Category: Audience:Secondary School Level (12-19)
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“I’m a scientist – Get me out of here”
“I’m a scientist – Get me out of here” is an outreach competition. It takes the form of an online, student-led international STEM program that connects school students with scientists through text-based chats. Each week, students vote for their favorite scientist, and the winner receives funding for a science communication project.
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The “Fun-Q” muography project
Fun-Q is a high school students project of muography (muon tomography) of Japanese ancient mounds (Ko-Fun古墳) using Cosmic ray detector OSECHI (Outreach & Science Education Cosmic-ray Hunting Instrument). The collaborative project at the interface between education, physics and archaeology, promotes students’ understanding of interdisciplinarity and respect for different fields.
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A Digital Learning Module about Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
Digital learning modules are a virtual and versatile format for classroom and distance learning. This module was developed as an extension of the hands-on PET workshop. It is composed of explanatory and experiment videos with interactive elements, followed by tests and interviews with experts.
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LHC: connect the dots! A simple outreach activity to explain how particle detectors work
Participants receive a sheet of paper showing a simplified event occurring within a typical particle detector. Their task is to reconstruct the tracks of particles by drawing them on paper and analyzing the event. Six differents events are available in multiple difficulty level.
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Women and Girls in Science and Technology
In celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, local schools hosted one-hour presentations by women working in STEM fields over the course of a week. This event is held in the canton of Geneva, the district of Nyon, and the departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie.
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The “Congrès des deux infinis”
The event lasted 15 days across Réunion Island, featuring an international symposium, public lectures, workshops for teachers, academic competitions, and student-scientist meetings. It demands more work than for a regular conference but gives also more possibilities of funding and mitigate the carbon footprint of the conference. Réunion Island also organizes outreach activities via the “trésor…
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IPPOG Inspired Activities in Brazil
The IPPOG Brasil working group is a network of various actors involved in outreach activities and teaching of high-energy physics. A website hosted by the Brazilian Physical Society serves as a communication channel between the scientific community and the public, exclusively in Portuguese. They run Masterclasses, set up a cosmic ray detector network in high…
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Hunting the Higgs by Bad Boy of Science
Hunting the Higgs is a science show created by the Science communicator and comedian Sam Gregson. He wanted to create a gamified 1hr version of a particle physics masterclass, mixing guided and comedic lectures with interactive activities through all the steps of the scientific method, guiding the audience until they discover the Higgs for themselves.
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Bubble Chamber Educational Material
Educational material on bubble chambers embedded in interactive worksheets in GeoGebra. This resource allows for a guided exploration of bubble chamber physics through quizzes.
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A CERN Particle Physics Course for High-School Students
The development of the course is based on a thorough review of educational theory, empirical research, and years of experience in particle physics education. It contains 16 chapters with videos and quizzes and covers a core curriculum that introduces you to fundamental questions, such as “What is a particle?” leading to more applied questions, such…