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__//2-4-08//__ - Today DO and I went to the Quarknet Center. Dr. Loughran has set all of the voltages of each paddle as high as it can goso they're all getting pretty good signals, but he wants us to try and figure out the very minimum we can set them at and still receive some good signal. So we found the voltages of the paddles at their highest.

__//2-5-08//__ - Today we had a 35 minute period so we decided to do some work at school instead of the lab. Dr. Loughran sent us all emails regarding a science fair project offer. He was asking all of us if we could get together a small research presentation by the end of the month. I thought if DO and I were going to do one it would most likely be something of a poster, such as the ones in the e-lab. You can check out some [|here].

__//2-6-08//__ - Today we had shortened periods because of mass so DO and I stayed at school once again. Earlier in January we tried to upload our powerpoint presentation but failed so I decided to try again today. This time we had success and got it uploaded on the main page. It should be a handy tool for basic understanding of Cosmic Rays. People also dont have to surf the web or download anything either because it plays right on the page.

__//2-7-08//__ - Today at the Quarknet Center DO and I read up on how to interpret and make a graph of a performance study. We needed this knowledge in order to interpret the data that we have up on the e-lab. Once we can understand that data, we can figure out what voltages give us the best charts and start tweaking the voltage-meter box. Through the examples in the e-lab I think DO and I have a basic understanding of a performance chart and how it functions.