PAN Day 1

I felt lost/overwhelmed after class today. I wish I had more information coming into this class. A physics basics study guide/refresher may be beneficial to students with limited knowledge of physics.The main points of the morning session were avoiding cosmic rays, neutrino/ghost particle, alpha/beta/gamma radiation, and fission.I am confused on where the neutrino, tau, and the muon fit in at. I realize neutrinos are tiny misunderstood particles and when a muon decays it breaks down into an electron and two neutrinos. Are these all in the nucleus of an atom or are they something completely different?The afternoon session was spent in the lab trying to detect radiation. I was lost with the directions in the beginning. Once my partner and I figured out that the alpha, beta, and gamma were in the vial provided we figured out the experiment. Directions could be more detailed and explicit the first day because all the information and teachers are new to some of us.I am looking forward to learning more.