Yorkton Regional High School
From left back row: Brandon Campbell (Student), Jonathan Machnee (Student), Brant Billinghurst (CLS Staff), Wayne Clark (Teacher). From left front row: Kali Meszaros (Student), Adesewa Oloko (Student), Matthew Tripp (Student), Hayley Popick (Student), Karen Caines (Chaperone), Cordell Young (Student) and Tracy Walker (CLS Staff).
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Seven scientifically minded students in grades 11 and 12 from Yorkton Regional High School engaged in authentic, real-world science as they used the amazing capabilities of the Canadian Light Source (CLS).? The group enjoyed the experience so much that they were provided the opportunity to share a presentation with the Board of Education prior to the Board?s regular meeting on Thursday, April 21, 2011.? Their experiment was designed to examine and improve the practices of the IR beamline at the CLS.? A topic which was examined was the balance between light path length and noise created.? An increased path length provides better data but also increases undesired noise.? They also researched the effects and possibilities of focussing a beam in such a way so that an aperture is not necessary.? Lastly, they compared quantity verses quality of data and how the rate of scanning affects the amount of detail.? ??
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Bird?s eye of view of the facility orientation. |
| Discovering the experimental hutch on the CMCF beamline. |  |
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Taking a peak at the spectrometer. |
| Data analysis .... |  |
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Brant Billinghurst gives the students a quick tutorial |
| Checking the pressure of the sample before testing. |  |
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Setting up the scan. |
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