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CERN Inspiring the next generation of scientists

CERN Inspiring the next generation of scientists. Mick Storr CERN and University of Birmingham. OLD. Research. Students. University. School Teacher. NEW. Objectives To bring modern research closer to schools. Offer. Teacher programmes 30+ sessions, 1000+ participants, 20+ languages

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CERN Inspiring the next generation of scientists

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  1. CERNInspiring the next generation of scientists Mick Storr CERN and University of Birmingham

  2. OLD Research Students University School Teacher NEW Objectives To bring modern research closer to schools

  3. Offer • Teacher programmes • 30+ sessions, 1000+ participants, 20+ languages • Visits – 100K visitors, 50% school/university • Presentation(s) • Site visits • Experimental facilities • Guided by scientists/engineers • Hands-on activities • Build a particle detector • Video conferences • Ask a scientist (many languages) • Teaching resources • Travelling exhibitions • Everyone should leave CERN inspired, curious to know more, and ready to act as an ambassador for science, physics, particle physics and CERN

  4. Evolution

  5. Looking for multiplicative factors x 1000 School Teacher School Students HOPE August 2014 5

  6. Objectives of CERN Teacher Programmes • Pass the message • Teachers are our partners and colleagues • Recognise • Teachers hold the future in their hands • Empower teachers • To update, expand and pass on their knowledge • Facilitate • Learning • Networking • Inspire and encourage • Open and honest • NOT TO tell teachers how to teach • Learn from teachers THANK

  7. What are we trying to achieve with the help of physics teachers ? 1: RAISE AND MAINTAIN THE INTEREST OF STUDENTS IN MODERN SCIENCE Motivate them to continue scientific education at school Help them to better understand the physical world Improve scientific literacy 2: INSTIL A FEELING OF MYSTERY AND DISCOVERY POTENTIAL Motivate students to study science/engineering at universities Prepare the future generation of scientists/engineers SCIENCE IS ALIVE ! HOPE August 2014

  8. How researchers view science HOPE August 2014

  9. Science teaching climbing wall 1/2 mv2 m g h How school students view science What am I doing here? HOPE August 2014

  10. Take students on a sight-seeing tour … The origin of … Universe Black Holes Dark Matter Dark Energy Antimatter Particles Link modern physics to school curriculum HOPE August 2014

  11. Residential Teacher Programmes Basic content • Lectures • Introductions to CERN, Particle Physics, Cosmology, the LHC Experiments, Particle Accelerators, Medical Applications of Particle Physics, and the GRID • Visits to experimental facilities • Hands-on activities • Working group activities • Opportunities to meet working research physicists in a variety of informal settings. All lectures are web archived and made publicly available HOPE August 2014

  12. Outcome • Newly inspired, motivated and confident teachers • Inspire and motivate students • Communicate with their colleagues • Communicate with the general public • Act as ambassadors for science/engineering, physics, particle physics, CERN • Organise follow up activities • Visits, exhibitions, video conferences, projects • Promote teacher programmes • Help us to expand beyond the borders of CERN Excellent examples among the many teachers who have attended our programmes HOPE August 2014

  13. Arthur C. ClarkeAuthor of 2001 : A Space Odyssey • “When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.” • • “The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” • “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Our goal, with the help of teachers, is to bring a little of the magic of CERN into the classroom HOPE August 2014

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