1. Format and sharing of data & scientific investigations with students….
With apologies in advance for perhaps not fulfilling our mandate!
And apologies for any misinterpretations on my part!

2. Thoughts Real “science” is not the most important aspect
The scientific process is the most important:
demonstrated through the construction, operation, debugging of cosmic ray detectors
Subsequent analysis & interpretation of data, as well as comparisons of measurements between the players is equally valuable
Focus on the teachers – training in particle physics, fundamental research, scientific process
Physics teaching in many countries ends at the beginning of the 20th century – in contrast to e.g. biology
Cross-border interactions very important

3. Thoughts (cont.)
Ideally build-upon the existing network of cosmic ray detectors in the different countries
But also need to account for countries that do not have their own detectors (or perhaps not many)
Many data already available (e.g. Quarknet) through a simple web interface
Building a common data format & making the data from all participants available is relatively easy
Just need some person power

4. Proposal: “Cosmic Ray Boot Camp”
~50 Teachers from all around Europe (perhaps grouped by language) come to CERN from one week, near to the start of term
Day 1: each teacher given a briefcase kit containing the instructions and all the parts necessary to build a cosmic ray detector
They build it, and set it up somewhere around the CERN site
Days 2 & 3: introductions to fundamental physics, CERN etc.
Day 4: First analysis of the cosmic ray detectors that have been built
Debugging, fixing etc.
Data interpretation, understanding
Comparison of results obtained to (perhaps) cosmic results from LHC detectors etc.
Day 5: dismantle the detectors & pack them up
Teachers then take them away to their school for 3 months

5. Proposal Pt 2
During the three months the teachers & students build the detector and operate it
Towards the end of the three months a series of video conferences between high schools (a la EPPOG Masterclasses) take place, to compare results on (e.g.) cosmic rates vs:
Location
Time
Weather
Of course the schools that have other detector types should be included in these video conferences

6. Proposal pt3 Development of a suitable “cosmic briefcase”
Support for their operation, debugging, maintenance etc.
Support for the teacher training
Support for teacher travel
Support for video conferences etc.
Support from CERN to host the teachers
……………..

7. Comments from the audience
Very CERN-centric (possibly for good reasons)
No real incorporation of existing cosmic ray detectors (apart from the video conference idea)
Would be better to have national teaching programs too – to pass-on the knowledge
CERN should invest time/money on the development of the “cosmic briefcase”

8. Comments from Dave
“proposal” was dreamt-up by two people (essentially) five minutes before the de-briefing session (based, of course, on the discussions beforehand)
Many people pointed out “problems” with the proposal – but no-one dismissed it out of hand! So it must have some merit!
CERN is a natural base for the activities in the short term but this does not mean it should not evolve

9. Rough costing in Euros
Assuming 50 kits + 50x3 teacher programs per year:
Hardware: 50 x 2.5k = 125k
Hardware repairs (~10% per year): 40k
Hardware maintenance (1 full time person): 75k
Teacher training
Travel: 1.5k x 50 x 6 x 3 (two trips per teacher) = 1350k
Teaching the teachers (assume 4 people for one month each per year): 10k x 4 x 3 = 120k
Total = 1710k for three years