Tag: Neutrino
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INFN Experience at the European Researchers’ Night
The European Researchers’ Night is a festival that takes place for one night across Europe, featuring hands-on activities and science demonstrations organized by the INFN, as well as an escape game called HEPscape! They also host a series of events during the months before.
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The dawn of neutrino astronomy
This is an informative e-book about the Cosmos, which can be downloaded in pdf version, written in Spanish by various authors, reputed scientists and excellent popularisers in their different areas of work and study. A chapter is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos.
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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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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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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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Lyon Yggdrasil festival – a scientist and a visitor talking
The Lyon Yggdrasil festival takes place each year in February in France. It gathers around 30,000 visitors for one week-end, about topics like Heroïc Fantasy, Manga, Science fiction, video games, fantasy, etc. Since 2022, a part of the festival focus on « Tomorrow but better », a meeting place for the general public, science institute,…
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Exographer, a videogame based on particle physics
Exographer is an exploration game based on particle physics. In Exographer, players use gluonic boots or a photon sphere to overcome obstacles while discovering, one by one, all the elementary particles of the Standard Model. The levels are inspired by real laboratories (giant colliders and detectors, neutrino underground facilities, cosmic ray observatories…). A lost civilization…
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Particle Builder: A Board Game for Learning Particle Physics
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…