Tag: Higgs
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Perimeter Institute Educational Resources
Perimeter Institute provides free digital educational resources designed to help teachers explain a range of important physics and science topics. Each compilation includes a set of lesson plans, hands-on activities and demos, modifiable worksheets, background information for teachers, and original PI videos.
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French Science festival in Annecy – Slowly injecting ” feasibility study features” into a well established event/community
The Fête de la science is an annual French scientific culture event that takes place all over France. The 2021 edition in Annecy featured various activities like open days of the LAPP laboratory, the science center Eutopia, or FCC communication material.
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Web-based Educational Tool for ATLAS as part of the Czech Particle Physics Project
The two modules were developed as part of a summer student project, both featuring an introduction page and a Interactive web application. The first module takes students through the process of finding an Axion-Like Particle (ALP) using the ATLAS-Forward Proton (AFP) detector. The second shows students how to determine the mass of the Higgs boson…
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App Higgsy – rediscover the Higgs boson at the LHC!
The Higgsy app is a game to learn about the Higgs boson (and more) through different gameplay options : Discover : Helps understand interplay between sub-detectors and particle identification methods Practice : Train the player to properly identify the Higgs boson decay topologies Game : Generate a Higgs boson event without hints and challenge the…
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QuarkNet – Activities and Coding
The QuarkNet Collaboration is a national program aimed at enhancing STEM workforce participation by involving high school teachers and students in particle physics research. They host various events such as camps and workshops, featuring talks and data analysis.
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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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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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Physics pavilion in Pohoda music festival in Slovakia
Organization of a science pavillon (Magical science tent) during two mornings at the Pohoda music festival. The pavillon attracted up to 5 000 visitors with talks, workshops and even a very special electronic music DJ set.
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The Big Bang Stage at the Colours of Ostrava music festival
Various shows and workshops are hosted by the Big Bang Stage in the Colours of Ostrava Festival in Czech Republic. It attracted about 3000 visitors for 4 days through workshops, talks, and science shows.
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The REINFORCE – citizen science project
New Particle Search at CERN is a series of Citizen Science projects in which the public looks for evidence of undiscovered particles using HYPATIA. There are several particle decays, which may be more accurately identified by humans than algorithms, the project should ascertain whether this is true for those specific cases. The citizen scientist’s performance…