Tag: Cosmic rays
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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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Muon Hunter & Muon Hunters 2.0
Citizen science project aiming to train machines to classify events and identify muon images for background rejection and calibration events.
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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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IceCube Education & Outreach Activities
IceCube engages a local, national, and international audience through public outreach events like science festivals and educational game sessions, but also through educational programs during masterclasses and after school programs. They have also developed materials like comics or VR games, partnered with artists, and launched a citizen science project: Name That Neutrino.
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Quarknet Cosmic Rays activities
Quarknet is involved in multiple cosmic rays activities through long-term collaboration with high school teachers and scientists. They participate in the International Muon Week, in which paired schools collect and analyze data and share results. QuarkNet is also hosting a Muography projet to search for hidden chambers at Chichen Itza (Mexico).
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Muon Detectives and HERA: Muon Research Opportunities for Australian Secondary Students
Muon Detectives is a collaborative project studying high-altitude muons. It makes use of EduMOD Classroom Muon Detectors to teach students about concepts ranging from special relativity to statistics. The HERA project is an international collaboration in which each participating team, consisting of a mentoring university and a high school, will launch high-altitude balloons equipped with…
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Outreach at the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Observatory is heavily invested in outreach activities through Science Fairs and Women in Science projects. They have organized “PAO goes to school” since 2009, visiting a total of 29 schools, followed by a tour of the Observatory.
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HAWC outreach activities
The HAWC collaboration participates in outreach activities like science fairs, public outreach talks, and virtual visits. They are heavily involved in the Noche de las Estrellas, a festival held annually in Mexico since 2009.