1. Ivan Melo (University of Zilina)‏
26th EPPOG meeting in Oslo
 News from Slovakia
Ivan Melo (University of Zilina)‏
and
A. Dirner, F.Franko, B. Tomasik, P. Perichta, Z. Palkova, G.Tarjanyiova, M. Gintner, M. Ozvoldova, E. Kladiva and J. Vanko
Ministry of Education

2. MC 2010 in Slovakia 355 students and 37 teachers from 52 high schools
International MC
Regional MC
Zilina
Prešov
S.N.Ves
Prešov
Trenčín
Banská Bystrica
Košice
Trnava
Nitra
Bratislava
69 % remained till the end
Coverage in: local radios + newspapers

3. MC 2010 – new elements Contest of student essays:
Prize: T-shirts and publication in local press + our webpage
4 essays handed in, 3 in Slovak, 1 in English
1 university rented a bus to get students home in the end
2 universities: old questionnaires filled by students electronically
the day after
68 % came back
EVO – students like it and
complain about the sound

4. … It was on an ordinary March day when I did something that
was way out of character … A friend of mine, admittedly a Physics geek,
told me about something called a Masterclass
Now, I must say I'm the kind of a student who would normally
like to get her hands OFF particle physics ...
... but then I noticed something that sparked my interest:
“A video-conference”, the leaflet said, …
In my opinion, the purpose of 2010's Masterclass was
more than fulfilled, because apart from “getting the work done”
the Masterclass got us interested in modern physics

5. Masterclasses 2010 Seminar
Secrets and Mysteries of Quantum Physics
Students in Zilina + EVO participants in Detva, Prešov, Košice, Prague

6. Cascade projects 2010 5 teams in 2009 17 teams in 2010
Teams of 3 students make 20 min presentations at their schools
5 teams in 2009
17 teams in 2010
Mentors – volunteers from all HEP comunity

7. Cascade projects 2010 (cont’d)
What are we all made of ? Atoms – Quarks - ?
Particle Accelerators – How do they work?
Medical Applications of Particle Accelerators – What are they?
Recreating the Early Universe at the LHC
Antimatter
Dark matter
Quantum nature of elementary particles
Neutrinos
Are there more than 3 spatial dimensions?
Search for new particles. Higgs boson
History of the Universe
Grand finals at Sucany high school, Jun 8, 2010

8. Emphasis on Slovak contribution to LHC
Travelling Exhibition Slovak Journey to Microcosm
Zilina Apr 8 – May 7
Institute of Experimental Physics SAS Košice, Faculty of Natural Sciences UPJŠ Košice,
Slovak Technical Museum, Regional Youth Centre Košice,
Department of Physics Technical University Košice and Cryosoft s r.o.
University of Zilina
Organizers:
Emphasis on Slovak contribution to LHC

9. Town library
3 classes individual visitors a day