These free lesson plans were created through the support of Michigan Technological University’s Physics Department. The Physics Department sponsored a Research Experience for Teachers, which allowed the author(s) to partner with scientists and post-secondary students working in the Michigan Tech group of the larger HAWC (High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-Ray Observatory) collaboration on gamma-ray astrophysics.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university founded in 1885. Our campus in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.

- Download the 2018 closing presentation at MTU Physics Colloquium here.
- Download the 2019 closing presentation at MTU Physics Colloquium here.
- Download the 2021 closing presentation at MTU Physics Colloquium here.
About the Team:
- Petra Huentemeyer, PhD (petra@mtu.edu), Professor at Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
- Henrike Fleischhack, PhD (hfleisch@mtu.edu), Post-Doctorate at Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
- Heather Murphy (hmurphy@hancock.k12.mi.us), Teacher at Hancock High School, Hancock, MI
- Matt Laird (mslaird@mtu.edu), Instructor at Finlandia University, Hancock, MI
- Katelyn McCarthy (kpsutton@mtu.edu), Teacher at Lakeview High School, Battle Creek, MI
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