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Week 2 Guest Speaker: Dr. KarEn Andeen
Week 2 Guest Speaker: Dr. KarEn Andeen
Dr. Karen Andeen
Dr. Karen Andeen
Dr. Andeen has spent her career on IceCube developing the cosmic ray composition analysis, which answers the questions: what are cosmic rays, where are they from and how do they get here? She will briefly discuss her work, but there will be more about cosmic rays in the coming weeks. Dr. Andeen will also discuss what it means to be a scientist and the varied paths that can lead to a career in science.
Biography
Biography
Dr. Karen Andeen is an Associate Professor in the physics department at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. She has worked on several experiments including IceCube, but also AMS-02 (on the international space station) and CMS (on the LHC at CERN, in Geneva Switzerland). Her specialty is cosmic ray physics, and she presently leads a research team focused on cosmic ray composition research with IceCube. Each year Dr. Andeen hires several undergraduate students in her lab to help analyze data and build and test detector upgrade prototypes for IceCube. Dr. Andeen has worked or studied on six continents, speaks a few languages, plays a handful of musical instruments, loves to read and to meet new people, and prefers tea over coffee. She has a family at home, including three young children (ages 6 years, 3 years, and 4 months), and in the winter, 'we all like playing in the snow and dancing in the kitchen.'
You can email Dr. Andeen at karen.andeen@icecube.wisc.edu
Coding Design CHallenge Week 2
Coding Design CHallenge Week 2
This is an example of a coded communication tool for IceCube
This internship's design challenge is to code a communication tool to teach your peers about something you've learned from our guest speakers during this internship. You are welcome to make an app, an animation, or a simulation, and you are also welcome to use any coding platform you choose. If you are a beginning coder and need a place to start, you can follow the lessons I'll provide on CodeHS. You are also welcome to use any other CodeHS course that you like to improve your coding skills and make your design.
Please still do the knowledge checks every week, even if you are NOT using my suggested lessons.
In summary, you can choose any of the following options to improve your coding skills:
Option 1. Join our class on CodeHS (instructions below). We'll learn the basics of Python coding, and you'll create a design by the end! Dr. Shirey will see your progress and your lesson completion and even see your code if you need help.
Option 2. Do the recommended lessons on CodeHS on your own. Dr. Shirey will not be able to see your code as you work. Make sure you create an account and sign in to save your work!
Option 3. Don't do the CodeHS lessons but use CodeHS to create your app/simulation/animation. Make sure you create an account and sign in to save your work!
Option 4. Design and code in any coding language you choose. You MUST be able to share your work via a URL at various check-ins. You will also still need to do the knowledge checks.
Instructions for Option 1. Join our Class on CodeHS
Instructions for Option 1. Join our Class on CodeHS
Instructions for Option 1. Join our Class on CODEHS
Instructions for Option 1. Join our Class on CODEHS
To get set up with a personal login, do the following:
Create a login with your own email addresses. If you already have a CodeHS account associated with your email address, you can skip this step.
Visit this link to join your section: https://codehs.com/go/8ACD2
Follow the instructions below to sign in.
Signing in with Personal Logins
Signing in with Personal Logins
Have your students do the following to sign in with their personal logins:
Go to www.codehs.com and click the 'sign in' button.
Join our course with class code 8ACD2.
"I'm really not up for this. Help!"
"I'm really not up for this. Help!"
If you're feeling very lost or overwhelmed, please don't worry. We will scaffold your design using this series of supports. If your final project ends up being one of these and not a functioning animation, app, or simulation, that is okay. However, I think that you'll be able to make something you're proud of if you follow the lessons in this course. We'll explore the use of the scaffolds more next week.
Week 2 Documents and REsources:
Week 2 Documents and REsources:
Session 2 slides from Dr. Shirey
Continuing the design challenge Phase 1: Problem Definition tool (Google Doc copy, Word (download it), PDF (download it).
Dr. Shirey's South Pole Slides and Kate Miller's station tour video
Assignment #2: Intro to CodeHS and Datatypes on Code HS & knowledge check
Complete the CodeHS assignments
Join our section in codeHS.com: https://codehs.com/go/8ACD2
Complete the modules under "1. IceCube Afterschool Week 2: Variables Assignments"
Assigned lessons:
Unit 1: Intro Python Lesson 1.1 Welcome! (video or slides)
Unit 3: lessons 3.1 Printing in Python and 3.2 Variables and Types
Unit 2: lessons 2.1 Intro to Python with Tracy the Turtle, 2.2 Tracy's Grid World, 2.3 Turning Tracy, and 2.11 Variables
Complete the week 2 knowledge check in codeHS.com by Sunday, January 30 (to give Dr. Shirey time to process your answers and steer next steps.) If you can't register, please email katey@edukatey.com and do this check instead.
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