Category: Audience:Secondary School Level (12-19)
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International Cosmic Day, An Astroparticle Physics Outreach Event for High-School Students
International Cosmic Day is an annual event bringing together young people, teachers, and scientists around astroparticle physics. This day is dedicated to cosmic rays through discussions, creative competitions, experiments, and much more.
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Arts & science across Italy: from high-schools to CERN
The main idea is to engage high school students with science using artistic languages, regardless of students’ specific skills or level of knowledge. The project begins with an educational phase and is followed by an arts-based competition between teams of students.
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Beamline for Schools, A Physics Competition for High-school Students
Teams of high-school students are invited to develop an original experiment to be performed at a testbeam facility. The two winning teams get the opportunity to perform their experiments at a fully equipped beamline with the support of a team of scientists.
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Outreach activities of the Extreme Energy Events Project
Abstract In the Extreme Energy Events Project (EEE) high school students are protagonists of an experiment to measure Extensive Air Showers at ground. They start their experience at CERN with the construction of the three high performing Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers constituting the telescope that is then installed inside their school; then they take care…
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INFN Outreach Cosmic Ray Activities (OCRA)
The INFN Outreach Cosmic Ray Activities (OCRA) project involves 24 divisions of the Institute all over Italy and offers activities for both students and teachers. The International Cosmic Day – ICD, organized by DESY, is one of the OCRA activities common to all local groups and consists in inviting high school students to carry out…
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Cosmic@Web – Astroparticle learning platform for students
A number of simple experiments were developed at the DESY Zeuthen campus. Data from these experiments are published on the Cosmic@Web learning platform, along with a range of online analysis tools and introductory material. In addition to local experiments, data are provided from a global network of continuously-operating cosmic particle experiments.
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Fermilab Neutrino Summer Lecture
The Neutrino Physics Center Summer Lectures are informal presentations for students at all levels. It covers both theory and experimental aspects of neutrino physics, with some emphasis on Fermilab experiments. The lectures are geared towards undergraduate and graduate students and are made available online.
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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Outreach Activities
The SLAC Laboratory hosts many outreach activities, including tours, monthly lectures, informal science talks, and other public events. It also organizes a one-week summer camp for high school girls and actively participates in supporting the international physics community like in Africa and Nepal.
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Quantum Outreach @ FNAL Lederman Science Center
Quantum Information Science (QIS) materials are usually for advanced students, leaving out most students. To address this issue, Fermilab developed Portable Exhibits for classrooms with hands-on activities for the students. They also developed permanent exhibits at the Lederman Science Center with activities and explanation.
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The ATLAS4Teachers open data app
The ATLAS outreach and open data group developed a new workshop based on the Knowledge Gap Theory: making it easier for people to find knowledge can make a significant difference.