Category: Audience:Secondary School Level (12-19)
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The Quantum Prisoner – A great adventure at the heart of science and technology
The Quantum Prisoner is a free, browser-based adventure game with no registration needed. Players visit 25 science-related locations and play 30 minigames centered on scientific and technological concepts. This game combines a sci-fi narrative with actual scientific concepts and fantastic interpretations. Teachers can use this game as an educational tool by selecting specific minigames for…
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ALICE HEPscape! in Finland
ALICE HEPscape! is an ALICE themed escape room based on the original HEPscape from the INFN, about ALICE, the data taking process, the type of physics studied at ALICE. It aims to be a fun introduction to some physics topics, which can then be further discussed after the game.
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Cosmic Piano: analysing the sound of the Universe
The Cosmic Piano is an innovative outreach tool designed to detect muons from air showers produced by cosmic rays colliding with the atmosphere. It consists of scintillator-based modules with avalanche photodiodes (APD) readout, which produce a musical note and a flash of light whenever a muon passes through one of them and triggers its electronics.…
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Accel Kitchen: Japanese Junior and Senior High School Cosmic Ray Outreach
The Accel Kitchen is a hands-on particle physics research experience for junior and senior high school students founded in 2020. It takes the form of a mentorship program with remote mentoring, making it the largest junior and senior high school particle physics research support network in Japan. The program provides inexpensive and easy-to-use particle detectors…
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How Nuclear Astrophysics Masterclasses can benefit from Gamification Elements
The newly developed Nuclear Astrophysics masterclass includes some gamified elements like puzzle, card game and board game in which game rules are inspired by physics.
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National Quantum and Dark Matter Road Trip
The National Quantum and Dark Matter Road Trip is a travelling science show. During the Australian national science week, a dedicated team of scientists and science communicators travel to Schools and public spaces to take science around Australian Communities. In total, the road-tripping team drive more than 8,000 kilometres over two weeks, while delivering presentations,…
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Cosmic rays activities at CENTRO Fermi
The Centro Fermi organize various outreach events: Cosmic Box Contest : Contest between schools of cosmic ray flux analysis, PolarquEEEst project : Installation of 3 POLA detectors in Svalbard, and Broadcast of the event, Opening of the Museo Fermi in Rome, Data alanysis of EEE data during the International Cosmic Day
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Particle Builder: A Board Game for Learning Particle Physics
Abstract Particle Builder is a particle physics board game where each player is competing against the others to get the most points. The game involves playing cards representing elementary particles and comparing their properties. The aim of the game is for a player to build their target by gathering all the required particles. For example,…