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Submitted by: lila.mabiala@cern.ch

Published: April 24, 2023

Figure 1

Study Cosmic Rays

This scenario explains what cosmic rays are and how they interact with the earth’s atmosphere.It explains how time dilation works and how the students can use real data from cosmic ray detectors installed at schools all over the world to make their own plots.

Languages

Topics

Matter, Particles and the Universe (Known Physics)
Particles and Their Interactions

School Topics

Nature of science
Scientific inquiry and reasoning

Online use

Yes

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