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Annual Report for Eric Muhs
January 15, 2003 - January 15, 2004
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1. Interaction
Field Experience
Continued Collaboration with Research Team Members
Type of Interaction / Outcomes / Dates / Locations / Parcticipants:
Meeting for SCALE project with University of Wisconsin Personnel/planning for Science in the Ice class & further collaborations/ Feb 2,3/Madison, Wi/ James Madsen, Frances Halzen, Susan Millar, Jason Petula
Seattle classroom visit to Roosevelt High School by James Madsen/classroom presentation,WALTA collaboration presentation, University of Washington presentation/ June 9,10,11 / Roosevelt High School, University of Washington / Eric Muhs, James Madsen
Science in the Ice Class / Currriculum development & presentation to 25 teachers from SCALE project school districts / June 22-July 3 / Unversity of Wisconsin, River Falls / Muhs, Petula, Caldwell, Huffman, Ryan
Seattle visit to TAUP neutrino conference by James Madsen/University of Washington presentation/ September 10 / University of Washington / Eric Muhs, James Madsen
Numerous phone calls & document exchange between James Madsen & myself have occurred over the course of the year to support this activity.
Has a member of your research team visited your classroom in the last year?
Yes
2. Community / Colleague Outreach
Transfer
How are you sharing your research experience with your colleagues, district, community, etc?
Science In The Ice class @ UW River Falls. I was closely involved with planning & teaching this 2 week class for about 25 teachers from SCALE project parcticpating districts.
I've prepared the following multimedia CDs (also available on-line at www.invisiblemoose.org):
BrightWhiteHighDry : an organized collection of my journals, pictures, and movies from my field experience. Distributed about 50 of these.
Science in the Ice : a 2 CD set of resources from the summer class, including classroom materials, lesson plans, pictures, powerpoints, movies, and the complete lecture by Frances Halzen, PI for IceCube.
CHESS - Cosmic Ray Experiment by High School Students : a multimedia presentation of our experiment last summer, placing a homemade cosmic ray detector aboard a NASA high altitude balloon
Presentations ;
Drachen Foundation : 40 people 5/03
NW chapter AAPT : 50 people 10/03
Roosevelt HS parents & community 30 people 2/03
Kites on Ice Festival, Madison, Wi 75 people 2/03
WALTA, 40 people, 6/03
Welcome Home party, 60 people 1/03
TEA advisory board presentation 1/03
TEA Collaborative Learning Group
Name:
Tom Haff
Active?
Yes
Contact Hours:
60
Name:
Bob Olona
Active?
Yes
Contact Hours:
7
Name:
Paul Witt
Active?
Yes
Contact Hours:
6
Name:
Becky Fowler
Active?
Yes
Contact Hours:
35
Have you submitted your TEA Collaborative Learning Group Annual Report?
No
Associates Network
Presentations and Real Audio Sessions
Presentation Date, Title, Number of Attendees, Etc.
see presentations above
Have you presented to your local board of education this year?
No
3. Classroom Transfer
Activities Development
Title:
Micrometeorite Collecting
Description:
collect & categorize material from your roof
Has this activity been submitted to the TEA Web Site?
No
Title:
Cosmic Ray simulation
Description:
use a java applet to simulate air showers
Has this activity been submitted to the TEA Web Site?
No
Title:
Balloon flight data analysis
Description:
use real data from a high altitude balloon experiment to learn about cosmic rays
Has this activity been submitted to the TEA Web Site?
No
Other Classroom Connections:
I've been very involved in the continued evolution of our cosmic ray detector network in Seattle
4. Other TEA Activity Involvement
TEA advisory board meeting in January 2003
Have you submitted all press-related materials concerning your TEA experience to the TEA Archives?
Yes
Have you submitted 20 digital images to the TEA Archive with electronic captions?
Yes
Have you submitted 6-8 photos to the TEA Archive?
Yes
5. Cost Share
Release Days
TEA Meetings Covered by School/District/Corporation
Permanent Materials and Equipment Provided by Institution/Corporation/District for the TEA Program
Other Grants
Type of Grant / Grant Title:
CHESS experiment
Purpose of Grant:
facilitate ballon experiment
Granting Institution/Corporation/District:
University of Wisconsin
Date of Application:
4/03
Date of Notification:
4/03
Grant Total:
$ 2000
Other Shared Costs
QuarkNet grant $ 250
Drachen Foundation grant $ 500
6. Anticipated TEA Involvement (01/2004 to 01/2005)
TEA advisory board
AAPT National Convention presentation
ongoing collaboration with University of Wisconsin
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