tonight we will begin an exciting week of investigating Energy. We will begin with
a star party tonight on the South Lawn hosted by the Milwaukee Astronomical
Society.
Throughout the week we will explore many different aspects Energy. After this
week of studying, creating, and transforming energy in its many forms, you will
make a presentation to your family and fellow students about the new knowledge
that you have discovered.
During the day on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday we will focus on three daytime
laboratories, each of which explores a different aspect of energy (see lab summary
descriptions). You will be divided into three groups (EARTH, WIND, and FIRE).
Each group will devote an entire day to each day lab, however the groups will
cycle through the labs in a different order. By the end of the day on Tuesday,
each group will have investigated all three of the day labs.
On Wednesday, you will be “Mixed-Up” into three new groups in which you will
become experts in one of the day labs. Later in the week we will have a “Jigsaw”
session in which a few people from each “mixed-up” group will present their
laboratory to the rest of the students.
During the evenings you will do experiments that take advantage of the clear skies
and the wonderful telescopes at Yerkes Observatory.
Every day there will be special writing exercises based on your experiences. Each
night after dinner you will have a Wrap-Up session in which you will review that
day’s activities with your peers and the instructors. After the wrap-up you will be
asked to write a short essay in response to some Big Questions about the lab
that you and your peers just wrapped up. These short essays will be in addition to
your laboratory summaries and will be reviewed each night.
Here’s to an energetic week!
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2008 KICP Yerkes Summer Institute Format
Day Laboratories
There are three in-depth, day-long investigations. Each of you will be
assigned to one of three groups (EARTH, WIND, or FIRE), and with that group you will have the
opportunity to explore each day laboratory. Please use your schedules (beginning on page viii) to
identify where you should report.
Night Laboratories
The night laboratories take advantage of our location at an observatory, but
often depend on clear skies. Nighttime plans will be decided each day and need to remain
flexible.
Mixed-Up Groups
Each of the three groups will be reorganized (“mixed-up”) to recap and
explore one daytime lab in greater depth. This time is an opportunity to clarify concepts, solidify
your understanding, and become an expert on the topics of a particular lab. Each “mixed-up”
group will also present the lab they explore to the parents and other visitors at the end of the
institute. Please use your schedules to identify your mixed-up group. The mixed-up group
assignments can be found on page x.
Jigsaw Session
After your mixed-up group has come to some preliminary conclusions, you
will have a chance to share those findings with half of your peers. Your mixed-up group will be
divided into a #1 group and a #2 group that will then meet with other 1’s or 2’s from the other
mixed-up groups. Each of you will share with your peers the results and conclusions at which
your mixed-up group has arrived. Other members of your Jigsaw group will listen to you, ask
questions, and make comments and suggestions. You will do the same for them when they
share their group’s findings. Please use your schedules to identify which Jigsaw group you have
been assigned to. The Jigsaw schedule can be found on page x.
NOTE: YOU SHOULD NOT ENGAGE IN ANY PERSONAL CRITICISM OF INDIVIDUAL
PRESENTATIONS. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU SHOULD NOT SAY THAT SOMEONE WAS TOO
QUIET, OR SOMEONE TALKED TOO SOFTLY, OR SOMEONE SAID TOO MUCH. COMMENT ONLY
CONSTRUCTIVELY ON THE CONTENT.
Parent Investigations
On Thursday evening your parents and other visitors will participate in an
open house. This time is your chance to share what you have learned over the course of the
week. Think of ways to incorporate the visitors and your parents into your Mixed-Up group’s lab.
Your group presentation should give the visitors an overview of your experiment and allow them
to experience first-hand as much of your investigation as possible. Mixed-Up groups will work
together for the presentations.
Lab Notebooks
Use your lab notebooks to record your observations, to make note of any
questions you might have, and to respond to questions posed during labs. After each lab, write a
brief summary of your experience.
Writing Sessions
In addition to documenting your activities in your laboratory notebook, we
will have special sessions in which you will focus on communicating your ideas through writing
and through public speaking. (see pages 5-10)
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Summary Daytime Laboratory Descriptions:
Day Laboratory-1
Some Like It Hot (Zosia Krusberg, Christopher Thom, Bill Fisher, & Florin Ionita)
Have you ever wondered how energy is transferred from one place to another?
How energy makes it across the millions of miles separating the Sun and the
Earth? How the flow of energy is controlled by windows and clothes? How energy
is transferred in bulk movement across homes, oceans, and the atmosphere? In
this lab, we will explore energy transfer in all forms, from the fundamental physics
you will need to understand energy transfer, to the applications of energy transfer
in everything from energy efficiency in your home to energy transfer in ultraenergetic astrophysical events!
Day Laboratory-2
Solar Power (Alissa Bans, Yen-Jin Kim, Matt Bayliss, & Amol Upadhye)
The sun is a tremendous source of energy. It provides the gravitational pull that
keeps the planets in orbit, the heat that infiltrates our earth, and the light that has
given us sight. Imagine if we could harness all the energy the sun had to give: the
energy that the sun gives off in just one hour could supply the world's energy need
for a whole year! In this lab we will explore how to trap heat from the sun, how the
sun's energy can be converted to chemical energy (via photosynthesis), and even
how the sun's energy can be turned into electricity, something we surely use
everyday! By the end of this lab you will understand how the earth obtains energy
from the sun in nature, and how innovation and technology have enabled us to
capture the sun's energy to use in our daily lives.
Day Laboratory-3
Turn The Crank (Chris Kelso, Robert Friedman, Reid Sherman, & Nick Halmagyi)
In this lab you will construct your own device which converts electrical energy into
mechanical energy: a simple DC motor. In this process you will learn all the basic
principles that go into designing any type of motor. We will then turn the tables
and you will investigate two methods that utilize a process called electromagnetic
induction, where mechanical energy is converted into electrical energy. Tying in
with the sustainability theme, both these methods will be pollution free. In the first
method, you are going to use your awesome leg power to generate electricity by
cycling a bike. Then we are going to divide up into teams of two and build a
windmill. The wind will turn the blades on the windmill and then this kinetic energy
is again going to be converted into electricity.
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Summary Nighttime Laboratory Descriptions:
Night Laboratory-1
NIGHT-1
(INSTRUCTOR_N1)
PARAGRAPH
Night Laboratory-2
NIGHT-2 (INSTRUCTOR_N2)
PARAGRAPH
Night Laboratory-3
NIGHT-3
(INSTRUCTOR_N3)
PARAGRAPH.
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Group Names Background
Group 1 –EARTH
Not only a solid place for us to stand, but also a giant battery,
storing and moving around energy in many different ways. In
its formation, the earth stored some of the gravitational
potential energy released when the bits and pieces fell
together. This energy is still observable as the earth's
rotational energy and the thermal energy of the hot core of the
earth. The earth also has nuclear energy in some radioactive
isotopes that were part of the rocks and dust that formed the earth. The earth also stores
a lot of energy from the sunlight hitting it by heating up the ground, evaporating water, and
growing plants, and this is how we get all sorts of energy, from electricity generation to
food.
Group 2 –WIND
Wind can be annoying or refreshing, and it's also been source
of energy to run human-built machines for centuries. Caused
by the heating of the air differently on different spots on earth
and by the earth's rotation, there are constant "trade wind"
patterns as well as the unpredictable gusts, and these constant
flows of air across the earth have kinetic energy in their motion, which can be captured to
run windmills, and more recently can be converted to electricity to run modern life. The
wind is one of the most promising ideas for the development of an environmentally
sustainable economy.
Image source http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11750614
Group 3 –FIRE
Much of the energy from the sun is bound up in organic (carbonoxygen-hydrogen) compounds, and the easiest and fastest way to
release that energy is with fire. Fire is one of the foundations of
civilization, and burning plants (usually fossilized into coal or natural
gas or petroleum) is the main source of electricity and transportation
in our modern world. Right now we are burning through millions of
years of stored energy very quickly, and
will soon run out. Fire will
SCHEDULES
always play an important role in our energy future, but to be sustainable we will have to
2008 KICP Space Explorers Yerkes Summer Institute
only burn plants that we can regrow. Source http://www.appliancist.com/john-t-unger-portable-fire-pits.jpg
Saturday, August 2 – Friday, August 8, 2008
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Instructor
Alissa Bans
Day Lab
Solar Power
Matt Bayliss
Solar Power
Night Lab
Location
SOUTH BLD
Moon +
SOUTH BLD
Multi wavelength
Charles
Brass
Kyle
Cudworth
Bill Fisher
Robert
Friedman
Nick
Halmagyi
Vivian Hoette
Florin Ionita
Jon Jezak
Chris Kelso
Yeun-Jin Kim
Rich Kron
Zosia
Krusberg
Randy
Landsberg
Reid
Sherman
Chris Thom
Amol
Upadhye
Phil Wisecup
Some Like It
Hot
Turn the
Crank
Turn the
Crank
BATTLESHIP
Some Like It
Hot
Writing
Turn the
Crank
Solar Power
BATTLESHIP
Some Like It
Hot
BATTLESHIP
Turn the
Crank
Some Like It
Hot
BASEMENT
BASEMENT
BASEMENT
BASEMENT
SOUTH BLD
BATTLESHIP
SOUTH BLD
Solar Power
Schedule Overview
Saturday
August 2
9-11 AM
Sunday
August 3
Monday
August 4
Tuesday
August 5
Day
Labs
Day
Labs
Day
Labs
Thursday
August 7
(Mixed-up & Prep)
Mixed-up Group
Work
Friday
August 8
1:30 - 2:30 PM
Mixed-up Group
Work
3 – 5 PM
Jigsaw Session
Preparation for
Parent Investigation
in Mixed-up Group
Clean-up
LUNCH
11:45-1 PM
1:30-4:30 PM
4 PM STAFF
MEETING
4:30-5:00 PM
5:15 – 6:30PM
7:00- 8PM
Wednesday
August 6
(Mixed-Up & Jigsaw)
Mixed-up Group
Work
11 - 11:30 AM
Leadership
Day
Labs
continued
Day
Labs
continued
Day
Labs
continued
Staff Meeting
DINNER
7:30 - 8 PM
Leadership
Meeting
AM Wrap
Up/Writing
AM Wrap
Up/Writing
AM Wrap
Up/Writing
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8:00-10:30 PM
8 PM
Welcome &
STAR PARTY
DAY LAB
ROTATIONS
Sunday Aug. 3
Monday Aug. 4
Tuesday Aug. 5
PM Labs
PM Labs
PM Labs
Work
(or bad weather PM
lab make up time)
8 -10 PM
Parent
Investigations
& Closing
SOME LIKE IT HOT
SOLAR POWER
TURN THE CRANK
EARTH
WIND
FIRE
WIND
FIRE
EARTH
FIRE
EARTH
WIND
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DAY LAB ROTATIONS
Sunday Aug. 3
Monday Aug. 4
Tuesday Aug. 5
EARTH
SOME LIKE IT HOT
TURN THE CRANK
SOLAR POWER
WIND
SOLAR POWER
SOME LIKE IT HOT
TURN THE CRANK
FIRE
TURN THE CRANK
SOLAR POWER
SOME LIKE IT HOT
Groups
EARTH
NAME *
grade
WIND
Name
Grade
FIRE
Name
Grade
(* = Leadership)
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MIXED-UP LAB ASSIGNMENTS
SOME LIKE IT
SOLAR POWER
TURN THE
HOT
CRANK
NAME*
NAME
NAME
JIGSAW 1
NAME
JIGSAW 2
NAME
(* = Leadership)
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NAME ----GRADE (use
other)
EARTH Lab Rotation (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
When
Sunday Aug. 3
Day Lab
What
Where
Who
SOME LIKE IT HOT
BATTLESHIP
Zosia Krusberg &
Christopher Thom,
Bill Fisher, Florin
Ionita
Night Lab
8 - 10:30 PM
To be determined
BASEMENT
Chris Kelso, Robert
Friedman, Reid
Sherman, & Nick
Halmagyi
SOUTH
BUILDING
Alissa Bans, Yen-Jin
Kim, Matt Bayliss, &
Amol Upadhye
Monday Aug. 4
Day Lab
Night Lab
8 - 10:30 PM
Tuesday Aug. 5
Day Lab
Night Lab
8 - 10:30 PM
TURN THE CRANK
To be determined
SOLAR POWER
To be determined
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name grade
WIND Lab Rotation (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
When
Sunday Aug. 3
Day Lab
What
Where
Who
SOLAR POWER
SOUTH
BUILDING
Alissa Bans, Yen-Jin
Kim, Matt Bayliss, &
Amol Upadhye
Night Lab
8 - 10:30 PM
To be determined
BATTLESHIP
Zosia Krusberg
Christopher Thom,
Bill Fisher, & Florian
Ionita
BASEMENT
Chris Kelso, Robert
Friedman, Reid
Sherman, & Nick
Halmagyi
Monday Aug. 4
Day Lab
Night Lab
8 - 10:30 PM
Tuesday Aug. 5
Day Lab
Night Lab
8 - 10:30 PM
SOME LIKE IT HOT
To be determined
TURN THE CRANK
To be determined
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name grade
FIRE Lab Rotation (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
When
Sunday Aug. 3
Day Lab
What
Where
Who
TURN THE CRANK
BASEMENT
Chris Kelso, Robert
Friedman, Reid
Sherman, & Nick
Halmagyi
Night Lab
8 - 10:30 PM
To be determined
SOUTH
BUILDING
Alissa Bans, Yen-Jin
Kim, Matt Bayliss, &
Amol Upadhye
BATTLESHIP
Zosia Krusberg
Christopher Thom,
Bill Fisher, & Florian
Ionita
Monday Aug. 4
Day Lab
Night Lab
8 - 10:30 PM
Tuesday Aug. 5
Day Lab
Night Lab
8 - 10:30 PM
SOLAR POWER
To be determined
SOME LIKE IT HOT
To be determined
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