High School Teachers 2008

29 Jun 2008, 16:00 → 19 Jul 2008, 09:00 Europe/Zurich

593 R-010 (CERN)

2008 CERN High School Teachers Programme

Sunday 29 June

16:30 → 17:30 Welcome Reception

Informal get together, with refreshments and light snacks

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

17:30 → 18:30 Short site tour

Designed to help participants orient theselves on site and locate lecture rooms.

Speakers: Mick Storr (CERN), Dr Sascha Marc Schmeling (CERN)

18:30 → 19:30 Practical Information

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

Monday 30 June

08:30 → 09:00 Registration

Speaker: Christel Ranta (CERN)

09:15 → 09:45 CERN Teacher Cooperation

Speaker: Rolf Landua (CERN)

Slides CERN_Education_2008.pdf CERN_Education_2008.ppt

10:00 → 12:30 Team Building

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

14:00 → 14:45 Introduction to CERN

Speaker: Dr Sascha Marc Schmeling (CERN)

more information CouncilJune08.ppt OpenDayGlobe.ppt

Slides

• OpenDayGlobe_shortenedForHST.ppt
• Welcome_to_CERN_-_mid_2008.pdf
• Welcome_to_CERN_-_mid_2008.ppt

15:00 → 15:45 Particle Physics - Setting the scene (1/2)

Speaker: Rolf Landua (CERN)

Slides LHC_Cosmic_Landscape_Part1.pdf LHC_Cosmic_Landscape_Part1.ppt

Video WMAP.mov

16:00 → 17:30 Lecture Review

Tuesday 1 July

09:00 → 09:30 More about the HST Programme

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

10:00 → 11:00 Introduction to CERN Computing Environment

Speakers: Eric Bonnefoy (Institut Universitaire de Technologie d'Annecy), Mick Storr (CERN)

11:00 → 12:00 A first look at Microcosm

13:00 → 14:00 Collect ID Cards

14:00 → 15:00 Particle Physics - Setting the scene (2/2)

Speaker: Rolf Landua (CERN)

Slides LHC_Cosmic_Landscape_Part2.pdf LHC_Cosmic_Landscape_Part2.ppt

15:30 → 16:15 Introduction to Cosmology (1/2)

Speaker: Marek Demianski (Institut of Physics, University of Warsaw)

Slides IntroI.pdf IntroI.ppt

Video 717px-Cellarius_ptolemaic_system.jpg

16:30 → 17:30 Lecture Review

18:00 → 23:00 Pool and Pizza

Swim at the pool across the road from CERN entrance B and/or walk to Pizza restaurant in Meyrin. (Swim and walk dependent on weather).

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

Wednesday 2 July

09:00 → 10:00 Q/A Particle Physics (Set the Scene)

10:30 → 11:15 Introduction to Cosmology (2/2)

Speaker: Marek Demianski (Institut of Physics, University of Warsaw)

Slides IntroII.pdf IntroII.ppt

11:30 → 12:30 Lecture Review

14:00 → 16:00 Introduction to Bubble Chambers

Speaker: Gron Jones (University of Birmingham)

Slides

• bchtalks1.pdf
• bchtalks2.pdf
• bchtalks3.pdf

16:00 → 18:00 Welcome Drink

Thursday 3 July

09:15 → 10:00 Introduction to Particle Physics (1/4)

Speaker: Frank Close (Oxford University)

Slides http://indico.cern.ch/materialDisplay.py?materialId=slides&confId=34288

10:15 → 11:00 Introduction to Particle Physics (2/4)

Speaker: Frank Close (Oxford University)

Slides http://indico.cern.ch/materialDisplay.py?materialId=slides&confId=34289

11:30 → 12:15 Black Holes

Speaker: Marek Demianski (Institut of Physics, University of Warsaw)

Slides blackholes-3.pdf blackholes-3.ppt

Video 2006orbits_animweb.gif

14:00 → 18:00 Build a Cloud Chamber

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

document http://teachers.web.cern.ch/teachers/document/cloud-final.pdf

14:00 → 18:00 Introducing the Teachers Lab

Speakers: Mr Julian Merkert (Institut fuer Experimentelle Kernphysik), Dr Sascha Marc Schmeling (CERN)

14:00 → 18:00 Lecture Review and Discussion Session

20:00 → 21:00 An Introductory History of Scientific Ideas in Western Culture I

An overview of the Greek influence on science: secular skepticism and metaphysical idealism.

Speaker: Goronwy Jones (School of Physics and Astronomy)

Slides greeksciencewithpythtr.pdf

Friday 4 July

09:15 → 10:00 Introduction to Particle Physics (3/4)

Speaker: Frank Close (Oxford University)

Slides http://indico.cern.ch/materialDisplay.py?materialId=slides&confId=34290

10:15 → 11:00 Introduction to Particle Physics (4/4)

Speaker: Frank Close (Oxford University)

Slides http://indico.cern.ch/materialDisplay.py?materialId=slides&confId=34291

11:30 → 12:30 Lecture Review and Discussion Session

14:00 → 15:30 Q/A Cosmology

Speaker: Marek Demianski (Institut of Physics, University of Warsaw)

Slides QA-md.rtf

16:00 → 17:00 Presentation of Working Groups

TeachingResources WGPresentation.pdf WGPresentation.ppt

17:00 → 18:00 Weekly Course Review

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

Sunday 6 July

13:00 → 23:00 Discover Geneva Treasure Hunt

Have fun discovering Geneva and finish the day with a well deserved fondue

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

Monday 7 July

09:00 → 10:30 Q/A Particle Physics

Speaker: Rolf Landua (CERN)

10:30 → 11:15 Selection of Working Groups

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

TeachingResources http://indico.cern.ch/materialDisplay.py?contribId=84&materialId=0&confId=35996

13:00 → 13:45 Introduction to CMS

Speaker: Frank Hartmann (Institut fuer Experimentelle Kernphysik)

Slides CMS08.pdf CMS08.ppt

14:00 → 17:00 Visit LHC Control Room and CMS

Speakers: Frank Hartmann (Institut fuer Experimentelle Kernphysik), Mick Storr (CERN)

20:00 → 22:30 Belgian Beer Evening

Tuesday 8 July

09:00 → 09:45 Particle Detection (1/2)

Speaker: Frank Hartmann (Institut fuer Experimentelle Kernphysik)

Slides Detektoren_Lehrer_CERN_Hartmann.e.4.pdf Detektoren_Lehrer_CERN_Hartmann.e.4.ppt

10:00 → 10:45 Introduction to Accelerators (1/2)

Speaker: Daniel Brandt (CERN)

Slides HST2008-Part1.pdf HST2008-Part1.ppt

13:15 → 13:45 WG Meeting: Teachers' Lab

14:00 → 14:45 Particle Detection (2/2)

Speaker: Frank Hartmann (Institut fuer Experimentelle Kernphysik)

Wednesday 9 July

09:00 → 09:45 Introduction to Accelerators (2/2)

Speaker: Daniel Brandt (CERN)

Slides HST2008-Part2.pdf HST2008-Part2.ppt

Thursday 10 July

09:15 → 10:00 Antimatter in the Lab (1/2)

Speaker: Rolf Landua (CERN)

Slides http://indico.cern.ch/getFile.py/access?resId=0&materialId=slides&confId=34682

13:20 → 15:45 Visit PS/AD and Computing Centre

Speakers: Andras Horvath (CERN), Dr Giuseppe Lo Presti (CERN), Maria Alandes Pradillo (Unknown), Rolf Landua (CERN), Dr Sascha Marc Schmeling (CERN)

20:00 → 21:00 An Introductory History of Scientific Ideas in Western Culture II

From the Greeks to the 2-slit experiment with electrons - a whistle-stop tour over 2000 years.

Speaker: Gron Jones (University of Birmingham)

Slides

• creatpaper.pdf
• hoichrishst08.pdf
• riseofcausalitytr.pdf

Friday 11 July

09:15 → 10:00 Antimatter in the Lab (2/2)

Speaker: Rolf Landua (CERN)

Slides http://indico.cern.ch/getFile.py/access?resId=0&materialId=slides&confId=34683

10:30 → 11:15 Medical Applications of Particle Physics (1/2)

Speaker: Saverio Braccini (University of Bern)

Slides SB_CERN_HST2008_Lecture_1.pdf

11:30 → 12:15 Medical Applications of Particle Physics (2/2)

Speaker: Saverio Braccini (University of Bern)

Slides SB_CERN_HST2008_Lecture_2.pdf

14:00 → 16:00 Visit TERA Facility

Speakers: Giulio Magrin (TERA Foundation), Saverio Braccini (University of Bern)

16:30 → 17:30 Weekly Course Review

Monday 14 July

10:15 → 11:00 Optional Summer Student Lecture : Introduction to Astroparticle Physics (1/3)

Speaker: Prof. Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille (DAPNIA, Saclay)

Slides http://indico.cern.ch/materialDisplay.py?materialId=slides&confId=34690

11:15 → 12:00 Optional Summer Student Lecture : Introduction to Astroparticle Physics (2/3)

Speaker: Prof. Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille (DAPNIA, Saclay)

Slides http://indico.cern.ch/materialDisplay.py?materialId=slides&confId=34691

19:00 → 00:00 International Evening

Speaker: Everyone

Tuesday 15 July

09:15 → 10:00 Optional Summer Student Lecture : Introduction to Astroparticle Physics (3/3)

Speaker: Prof. Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille (DAPNIA, Saclay)

Slides http://indico.cern.ch/materialDisplay.py?materialId=slides&confId=34692

10:30 → 13:00 Dark Matter Workshop

14:30 → 17:00 Workshop - Measuring Plank's Constant

Wednesday 16 July

09:00 → 10:00 Introduction to ATLAS

Speaker: Troels Petersen (CERN)

10:30 → 12:30 Visit ATLAS

18:15 → 23:00 Jura pic-nic

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

Thursday 17 July

14:00 → 14:30 Meeting with Prof. Herwig Schopper, UNESCO and SESAME

16:30 → 17:30 Q/A Session

Speaker: Rolf Landua (CERN)

Friday 18 July

09:00 → 15:00 Reports from the Working Groups, and programme evaluation

Video CERNdarkmatter08.dv

16:30 → 17:00 Closing Address

Speaker: Jonathan R. Ellis (CERN)

19:00 → 00:00 Farewell BBQ