The Ice Cube Master Class providing high school

The Ice. Cube Master. Class { providing high school students an authentic research experience Sílvia Bravo Gallart , Ellen Bechtol , David Schultz , Megan Madsen , Jean De. Merit and the Ice. Cube Collaboratoin Sílvia Bravo Gallart, silvia. bravo@icecube. wisc. edu APS April Meeting, Jan 30, 2017

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The Ice. Cube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic-kilometer neutrino detector in Antarctica a discovery telescope for neutrino astronomy a powerful detector for cosmic ray physics a better-than-expected detector for neutrino physics Headquarters are at UW—Madison. The Ice. Cube Collaboration includes >300 scientists from 48 institutions in 12 countries Ice. Cube Master. Class, APS April meeting Monday, Jan 30, 2017 3

The Ice. Cube Master. Class in a nutshell Madison masterclass 2016 Educational program for high schoolers One-day, hands-on, research-based, intense Main goal: I COULD BE AN ICECUBER! Launched in 2014 Inspired by particle physics masterclasses – physicsmasterclasses. org/ Over 500 students so far In 2017, hosted by 15 institutions in the US & Europe Ice. Cube Master. Class, APS April meeting Monday, Jan 30, 2017 4

icecube. wisc. edu/masterclass a multilingual website en|es|de Now Recruiting! Ice. Cube Master. Class, APS April meeting 8, 11, 22 March 2017 Monday, Jan 30, 2017 5

The Ice. Cube Master. Class program Icebreaker – Neutrinos as pieces of the SM Ice. Cube lecture South Pole Webcast (all) Detector experiences: hands on, demonstrations Lunch with Ice. Cubers Analysis: astrophysical neutrinos or CR flux Presentation to peers –virtual, several institutions 9 am to 5 pm, 2 breaks mid-morning and lunch Ice. Cube Master. Class, APS April meeting Monday, Jan 30, 2017 6

A few words on the analysis about astrophysical neutrinos Students replicate the discovery of astrophysical neutrinos Follow the rationale of the Science paper, although with updated data Main concepts: signal astrophysical neutrinos & background atmospheric muons and neutrinos, what makes signal unique, designing an event selection, meaning and significance of results – tune event selection, point source search using scramble maps Most activities are online. We provide guidelines to conduct the activity, including examples of talks. Ice. Cube Master. Class, APS April meeting Monday, Jan 30, 2017 7

A few words on the analysis about measuring the CR flux Students replicate a study published on Physical Review D Follow the rationale of the paper, look at a small sample of data Main concepts: characterization of a CR shower, what Ice. Top data tells us about CRs, data vs MC, energy calibration, meaning and significance of results – combine different data samples Most activities are online. We provide guidelines to conduct the activity, including all steps to produce the measurement. Ice. Cube Master. Class, APS April meeting Monday, Jan 30, 2017 8

A successful program, although there is room for improvement Ice. Cube Master. Class, APS April meeting Monday, Jan 30, 2017 9

The voices of the students about what they liked and learned say that the analysis activities were the best of the day >50% River Falls, masterclass 2016 that they have a better understanding of how research works >33% that they love to interact directly with scientists ~30% that it was an intense, long day ~30% that we can improve and reduce lectures ~30% that this experience will be useful in the future ~25% they really love pizza ; -) Ice. Cube Master. Class, APS April meeting Monday, Jan 30, 2017 10

A growing community interested in science, and a greater impact on girls 2014, 5 institutions, ~100 students 2015, 9 institutions, ~175 students 2016, 11 institutions, >200 students 60 20 -40% girls Mostly juniors and seniors N=90/60 40 Male 20 0 Female More interested Same, already interested Ice. Cube Master. Class, APS April meeting Same, wast not interested Less interested/No answer * Male vs Female differences may be larger for broader recruiting approaches Monday, Jan 30, 2017 11

Learning basic concepts also a goal, although not the focus What is a neutrino? What is the Ice. Cube experiment? Blank Don't really know It’s a particle that helps us explore the universe It's some sort of telescope in Wisconsin** It’s a particle of matter, just as an electron or a quark is It’s a special detector that uses neutrinos to explore the extreme universe It’s an elementary particle. The sun produces tons of them It’s a neutrino and a cosmic-ray detector It’s a tiny particle that is very difficult to detect It’s a detector in Antarctica 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Ice. Cube Master. Class, APS April meeting Pre Post 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Monday, Jan 30, 2017 12

Challenging science is not for AP students only Did the Master. Class make you feel. . . 100% 80% Aachen 60% Alabama Delaware 40% River Falls WIPAC 20% Madison, masterclass 2016 0% Ice. Cube Master. Class, APS April meeting WIPAC-Spanish I'm more The same, I I am less interested in already don’t want to interested in studying wanted to study science studying science study science All locations Monday, Jan 30, 2017 13

Engaging students and teachers Madison, masterclass 2014 Teachers often join the activities Student-teacher collaborative learning Teachers make connections between classroom curriculum and current research Both students and teachers are more likely to join other Ice. Cube programs Ice. Cube Master. Class, APS April meeting Monday, Jan 30, 2017 14

Ice. Cubers acknowledge the benefit of a collaboration wide program virtual presentations in Europe, masterclass 2016 all institutions that join do repeat activities developed by different groups (2+1) translations by collaborators the masterclass has helped them creating links with high schools ownership of the local event vs collaboration wide support –shared resources – Ice. Cube Master. Class, APS April meeting Monday, Jan 30, 2017 15

Bringing Ice. Cube research to everyone Online tools used in outreach events Ice. Cubers adapt these resources for local events Physics Teacher papers: icebreaker + research * Training workshop at AAPT this summer Future training for all interested teachers * Korea, summer 2016 Ice. Cube Master. Class, APS April meeting * currently working on these Monday, Jan 30, 2017 16

Summary The Ice. Cube Master. Class program invites high school teachers and students to join an astrophysics research group and replicate a real research Students engage with the activities and enjoy meeting scientists After the masterclass, students are more interested in science Initially developed for students with some interest in science, the masterclass is also a good program to attract underrepresented communities in STEM The Ice. Cube Collaboration leverages efforts lead by a few institutions to reach broader audiences We will continue improving the program and expanding the research concepts, techniques and topics Ice. Cube Master. Class, APS April meeting Monday, Jan 30, 2017 17

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The Ice. Cube Master. Class { “For the first time I understand something about science and physics. ” (WIPAC Spanish, 93) THANKS! Sílvia Bravo Gallart, silvia. bravo@icecube. wisc. edu