Implementation Plans
University of Cincinnati, Wednesday 30 July 2025
Name | School | |
Lauren Miller | lmiller@saintursula.org | Saint Ursula Academy |
Dan Smith | smith_d@summitcds.org | Summit Country Day |
Heidi Schran | schranh@talawanda.org | Talawanda High School |
Carol Burns | cburns@readingschools.org | Reading High School |
Teacher(s): Carol Burns, Reading High School
Class: 9th grade physical science
When to present: February
Description: cloud chambers
Students will study atomic structure, then decay, the cloud chambers will provide evidence for charged particles and decay
Students complete a project on radioactive decay. One option is using the CRD. Taking a deep dive on understanding the cloud chamber will be an additional project option.
Teacher(s): Emily Rosen, Saint Ursula Academy
Carol Burns, Reading High School
Class:
Community Master Class
When to present:
March 2026
Description: Use the LHCb material used during our center workshop. Some students will be tasked with creating a colab notebook to analyze the data. Other students will have access to this notebook. Also would like to try integrating student json files into one classwide json file.
Teacher(s) Jacqui Montgomery
Class: Math Problem Solving
When to present: | Description |
November | World Wide Data Day |
Data Analysis Unit | Rolling with Rutherford Mass of U.S. Pennies Signal and Noise: The Basics |
Teacher(s) Jacqui Montgomery
Class: Physics
When to present: | Description |
Kinematics Unit | How Speedy are these Muons Jupyter Notebooks and PhyPhox Data Collection |
Momentum | Calculate the Z Mass Cloud Chamber |
Energy | Event Display from 2025 UC Quarknet D0 Lifetime Jupyter Notebook |
Teacher(s) Jacqui Montgomery
Class: Science Club
When to present: | Description |
August | Borrow Heidi’s Cloud Chamber as demo |
September | Trial Build Cloud Chamber |
October | |
November | |
December |
Teacher(s) Heidi Schran
Cloud Chambers / Cosmic Rays
Class: Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry
When to present:
Physics: When discussing Momentum heavier particles (alpha) behave differently than lighter particles (electrons)
Nuclear Physics (I never get to this, but this would be a way to connect it)
Chemistry: When discussing radioactive decay
Astronomy: When discussing the atmosphere and link to solar cycles
Teacher(s) Heidi Schran
Cloud Chambers / Cosmic Rays
Class: Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry
Descriptions:
I would like to coordinate all three preps so setting up the cloud chamber and then using it through each class all in one day.
Chemistry: What can we find that increases alpha or beta particles?
Physics: Conceptually connecting the mass of the particle and the path Connect to WWDD
Astronomy: Connect with Solar Cycle, Analyze Oulu Data, Explore Origins
Teacher(s) Heidi Schran: Data Activities Portfolio
and Last Year’s Wonderful (forgotten) Implementation Plans
Class: Physics, Chemistry (Astronomy)
Quark Workbench: Physics and Chemistry (online)
When: Early in the year; Purpose: Understand the fundamental particles
Shuffling the Particle Deck: Physics and Chemistry (Astronomy?)
When: After Workbench Activity Purpose: Further understanding of the fundamental particles (Astronomy: with cloud chamber activity)
Name: Heidi Schran School: Talawanda
When and where in school year:
I have done a similar activity in my Chemistry classes with the objective to learn about density; I may enhance it with parts of this. When: first quarter.
I think this would make a great intro activity in my physics classes- reminding everyone about collecting data, graphing and analyzing at the start of the year- and then use it to refer back to when we explore particle physics second semester. (I have the students record all they do in a composition book/lab notebook, and I love a reason to have them reflect on what they have recorded in the past!)
Ideas: Mass of US Pennies
Students in small groups given random pennies from which they collect data (qualitative- date, design, corrosion and quantitative- mass) then create an individual histogram.
They then combine their data with the rest of the class, create the histogram and discuss what the data shows.
Name: Heidi Schran School: Talawanda
When and where in school year:
This will be great to have as an inquiry activity to introduce how magnetic and electric fields are related, and how momentum can be qualitatively estimated from the angle of the particles curve.
Ideas: Making It 'Round the Bend
Qualitative Data collection from an online interactive. Students can explore the interactive and see how altering the parameters changes the trajectory of the particle.
Name: Heidi Schran School: Talawanda
When and where in school year:
Astronomy and Physics classes early in the school year. (First week?)
Ideas: Number of Piano Tuners…
This is great for introducing what factors need to be known to set up an experiment/solve a problem.
This is a great way to practice dimensional analysis.
Name: Heidi Schran School: Talawanda
When and where in school year:
Astronomy and Physics classes; Second Quarter and onward throughout the year.
I have had my Astronomy students present their research at a poster session in the Spring, near the end of the school year.
Ideas: Citizen Science Research
World Wide Data Day, Master class, Zooniverse and the other opportunities that Coner put on our agenda. :)
I strive to make as much of my students’ time be conducting meaningful research.
Teacher(s) RITA PATEL
Class: College prep physics
When to present: first few weeks during Linear motion section
Description: gathering data to create histogram started with Data activities portfolio
Homework: Watch video; student collect data-
1.google form-walk 100 meters, record time-also someone else
2. Discuss how to present data (talk about analyzing large amount of of data to fin; use example about grades in a class
histogram by hand in class
3. Homework: Draw one for our data that we collected.
Circle back to this topic at end of semester; end of year
Teacher(s) RITA PATEL
Description: gathering data to create histogram started with Data activities portfolio
Homework: Watch video; student collect data-
create a histogram
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZsJnouQo0AiR_sxxTMpsQ3MACMl5NRLObZScFRo4WIU/edit?usp=sharing
Range ?? | frequency |
1-100?? | |
Or 1-50 | |
51-100 | |
Teacher: Emily Rosen
Class: Honors Precalc
When to Present | Description |
Unit 4: Exponential/Logarithmic Functions | Dice Mean Lifetime Activity (Data Porfolio) |
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Teacher: Emily Rosen
Class: Immersive Modern Physics (Minimester)
When to Present | Description |
Day 1: Historical Foundations of Modern Physics and Experimental Design |
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Teacher: Emily Rosen
Class: Immersive Modern Physics (Minimester)
When to Present | Description |
Particle Physics Days (December 2025) 2-3 days=approx 15 contact hours Additional time at the end of the course for preparation of research presentation | Masterclass experience for students:
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Teacher(s) Lauren Miller
Class: College Prep Chemistry
Activity | When to Present | Description |
Histograms: The Basics | Intro to Chemistry Unit | Will use with students to practice collecting data, charting dating, then referencing data to practice the CER model of making conclusions about data. |
Mass of US Pennies | Matter and the structure of the atom | After intro unit, students can use this activity to practice making quantitative/qualitative observations, collecting data, practice CER model of making conclusions, and modeling data using a histogram. Can use in conjunction with the density of pennies activity and/or Isotopes of Pennium Lab from HASPI Medical Chemistry- pages 21-25 (https://www.haspi.org/uploads/6/5/2/9/65290513/medical_chemistry_binder.pdf) |
Teacher(s) Dan Smith
Class: Cosmic Club
When to present: Once every 5 days (9:40-10:05 am), after A3 and advisement
Description: Curriculum: Cloud Chamber or Cosmic Ray Detector (depending on location) as marketing tool to have kids sign up. Beginner Activities first few weeks: Z mass, Rolling with Rutherford, Quarkbench (Great to use in tandem with Particle Cards!)
WWDD prep begins October 10th (we would do both the Atlas and CMS measurements. WWDD videoconference occurs during our meeting time on November 20th :)
Introduce Cosmic Ray Measurements before Christmas, perhaps set up study over Christmas Break (Interesting orientation of paddles? Set a particularly low or high trigger ratio?)
After Winter Break: Analyze data from Cosmic Study *depending on possible changing of members*
Spring Masterclass availability (9:40-10:05 am) February 24th, March 3rd, March 10th (Tuesdays), March 18th, April 1st (Wednesdays)
Home Stretch: FeynHex/Feynman diagrams, advanced cosmic studies, using 1 k or 10 dimuon events to look for J/psi meson, any other data set where momentum vectors and energy measurements are combined into a file (similar to data camp, etc.)
Teacher(s) - Martin Wells
Class: AP Physics C
When to present: Start of the Year (Kinematics)
Description: Use the Cosmic Ray Detector to do a time of flight experiment to measure the speed of muons.
Teacher(s) - Martin Wells
Class: Cosmic Club
When to present: ????
Description: Have the students do a performance study with the CRD to enable them to learn about how the CRD works. It would be beneficial to do the Signal and Noise activity from the Data Activity Portfolio prior to the study.
Teacher(s) - Martin Wells
Class: AP Physics 1
When to present: End of the Momentum Unit
Description: Z Mass activity from the data portfolio.
Teacher(s) - Martin Wells
Class: CP Physics
When to present: Kinematics
Description: How Speed are These Muons? From the Data Activity Portfolio.