Welsh Teachers Programme

from Monday, 23 February 2015 (17:00) to Thursday, 26 February 2015 (18:00)
CERN

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
23 Feb 2015
24 Feb 2015
25 Feb 2015
26 Feb 2015
AM
08:45
Lectures -Mr Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group) (until 12:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
08:45 Introduction to CERN - Dr Rhodri Jones (CERN)  
Accelerator movie
higgs movie
Slides
10:00 --- coffee break ---
10:30 Accelerators in Particle Physics and at CERN - Lyn Evans (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))  
Slides
09:00
Lectures -Mr Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group) (until 12:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:00 Introduction to Particle Physics - Emma Sian Kuwertz (KTH Royal Institute of Technology (SE))  
11:00 Medical applications of particle physics - Sparsh Navin (CERN)  
10:00
Lectures -Mr Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group) (until 11:30) (40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie)
10:00 Introduction to the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) - Dr David Colling (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))  
11:30 --- Lunch break ---
PM
19:00
Welcome Reception -Mr Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group) (until 20:15) (61/1-201 - Pas perdus - Not a meeting room -)
19:00 Welcome Drink - Mr Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group) Mr Mark Langley (National Science Learning Centre)  
19:30 CERN walk  
19:45 Introductory remarks - Mr Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
20:15
Lectures -Mr Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group) (until 21:00)
20:15 Objectives of CERN's Teacher Programmes - Mr Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group)  
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Visits -Mr Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group) (until 18:30)
14:00 Visit to CERN's first accelerator, the Synchrocyclotron (SC) - Rolf Landua (CERN)   (Building 300)
14:45 Visit to the Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) - Richard Scrivens (CERN)   (Walk from Building 300)
CERN OP VISTARS
16:00 Visit to the Magnet Test Facility SM18 - Erik Bracke (CERN) Mark Antony Gallilee (CERN)   (Transport via CERN shuttle)
17:15 Hands-on activity: Cloud Chamber Workshop - Alex Brown (University of the West of England (GB))   (143/R-003 - S'Cool LAB)
S'Cool LAB website
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Visits -Mr Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group) (until 18:00)
14:00 Visit to the Antimatter Factory (AD) - Lars Varming Joergensen (CERN)  
15:15 Visit to the Data Centre - Sebastien Ponce (CERN)  
16:00 Visit to ISOLDE - Richard Catherall (CERN)  
17:00 Visit to the CERN Control Centre (CCC) - Ross Hedley Morgan (CERN)  
20:00
Official programme dinner (until 22:30) (Hotel Edelweiss 2, Place de la Navigation)
20:00 Official Dinner of the Welsh Teacher Programme  
12:30
Visits -Mr Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group) (until 14:30)
12:30 Transport from Building 39 to CMS   (Building 39 (CERN Hotel Reception))
13:00 Underground visit to the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) - Sudarshan Paramesvaran (University of Bristol (GB))  
14:00 Transport from CMS to Building 33   (Building 33 (CERN Reception))
14:45
Visits -Mr Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group) (until 16:00) (143/R-003 - S'Cool LAB)
14:45 Hands-on Particle Physics Experiments - Julia Woithe (CERN & TU Kaiserslautern) Mr Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group)  
CMS masterclass website
CMS online event display iSpy
16:00 Questions and Answers - Daniel Martin Saunders (University of Bristol (GB)) Dr Rhodri Jones (CERN) Darren Price (University of Manchester (GB))   (143/R-003 - S'Cool LAB)
17:00
Closing session of the programme -Mr Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group) (until 18:00) (143/R-003 - S'Cool LAB)
17:00 Action Plan - Mr Mark Langley (National Science Learning Centre)  
17:30 Evaluation and Certificates - Mr Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group)