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Published: September 30, 2010

CERN Brochure - CERN

A 2 page/double sided A4 brochure. This brochure introduces CERN and explains very briefly what scientists and researchers are doing there. Topics covered include definitions of basic particles and forces, a timeline of CERN milestones, particle accelerators, LHC and what it is designed to study, basic structure of particle detectors.

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Matter, Particles and the Universe (Known Physics)
Technologies and Experiments
Detectors

School Topics

Nature of science
Scientific inquiry and reasoning

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Published: September 20, 2010

ATLAS Event - How ATLAS Detects Particles

This is a segment of the movie 'Episode II, The Particles Strike Back', illustrating how

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Topics

Matter, Particles and the Universe (Known Physics)
Particles and Their Interactions
Technologies and Experiments
Accelerators
Detectors

School Topics

Nature of science
Scientific inquiry and reasoning
Measurements and uncertainties
Sensors
Matter
Structure of matter
Charges and fundamental interactions
Charges