CERN Teacher Programme CERN-Teacher Cooperation Rolf Landua CERN Research Physicist (Antimatter) Head of Education

CERN Teacher Programme 2 What is CERN ? CERN is the largest science laboratory in the world CERN has built the largest particle accelerator in history - the LHC The LHC will produce particles that existed only shortly after the Big Bang Geneva Airport LHC

CERN Teacher Programme 3 Who works at CERN ? 2600 CERN Staff fellows +associates 7150 Visiting physicists 70 % from member states 25 % from observer states 5 % from other states Scientists from 85 countries

CERN Teacher Programme CERN has a broad range of communication activities media visits per year (TV, newspapers, radio) Visitor programme (60,000 visit request - 25,000 accepted - 50 % schools) Permanent and temporary exhibitions (Microcosm, soon: ‘Globe’) Open day (2004: 30,000 visitors) Public webpages Live webcasts

CERN Teacher Programme 5 New: The Education Group CERN teacher courses Creation and provision of teaching resources Video-”Chats” : virtual meetings betwen CERN scientists and school classes Web-Lectures (teacher courses, colloquia, seminars, etc) Science In School Journal Science On Stage Festival (next: Grenoble, April 2007)

CERN Teacher Programme Bring modern research closer to schools School TeacherStudentsUniversityResearch OLD NEW

CERN Teacher Programme What are we trying to achieve? 1: RAISE INTEREST OF STUDENTS IN MODERN SCIENCE - Motivate them to continue scientific education at school Help them to better understand the physical world (Scientific literacy) 2: INSTIL A FEELING OF MYSTERY AND DISCOVERY POTENTIAL Motivate them to take up physics at universities (Future generation of researchers) IT’S... ALIVE !

CERN Teacher Programme How researchers view science

CERN Teacher Programme How school students view science Science teaching climbing wall M g h 1/2 mv 2 What am I doing here?

CERN Teacher Programme Take students on a sight-seeing tour … The origin ….Universe Antimatter Dark Matter Black Holes CERN teaching materials (web-based) can be used within existing syllabus 180,000 copies per month Black holes Big Bang

CERN Teacher Programme Goal: Link modern physics to school curriculum Topic <12 yr13-16>16 yr University Mechanics Playful learning Electro- magnetism Optics Thermo- dynamics

CERN Teacher Programme 12 CERN Teacher Programmes 3 - day weekend school 1 - week teacher schools New 3 - week Summer School (“HST”)

CERN Teacher Programme 3 - week Summer School participants, mainly from Europe - held in English Fully funded by CERN (travel, accommodation, food, lectures) Lectures: Particle physics, cosmology, accelerators, detectors Seminars: Antimatter, medical applications, … Working Groups: Bubble chambers, teacher lab, stories, … Guided Tours: LHC experiments, Antimatter factory Social events - networking - Alumni contacts participants, mainly from Europe - held in English Fully funded by CERN (travel, accommodation, food, lectures) Lectures: Particle physics, cosmology, accelerators, detectors Seminars: Antimatter, medical applications, … Working Groups: Bubble chambers, teacher lab, stories, … Guided Tours: LHC experiments, Antimatter factory Social events - networking - Alumni contacts 2-20 July 2007

CERN Teacher Programme 14 3-day weekend programme ≤ 50 participants (mainly Europe, large number from UK) In English Partially funded by CERN (no travel) Lectures on: particle physics and cosmology accelerators and detectors antimatter, medical applications Guided tours: LHC experiments Antimatter Factory

CERN Teacher Programme 1-Week Programmes New participants (from same country or language group) In the language of the participants No course fee, but external funding for travel, accommodation Goal: programmes per year In collaboration with teachers and scientists from member states Funding: teacher education funds, ministries, foundations 2006: Pilot schools (Finland, Hungary, Sweden)

Rolf Landua (Education Group) CERN Teacher Programmes 2007 Particle Physics and Cosmology - Accelerators and Detectors 595 Teachers Status: 8/3/2007DSU/ED Applications in medicine and IT - Visits of LHC experiments

CERN Teacher Programme Educational Resources (1) Graphics, Video clips

CERN Teacher Programme Educational Resources (2) Video clips

CERN Teacher Programme Educational Resources (3) microcosm.web.cern.ch/microcosm/LHCGame/LHCGame.html Games

CERN Teacher Programme Educational Resources (4) livefromcern.web.cern.ch/livefromcern/antimatterweb.cern.ch/livefromcern/antimatter Topical websites (e.g. Antimatter)

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