Category: Resources
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All that MATTERs
The goal of this demonstrator is to teach students the fundamental particles that make up our world.. Students will be asked to form some of the atoms that we find in nature.
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Particle Jukebox
Playlist of lectures for high school students about the history of Physics.
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A Day with Particles
A short film about one day in the life of a particle physicist.
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Raios Cósmicos nas Escolas
The site hosts a network of cosmic ray particle detectors that can be built and operated by high school students and teachers. The data measured by these network of detectors is available for any student and teacher, regardless of having the detector in the classroom.
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« The Higgs Discovery Explained »
First video in a series of three. How exactly do particle physicists observe and discover particles? This mini-series provides a simple explanation of the process, based of the discovery of the Higgs boson, starting from the role of particle accelerators.
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The quantum prisoner
The Quantum Prisoner is a browser-based game created by the CEA with the sole purpose of making science fun and more accessible. The game is completely free with no registration required (unless you want to share your game between several devices), no ads. Le Prisonnier quantique est un jeu-vidéo d’aventure au cœur des sciences et…
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Conservation of momentum in particle collisions
Students will determine the total momentum from all particles tracked after a particle collision and they will calculate the missing momentum(magnitude & direction). Exercise of kinematics in particle physics
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IPPOG annual report 2020
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IPPOG annual report 2021
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Impact of science on society and sustainable development showcased by particle physics and CERN
This presentation provides an overview of the broad positive impact of science on society and sustainable development, using CERN as a main example. As scientific community faces threatened funding of large experimental endeavors and low interest of young generation to engage in studies of physics and related sciences (refered to as “STEM (science, technology, engineering…