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Dark Matter Teaching Resources
Particle Physics Research List
If you are looking for a physicist to ask a question of or an expert to talk to your students, refer to this database. The researchers in this database have agreed to help answer questions or (if time permits) arrange talks with your students.
Unit 1: Introduction to Dark Matter
Background Information
Activity 1: Evidence for Dark Matter - Key
Activity 2: Orbital motion in our solar system - Key
Activity 3: Missing masses in galaxies - Key
Unit 2: Searching for Dark Matter with PICASSO
Background Information
Activity 1: PICASSO at SNOLAB - Key
Activity 2: Calibrating PICASSO - Key
Activity 3: Piezoelectric Detection - Key
Activity 4: PICASSO, Momentum & Energy - Key
Dark Matter Recoil Video
PICASSO Background Graph 2-5 s
PICASSO Background Graph Complete
PICASSO Unprocessed Graph 2-5 s
PICASSO Unprocessed Graph Complete
PICASSO Unprocessed Dataset 1
PICASSO Unprocessed Dataset 2
PICO Bubble Nucleation Videos
Source: Pico Collaboration
Dr. Piro Explaining PICASSO operation
Animation of SNOLAB and Cosmic Rays
Source: Zac Kenney and McDonald Institute
Unit 3: Searching for Dark Matter with NEWS-G
Background Information
Activity 1: Calibration - Key
Activity 2: NEWS-G Operation - Key
NEWS-G Operation Animation
Source: NEWS-G Collaboration
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