Online Seminar for Teachers: Dark Matter

Wednesday 30 Oct 2024, 10:30 → 12:00 Europe/Zurich

Zoom

This online event is designed for physics teachers looking to deepen their understanding of dark matter and bring cutting-edge science into the classroom. We will explore key evidence for dark matter and cover current particle physics searches. Additionally, we will provide an overview of educational resources on dark matter.

The seminar will take place on 30 Oct from 10:30-12:00 CET. In addition, we will record the event and share the recording with registered participants afterwards. Please let us know in the registration form whether you plan to connect and/or plan to watch the recording afterwards.

This seminar is organised by

• Jackie Bondell (Education and Outreach Manager - ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery and ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics, Australia),
• Wolfgang Vieser (Education Coordinator at ESO, Germany), and
• Julia Woithe (CERN Science Gateway Education, Switzerland)

Poster

Recording-Dark-Matter-Seminar.mp4

Online Seminar

1 Welcome & Overview

2 Why do we think dark matter exists?

Speaker: Martina Karl (ESO)

dark_matter_day_comp.pdf

3 Particle physics searches for dark matter

Speaker: Theresa Fruth (University of Sydney)

SettingSail_DMD_2024.pdf

4 Overview of education resources around dark matter and curriculum links

Speaker: Julia Woithe (CERN)

20241024_JW_edu_resources_dark_matter.pdf

20241024_JW_edu_resources_dark_matter.pptx

Universe cake recipe CERN

5 Q&A