Subatomic Particles
While we were studying subatomic particles, we were given the assignment of making a stuffed subatomic particle. I chose to do the W Boson because that is the particle that I was the most relatable to when we took the match-me-with-a-particle test.
The W boson is a subatomic particle that was named after the weak force. It was first theorized in 1968 by Sheldon Lee Glashow, Steven Weinberg, and Abdus Salam, but it was not discovered until 1983 by UA1 and UA2 collaborations at CERN, which lies on the border of France and Switzerland in Europe. The W boson also has a positive and negative charge, and depending on the charge it has it can have a large effect on the magnetic field of an area. It has a spin of 1, and it’s color depends on the flavor of the boson and the light that the eye is taking in. It’s mass is 80.385+/-0.015GeV/c, almost 100 times more massive than an entire atom, but compared to our everyday measurements it is still extremely small.
I chose to do this particle for many reasons. First of all, I chose it because it has a very catchy and original shape on the Subatomic Particles chart. I also chose the W Boson because I realized it had incredible characteristics when I started researching it. Finally, I chose to do the W Boson because I thought it had somewhat similar characteristics to that of humans, because it can have many different personalities (the color of the boson), and because when it interacts with other particles, it can actually change them, like when people meet someone that says something that really changes the way they feel about someone or something.
I chose to make my physical representation look the way it does for many reasons. I gave it short arms to show that it carries the weak force. On his name tag, I put W+ and W- to show that it has both positive and negative charge. I put the #20 on it because it is the 20th heaviest subatomic particle. I put the peace sign on it because I plan to use it as a pillow one day.
The W boson is a subatomic particle that was named after the weak force. It was first theorized in 1968 by Sheldon Lee Glashow, Steven Weinberg, and Abdus Salam, but it was not discovered until 1983 by UA1 and UA2 collaborations at CERN, which lies on the border of France and Switzerland in Europe. The W boson also has a positive and negative charge, and depending on the charge it has it can have a large effect on the magnetic field of an area. It has a spin of 1, and it’s color depends on the flavor of the boson and the light that the eye is taking in. It’s mass is 80.385+/-0.015GeV/c, almost 100 times more massive than an entire atom, but compared to our everyday measurements it is still extremely small.
I chose to do this particle for many reasons. First of all, I chose it because it has a very catchy and original shape on the Subatomic Particles chart. I also chose the W Boson because I realized it had incredible characteristics when I started researching it. Finally, I chose to do the W Boson because I thought it had somewhat similar characteristics to that of humans, because it can have many different personalities (the color of the boson), and because when it interacts with other particles, it can actually change them, like when people meet someone that says something that really changes the way they feel about someone or something.
I chose to make my physical representation look the way it does for many reasons. I gave it short arms to show that it carries the weak force. On his name tag, I put W+ and W- to show that it has both positive and negative charge. I put the #20 on it because it is the 20th heaviest subatomic particle. I put the peace sign on it because I plan to use it as a pillow one day.
This was definitely one of my favorite projects of the year because I learned how to sow, and I actually found it to be very entertaining. In addition, I made two stuffed animals/pillows. The thing that I am most proud of from this project is my final result. My W Boson looks great, and I was able to put a lot of meaning into what I drew on it. If I could change something about this project, it would be the material that I stuffed my particle with because beans were too heavy, and now it is ripping open. The Habit of the Heart and Mind that I used the most during this project was Evidence because I had to explain why I made my particle the way I did.