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**PAN@MSU 2020 information can be found here.** 

**//Materials marked with year of last update. This information will continue being updated before and throughout the program.//**

Return to the [[https://www.jinaweb.org/educational-outreach/physics-atomic-nuclei-pan/|main PAN page at JINAweb]].

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan_2020_announcement.pdf|PAN 2020 Announcement]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan_poster_2020.png|PAN 2020 Poster]]

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===== Pre-program information =====
[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan_2019_schedule.pdf|PAN 2019 schedule (2019)]]

[[https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=znK2yP_fUwTo.ktyRcr-3rCMg&usp=sharing|Map of MSU campus highlighting PAN locations (2019)]]

[[https://www.cata.org/Routes-Schedules/Trip-Planner|CATA bus service in East Lansing and Lansing]]
Route 14 from the airport to the CATA Transportation Center, then transfer to Route 1. Exit on Grand River past Abbot, at the north end of campus. It should cost <$2.

[[http://www.greencabcompany.net/|Local Taxi service]]

[[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KU20idcdvHhZJSopEmevUzMx7n1xtSTsGg6jBpNk2rI/edit?usp=sharing|PAN rideshare board]] (coordinate your arrivals/trips from the airport, coming in or going out)

[[https://www.facebook.com/groups/2368438806774404/|PAN@MSU 2019 Facebook group (2019)]]

[[http://eatatstate.com/nutrition|Dietary information for MSU Cafeterias]]

==== For Teacher participants ====
**[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=teacher_june_letter_2019.pdf|Teacher arrival preparations letter (2019)]]**

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=teacher_acceptance_letter_2019.pdf|Teacher acceptance letter (2019)]] You received this in April/May

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=continuing_ed_credit_notice.doc|Continuing Education credit information (2016, update coming)]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=packing_list.pdf|Packing List (2019)]] (some items apply mostly to the students, but you may still want them!)

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan_i_welcome.pdf|Information about Owen Residence Hall (2019)]]
==== For students and parents ====
**[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=student_june_letter_2019.pdf|Student arrival preparations letter (2019)]]**

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=student_acceptance_letter_2019.pdf|Student acceptance letter (2019)]] (you got this in April/May)

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan_program_handbook.pdf|PAN@MSU Program Handbook for review by student participants and their parents/guardians (2019)]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan_shaw_hall_information.pdf|Information about Shaw Residence Hall (2017)]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=packing_list.pdf|Packing List (2019)]] (one thing to note: if you can't bring a Windows laptop for the nuclear theory exercise, we'll have extras or you can share)

**Forms - please complete and mail or email to [[mailto:pan@nscl.msu.edu|pan@nscl.msu.edu]] by 6/30.**

  * [[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=minor_permission_form.pdf|Minor Permission form to tour NSCL (2019)]] **NOTE: this is REQUIRED, though form text may lead you to think otherwise!**
  * [[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=physics_astronomy_minor_consent_form.pdf|Minor Permission form to conduct experiments in University labs (2019)]]
  * [[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=medicaltreatmentauthorizationform.pdf|Medical Information form (2019)]]
  * [[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan_program_permission.pdf|Housing rules/consent form (2019)]]
  * [[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=media_release_form.pdf|Media Release Form (2019)]]
  * [[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pick-up-drop-off-and-commuter-form.pdf|Commuter Form (2019)]] required for students arriving/departing alone or with a specified adult other than parent/guardian 
  * **[[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf48mDSRcupobqyT9CkKk1CQOOkTHjfC37fk0jL5ZxUSo5jQw/viewform|Pre-survey for students (2019)]]**

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=friday_poster_session_invitation_for_parents_2019.pdf|Parent/family Invitation for Friday Poster Session (2019)]]

===== Background information and readings before PAN! =====

//**Note: this is not all necessary, but it is all useful**//

[[http://www.particleadventure.org/standard-model.html|Particle Adventure: A review of particle names and families]] **HIGHLY RECOMMENDED**

[[http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nuclear/shell.html|Nuclear shell model]] and [[http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nuclear/nucuni.html#c4|Nuclear density]] and [[http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/NucEne/nucbin.html#c1|Nuclear Binding Energy]] **HIGHLY RECOMMENDED** 

(all from the **extremely useful** [[http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html|Hyperphysics site]])

[[https://www.jinaweb.org/educational-outreach/marble-nuclei-lessons|Learn Nuclear Science with Marbles]] (downloadable lessons and activities, an introduction to basic concepts)

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pt.3.1437.pdf|A great summary article on Cosmic Rays]]

[[http://www2.lbl.gov/abc/wallchart/glossary/glossary.html|A nice glossary of nuclear terminology]]

[[https://gamedev.msu.edu/isotopolis/|Play "Isotopolis" now and learn about rare isotope production!]]



[[http://physics.aps.org/story/v2/st19|An article on the importance of theory]]

[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density_functional_theory|Other resources on Nuclear Theory]]

About your host institutions:
  * [[http://www.nscl.msu.edu/about/history.html|NSCL History]]
  * [[http://www.nscl.msu.edu/public/science/index.html|Science of NSCL]]
  * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-P8OSeP1hk|"Small Matter of Big Science" documentary (featuring NSCL!)]]
    * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn_ozX-uqbI|(part 2)]]
  * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=677ZmPEFIXE|"Rare Isotope Rap", a 5-minute explanation of NSCL through rap.]]
  * [[https://www.jinaweb.org/science-research|Science of JINA]]
 
===== General Links of Interest =====

From Kirsten Tollefson:
- How to Build Your Own Cloud Chamber:
  - From Fermilab's Symmetry magazine with a nice explanation of what you will see in the cloud chamber and a video on how to make your own using a fish tank: [[http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/january-2015/how-to-build-your-own-particle-detector|fish tank cloud chamber]]
  - A Fermilab video of a 6 year old making her own small cloud chamber using a plastic cup: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qbYvZ-Op4M|plastic cup cloud chamber]]
  - How to Turn Your Cell Phone into a Cosmic Ray Detector and Become an Astrophysicist:  - [[http://crayfis.io/|CRAYFIS]]
  - A Popular Science article about the CRAYFIS app (which won a webby award): http://www.popsci.com/article/gadgets/app-turns-your-phone-cosmic-ray-detector

[[http://www.popsci.com/how-build-your-own-particle-detector|Yet another cheap homemade cloud chamber - try them all!]]

[[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCIQFjAAahUKEwiYoeGH4uzGAhUH0YAKHcOhAFY&url=http%3A%2F%2Fopenjournals.libs.uga.edu%2Findex.php%2Fjheoe%2Farticle%2FviewFile%2F1436%2F860&ei=sYOuVdiEE4eigwTDw4KwBQ&usg=AFQjCNHdl6mJmhrk8rWTM-aBW73e0GxdVg&sig2=fs85X0qWYqp2Cg0EvKGvAg&bvm=bv.98197061,d.eXY|Journal article about PAN]]

[[https://smile.amazon.com/Cosmic-Cocktail-Matter-Science-Essentials/dp/0691153353?sa-no-redirect=1|Interesting reading about Dark Matter: "The Cosmic Cocktail" by Katherine Freese]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=nscl_chart_of_the_nuclides.pdf|NSCL Chart of the Nuclides]]

[[http://www.jinaweb.org/|Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA), major sponsor of PAN.]]

[[http://www.nscl.msu.edu/|National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL), major sponsor of PAN.]]

{{:for_the_love_of_physics.doc|"For the Love of Physics" references/links}}

[[http://education.jlab.org/index.html|Jefferson Lab's nuclear science education page]]

[[http://www.lbl.gov/abc/|Berkeley Lab's introduction to nuclear science]]

[[http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/chart/|Interactive Chart of the Nuclides]]


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===== In-program useful links/documents =====

==== **Week 1 (teachers)** ====

=== Presentation files ===

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=tour_intro_edited.pptx|Zach Constan Tour Introduction]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=lyonspan2019.pptx|Stephanie Lyons Nuclear Experimentation slides]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=lego_mass_chart.xlsx|Isotope Mass Chart for use in calculating Binding Energy]]

[[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YPhk43GjJDX3_nPrQBb1OOq4zEEtcCZ-ecriIuoTkS8|Stephanie Lyons Nuclear Experimentation Q&A]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=cortesi_pan2019_1.ppt|Marco Cortesi Radiation Detectors slides]]

[[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1f1ItnaYijBi6hDzW2_-xqmrIWAhGPZnUfbvQYAGRE-A|Marco Cortesi Radiation Detectors Q&A]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=gamma_spectroscopy_lab.pdf|Andrea Richard Gammas Spectroscopy Lab]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pannuclearastrophysics.pdf|Luke Roberts Nuclear Astrophysics slides]]

  * [[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=neutron_capture_process_chart.pdf|Neutron capture activity - chart]] (r-process and s-process)
  * [[https://www.jinaweb.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/Student%20Neutron%20Capture%20Processes%20activity.pdf|Neutron capture activity - instructions]]

[[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Viztnoh0qvFoyVxEKhwYjL-2XAXYShMQFrJLyyH52nc|Luke Roberts Nuclear Astrophysics Q&A]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan2019_smith_half-life.pptx|Mallory Smith Half-Life Lab]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=astronomy_aydi.pptx|Elias Aydi Astronomy slides]]

[[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kosbF4XKlY8Ia70e-qksdfdWYifLw_Imiyeip0DdY5c|Elias Aydi Astronomy Q&A]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=singh_pan_2019.pdf|Jaideep Singh Fundamental Symmetries slides]]

[[https://drive.google.com/open?id=11zAScKr1hNdAmBt-9jqqKPpYO83OnYv99w4_rg0KKfY|Jaideep Singh Fundamental Symmetries Q&A]]

=== Capstone projects ===

**[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=2i_pan_teacher_deliverable.pdf|Teacher deliverable info ]]** (2019)

[[https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ykZ-A5f0fTWGlCaUJzT3NYdlU&usp=sharing|Lesson/poster/activity shared drive]]

[[https://www.jinaweb.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/JINA_poster_template.pptx|Poster Template (PPT)]] (2019)

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=poster_tips_3_.pdf|Poster Tips]] (2019)

=== Supplemental ===
[[https://orise.orau.gov/stem/documents/k-12/lesson-plans/lesson-plan-nuclear-chemistry-card-sort.pdf|Oak Ridge resource]] provided by Teresa Rainey

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=standard-model-particles-and-their-interactions.jpg|Big poster standard model particles and interactions]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=careers_in_science_at_nscl_-_hs_college_bound_edit.pptx|Zach's Careers in Science talk]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=nuclear_science_for_everyone_edited.pptx|Introduction to FRIB/NSCL and our FREE outreach opportunities!]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=solderingcomic.pdf|"How to solder" comic (2019)]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=geiger_sch_fixedr5r6.png|Geiger counter schematic (2019)]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=geiger_counter_assembly_instructions.pdf|Geiger counter assembly instructions (2019)]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=chemmatters-oct2009-origin-chem-elem.pdf|Chemmatters article about nucleosynthesis]] (from Sally Mitchell, needs updating)

Buying marble "nuclei"
  * [[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=amazing_magnets_llc_quote_-_michael_escalera-_msu_-_zachary_constan_-_am171108msu-me.pdf|Quote for neodymium cores]]
  * [[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=zachary_constan_yellow_green_magnetic_marbles_103017.pdf|quote for yellow and green marbles]]

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPG919lJK8s&list=PL1Gh-Ye5vJBDEkYle5JR3A_milmG0Jt8n&index=16&t=0s|FRIB video on YouTube]]

[[http://shop.msu.edu/category_s/365.htm|FRIB/NSCL gift shop]]

[[http://meetings.nscl.msu.edu/pan/rproc_2b_decay_selfcontained.avi|R-process model animation]]

[[http://meetings.nscl.msu.edu/pan/Walk%20through%20the%20CCF.avi|NSCL animation]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=tour_intro_college_science_student_edited.pptx|Tour intro for college science students]] edited to remove maps

[[https://photos.app.goo.gl/Vn8jmQLEyGXbJ1RV6|Shared Photo Album for PAN Teachers!]]

[[http://noragulfa.com/SJP/sjplot.html|Online graphing program]] submitted by Cathy Farrell
=== Post-program Surveys ===

[[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFinhqOIWnhj0K6SjXqJGU5nzceGMC9gQsaTkdEghbW_jWMA/viewform?usp=sf_link|Post-program teacher survey]] (please complete this before leaving!)


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==== **Week 2 (students)** ====

//"[PAN] has very much influenced my choice of major and colleges that I’m applying to. It has improved my understanding of physics and definitely helped me figure out what I want to do with my life."//
=== Presentation files ===

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=tour_intro_edited.pptx|Zach Constan Tour Introduction]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=lyonspan2019.pptx|Stephanie Lyons Nuclear Experimentation slides]]

  * [[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=lego_mass_chart.xlsx|Isotope Mass Chart for use in calculating Binding Energy]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=cortesi_pan2019_1.ppt|Marco Cortesi Radiation Detectors slides]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=gamma_spectroscopy_lab.pdf|Andrea Richard Gammas Spectroscopy Lab]]

  * [[http://nucleardata.nuclear.lu.se/toi/|LBNL Database]] - Nuclear Data website for Gamma Spectroscopy experiment
  * [[http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nudat2/|NuDAT]] - MORE Nuclear Data for Gamma Spectroscopy experiment


[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pannuclearastrophysics.pdf|Luke Roberts Nuclear Astrophysics slides]]

  * [[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=neutron_capture_process_chart.pdf|Neutron capture activity - chart]] (r-process and s-process)
  * [[https://www.jinaweb.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/Student%20Neutron%20Capture%20Processes%20activity.pdf|Neutron capture activity - instructions]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan2019_smith_half-life.pptx|Mallory Smith Half-Life Lab]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=astronomy_aydi.pptx|Elias Aydi Astronomy slides]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=brown-pan.ppt|Nuclear Theory]] by Alex Brown

  * [[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=questions.pdf|Energy Density Functional Theory problems]] by Alex Brown
  * [[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=nucleus.7z|Nucleus - the EDFT tool]] by Alex Brown - Unzip the folder to your c: drive, make sure the folder is "nucleus"
  * [[https://people.nscl.msu.edu/~brown/chart/chart-levels.html|Chart of Nuclides]] by Alex Brown

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=singh_pan_2019.pdf|Jaideep Singh Fundamental Symmetries slides]]

=== Posters ===

[[https://www.jinaweb.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/JINA_poster_template.pptx|Poster Template (PPT)]] (2019)

[[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tP6_Kbn_C4O0Z0G8LlNWuOV4ICOxhjvMnsFMAT2rsrc/edit?usp=sharing|Poster Template in Google Docs format]] (2019)

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=poster_tips_3_.pdf|Poster Tips]] (2019)

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan:americium.ppt|An example of what NOT to do]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=chimpanzees_1_.pdf|chimPANzees]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=ffa-shriya-zoe-claire.pdf|FFA]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=fryingpan-johnjohn-savannah-ben.pdf|Frying PAN]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=higgsinos-keara-luke-kyah.pdf|Higgsinos]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=nuclear_panthers-kyle-joe-ethan.pdf|Nuclear PANthers]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pandemic-alisha-sydney-madyson.pdf|PANdemic]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=panning_for_particles.pdf|PANning for Particles]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=panning_for_particles.pdf|ParticiPANts]]
=== Supplemental ===

[[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J3gZvtDoT7rg5mAzJxd3wvFg2w9W4tRDoORtdnzoA6M/edit?usp=sharing|Evening plans/chaperone coverage]]

[[https://photos.app.goo.gl/hWSZxYKZN7CD3sqD7|PAN Students Photo Album!]]

[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kjoT5mzlS1kIcHv7snloQLZeNpRZn8oz9MDqNeK_aE8/edit?usp=sharing|A google doc where you can share resources and opportunities (e.g. camps/programs) for PAN students!]]

[[https://discord.gg/dqaaww6|A discord physics community]] recommended by Nicole Verboncoeur
=== Post-program Surveys ===


//PLEASE COMPLETE BOTH//

[[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGrneVPk__pCk1e-oDY_swkJy5Kyu3F6fQuLMQ5ByFnKQbmg/viewform?usp=sf_link|Student survey 1]]

[[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMDyVer6CGC4lGrIDFyBTs-rJFcluKuLR1b5Wh4tdVuKf3pg/viewform?usp=sf_link|Student survey 2]]
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