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Vague IceCube and Lecture Outline + Draft

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Bruh my senior research is a mess but idk, I can use this prolly.



Quickfire public lecture v. Planned talk (layman audience)
  • Outreach outline
  • Morgan’s research finding presenter ability correlates to memorability
  • Engagement for analysis and for student benefit
  • Categorizing types of interactions  
Outline:
Basics of IceCube
Now was that so hard?
Basic goals of personal research
Demo explanations

Outline/classification explanation
Audience applicability
Full STEAM + Drill
Philly sci fest + quick tailor
In the south pole there is a massive particle detector buried under the ice. It’s a kilometer wide and 2 kilometer deep (.6 miles by 1.2 miles), with 80 strips of 60 viewers. Each viewer (called a dom) looks for rare streaks of light caused by a particle called a Neutrino. Most neutrinos pass straight through the ice (and all other objects) but on the slim chance it interacts with the water molecules, it impacts an atom and causes a release of photons. Since neutrinos are not affected by gravity, magnetic fields, and are rarely affected by matter, it is easy to track their trajectory, and give as a more comprehensive map of the universe.
Now was that so hard?
While there is a massive amount of math and technicalities behind that explanation, but a layperson can walk away with a general understanding of why there’s a giant lab in the frigid and dark south pole. It may seem rudimentary, but so many high level physicists can’t seem to understand why the phrase galactic astrophysical neutrinos is a daunting set of words. When a scientist can’t properly interact with the public it drastically decreases the impact of their work and can greatly reduce the funding available to them.
A hidden factor is the ability to communicate a scientific message to children. While it has no impact on an experiment's bottom line, without some interest from a new generation of workers, a project can’t be passed down. Engaging a level of interest is not only good for sparking a child’s curiosity, but necessary in maintaining a scientific study.
But how do we go about it? Surely it’s not as simple as explaining a concept to an adult? Well, in reality, it requires retooling language, and using a concrete system to outline demonstrations (demos for short). IceCube for instance, has 2 major demos, an ice drilling demo, and a scale model of the whole detector. Both of these not only require proper technical operation, but require an understanding of how presentations resonate and how to use the properties of the demo to presenter advantage.
Doctor Patrick Morgan...   




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