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ASTRO COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal's

ASTRO COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal's. Dr.Massimo Perucca Blaise Pascal Institute , Giaveno-TO (ITALY). Outline. Brief presentation of the Institute Blaise Pascal, Giaveno (TO) The project aim and drivers Challenges , strengths, difficulties and lessons learned

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ASTRO COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal's

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  1. ASTRO COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal's Dr.MassimoPerucca BlaisePascal Institute, Giaveno-TO (ITALY)

  2. Outline Brief presentation of the Institute Blaise Pascal, Giaveno (TO) The project aim and drivers Challenges, strengths, difficulties and lessons learned The project history and possible future developments within the framework of the EEE project ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  3. Ist.B.Pascal: where ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  4. B.Pascal: hystoricalhighlights • Y 1974-75 bornas a branch of the Institute ITCG “Galilei” di Avigliana, • A.S.1982-83 independent Public Insitute with «Maxi-sperimentazione» program • A.S.1992-93 «sperimentazione Brocca» program for the scientific, linguistic and economy & financecourses ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  5. Historicalhighlights & currentfeatures • Now the institutehasgot a 4000sqm coveredsurface • Equipped with n.5 scientificlabs and onelinguistic lab • Serves more than 1200 students • Since the early 2000 progressive increase of the scientificcourses, now up to 7 sections ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  6. Scientificcourse: profiles and carriers ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  7. ASTRO-COSMO: a more than 15 years story From “The Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s, to the nights of Astronomy, up to ASTRO-COSMO 2019: experiments mountain expeditions for astronomy observations, events and experts talks… ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  8. «towards the discovery of the Universe» Y 2011-2012 Scientific talk of Prof.Silvano.Massaglia Director of the General Physics Department, University of Turin ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  9. Amedeo Avogadro and Avogadro’sNumberdetermination by experimentalmeans Prof.LidiaNuvoli, descendant of AmedeoAvogardo, presents the life and the work of Amedeo Avogadro ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  10. Astronomicalobservations from mountain sites Ys 2010-2018 Astronomical observations from: Prarotto quota 1350m amsl , Stellina shelter 2610m amsl, Col del Lys 1311 m amsl, Mount Aquila 2500 m amsl ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  11. Observations of the Solar chromosphere and solar corona Y 2013-2014 big solar flares, plumes and sun spots seen in Ha Y 2018-2019 observations of more quiescent sun ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  12. X-raysdiffraction and the thesolid state ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  13. Superconductivity Y 2012-2013 Talk by Dr. Paola Pecchio and low temperature resistivity measurements with liquid Nitrogen ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  14. One of the formerprograms ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  15. ASTRO-COSMO 2019 ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  16. Project Scope and Goal • To integrate the curricularphysicsprogramswith • Atomicphysics • Plasma physics • Quantum mechanics • Optics and Spectroscopy • Nuclearphyscis with experimentalapproachsupportedby attractiveastrophysical and cosmologytopics. • To switch on the students’ insterest in astrophysics and cosmology ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  17. Project Scope and Goal Provideexperimental expertise by extending the lab activities w.r.t curricularclasses Promote the teamwork and problemsolvingactivities Providestudents the right tools and indications to proceedautonomously in theirscientific cultural research ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  18. Drivers Excitementtowardsastronomy, astrophyscis, cosmology Engagement in the lab basedactivities: see, touch, be part of the game Work in the lab Interest in diving-in, without the need of performingtestsaccording to the ‘standard logic’ Beinginvolved in team-work activities Share the sameinterestswith peers ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  19. Technical Challenges To treatcomplextopicsusuallynotyetstudied by students in theircorricula Lack of mathematicalmeans Students difficulty in followingcomplexcomputations Oftenmissingbasicexperimentalknowkedge/competenceand sometimesattitude (the mobile phone generation…) Notused to performproblemsolving or to work in team ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  20. Challenges: studentsoverloading/overbooking • After a first excitement a considerablenumber of students in the secondsemester and by the end of the year slow down or give up the participation, maincauses: • excess of homework work load for preparing to tests and exams • Preparinguniversityadmissiontests • Integrative languagecoursetests for certificates, • Participationot the «Olimpycgames of maths, …phylosophy» • drivinglicence test… • A deeppreparationinphysicsmaynot be the best strategy for the finalexamination: focus energy to maximise score… «science istoughwhyshould I do more thanrequired?» • Result: a limitedgroup of survivors (stillremainseveryyear!) in the ASTRO-COSMO group. ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  21. The Lessonlearned The curricularschoolprograms force students to fall in the «learn & go-on vortex», compelled to continuouslyperformoral and writtentexts, missing to stimulatetheirinterest (just duty,…in the best cases!) Consideredthatthere are no finaltestsassessing the experimentalcompetences, the lab activityisnormallydramaticallycompressedifnotskipped (whyinvesting in this?...) Students are busy and overbooked by foreignlanguagecoursesprovidingcertificates: they are inclined to selectthisinstead of approachingafternoon science initiatives ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  22. Way outs? • Possiblesolutionssupporting the stableinvolvement of more students to deal with fundamentalsciences: • Yeld «super-credits» valuable for the finalexamination • Alternanza Scuola Lavoro • Yieldcertificatesuseful for theiracademic curriculum • Yieldcredits for physics and mathsat the university • Offer the chance to participate to internationalprojects • Validate the directaccess to the Universitybypassing the admission test, or atleast part of it • … ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  23. The future of ASTRO-COSMO Prj. In conjunction with the EEE prj. Excellentopportunity to work in a dynamic network, being part of a community Share the trueresearchchallengeswith top internationallevelresearchers Close the gaps betweenschool, academia and the researchworld, by integratingstudents in the scientific community The «social agreement»: the need of meeting the community expectations, helpsstudents to be more focussed and active, to re-set priorities Last butnotleast: enhanceknowledge and expertise in cosmicrays and high energyphysics: a big leapforward for enaching the scientific culture of ourstudents,….and of teachers! ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

  24. Thankyou! _____________________________________________ Prof. Massimo Perucca Docente di Fisica, Coordinatore del Dipartimento e Responsabile del LaboratorioDidattico di Fisica IIS B.Pascal – Giaveno E-mail: massimo.perucca@istruzione.it ASTRO-COSMO and the Physics Afternoons at Pascal’s 10th Conference of Centro Fermi Projects - EEE Project, Turin 6-8 March 2019

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