Information for Teachers

General Information

• Information on Conferences, Workshops and Meetings
• Message Board in the WaltaWiki pages.
• Cosmic Ray References
• Classroom Resources for Cosmic Ray Science
• Slides (GIF files) from a presentation about WALTA by J. Wilkes, for teachers and school administrators
• Cosmic Ray Labs for the classroom
• Possible Topics for students to research and present at WALTA meetings
• Take the Cosmic Ray Quiz

Using the Equipment

• Notes on how to set up your WALTA station
• HyperTerminal quick guide for the Qnet2 DAQ card.
•   Upload your data files to UW (contact us to get username/password required)
•   DAQ card manual (550k PDF)
•   LabView interface info and instructions
•   Rik Gran's WALTA page (includes links to Linux and LabView analysis software code and documentation, DAQ documentation, data files collected to date, and analysis summaries).
• How to Use the NIM Electronics
• Using the Oscilloscope
• Building Your Own Cosmic Ray Detector (most files in .pdf format)

Other Information

• Teachers, you may be interested in our Evening Degree Master's Program in Applications of Physics
• UW K-12 Institute for Science and Mathematics Education
• Federal K-12 Education Standards