Tag: The Big Bang and the Universe
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INFN Exhibition – Quantum. The revolution in one leap
From the classical physics of Galileo, Newton, and Maxwell to the Big Bang, the exhibition focuses on quantum mechanics and the revolution that it has brought to scientific thought, culture, and technological development.
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Ligo-Virgo-Kagra outreach activities
The Ligo-Virgo-Kagra International Collaboration engages in numerous outreach activities, both in schools with the Einstein-First Project or Masterclasses, and during public events like festivals with the Big Bang Machine Van, a mobile immersive installation. Online, they contribute to writing new Wikipedia pages and actively participate in communication through social media.
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The Cosmos Prize
The Cosmos prize awards Italian books in Physics, Maths, and Astronomy. It aims to promote science outreach and engage young people with science. There are two types of awards: the Cosmos prize awarded by a scientific committee and the Students’ cosmos prize awarded by high school students.
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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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Portuguese language advanced teacher’s program online
The online program was envisioned to maintain interactions between teachers and speakers during the COVID time with an advanced program including training for Masterclasses or virtual visit.
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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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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.