MARIACHI Teaching Lab
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MARIACHI Teaching Lab available for Class Field Trips
The MARIACHI Teaching Lab located in the former control room of the Stony Brook Nuclear Structure Laboratory, is available to host classes from middle school through high school. Programs can be tailored to the interests of teachers and students. Visits can be mornings (10:00 - 12:00), afternoons (1:00 - 3:30), or full days (10:00 - 3:30 including lunch). Visits can include introductory presentations, demonstrations, tours of the facility, and hands-on activities. Groups of up to 24 can be accommodated. Contact Mr. Richard Lefferts to arrange a visit at 631-632-8169.
Participating MARIACHI schools are particularly encouraged to arrange visits.
Topics that can be presented include:
- An Introduction to Atoms, Nuclei, and Fundamental Particles
- An Introduction to Cosmic Rays and Radiation/Particle Detectors
- An Introduction to Particle Accelerators
Demonstrations
- Particle detectors - Geiger counter, cloud chamber, scintillation counters
- Accelerators
Hands-on
- Measuring the performance of a particle detector
- Measuring the speed, direction, and absorption of cosmic rays
Tour
- Basics of particle acceleration
- Atoms, nuclei, and "atom-smashing"
- 9 Million Volt Tandem Van de Graaff nuclear accelerator
Archive of School Visits
Smithtown High School
Riverhead High School
Half Hollow Hills
Picture Gallery
High School workshop in the Teaching Lab |
 Cosmic Chris - Our (Trans)Portable Cosmic Ray Detector |
The Tandem Van de Graaff nuclear accelerator |
 Echoes from airplanes recorded Mariachi radar |
 Echoes from meteors recorded by Mariachi radar |
 Radar controls |
 Learning about data acquisition |
Students and teachers taking data in the Teaching Lab |
Scintillator detectors glowing under ultra-violet light |
Digital scope shows evidence of a muon decaying to an electron |
 Digital scope showing traces from 4 detectors hit by a cosmic ray shower |
Viewing cosmic ray tracks in a cloud chamber |
