Student Abstracts: Physics at FERMI

Exploring Aspects of Neutrino Physics Using a Web-based Interactive Learning Module. RICHARD KOGEN (University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607) PETER KASPER (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510) .
The purpose of this research is to aid in the design and implementation of a "work-in-progress" Web-based interactive learning module based on the MiniBooNE neutrino experiment at Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory. The MiniBooNE Neutrino experiment is a high-energy neutrino oscillation experiment that was initiated to confirm and extend, or deny the findings of neutrino oscillations detected by the LSND experiment at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The BooNE Educational Web Module is an attempt to provide an opportunity for high school and college level students taking physics to learn about and virtually experience high-energy neutrino physics research through an experiment simulator. This simulator will be widely available through the BooNE Website. This is a qualitative research study focusing on students' navigational processes as they interact with the BooNE Website.