Winners of the 2018 Particles4U Competition

Congratulations to all participants of this year’s Particles4U Competition. We received a total of 77 entries from 15 countries spanning the globe: Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, France, Greece, Iran, Italy, Japan, Philippines, Poland, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, and the United States.

The jury was impressed by the quality of the projects and found it very difficult to decide on the winners. The criteria applied for the final selection were: quality, originality, participation, physics, feasibility, and overall impact of the project. Two winners were selected from each category.

Primary School (Age 12 and under) Winners

2nd and 6th Primary Schools of Artemida, Athens, Greece.

Students from the 2nd and 6th primary schools of Artemida, a region near Athens, Greece combined particle physics with humor and to imagine a dialogue among particles. Thier video is called “The Quark Show.”

Award: A school visit from a particle physicist, an award certificate, and a special gift from CERN for each of the participants.

​St. Kliment Ohridski Primary School of Pavlikeni, Bulgaria

Two young students from the St. Kliment Ohriski primary school in Pavlikeni, Bulgaria, developed posters that describe the fundamental building blocks of nature, to be used in primary school for educational purposes.

Award: A school visit from a particle physicist, an award certificate, and a special gift from CERN for each of the participants.

Secondary School (Age 13 and up) Winners

​Ľudovíta Štúra high school in Zvolen, Slovakia.