Name: UK Teachers Programme
Start: 2015-12-08T17:00:00+01:00
End: 2015-12-11T18:00:00+01:00
Location: CERN

UK Teachers Programme

from Tuesday, 8 December 2015 (17:00) to Friday, 11 December 2015 (18:00)

Monday, 7 December 2015
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
19:00
19:00 - 21:00
Room: 61/1-201 - Pas perdus - Not a meeting room -
Contributions

19:00 Welcome Drinks - Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group)

19:30 Short tour of CERN's main site - Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group)

20:00 Basics at CERN - Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group)

20:30 Objectives of CERN's Teacher Programmes - Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group)
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
09:00 Introduction to CERN and particle physics
Introduction to CERN and particle physics
09:00 - 12:45
Contributions

09:00 Introduction to CERN - Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group)

10:45 Introduction to particle physics - Tara Shears (University of Liverpool (GB))
12:30 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 13:45
Room: Restaurant 1
13:45 engineering, accelerators, and IT at CERN
engineering, accelerators, and IT at CERN
13:45 - 18:00
Room: various
Contributions

13:45 Transport from building 33 (CERN Reception) to building 927

14:00 Visit to the prototype magnet facility (building 927) - Glyn Kirby (CERN)

15:00 Transport from building 927 back to building 300

15:20 Visit to the Synchrocyclotron (SC) - CERN's first accelerator - Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group)

16:15 Visit to the Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) - Erik Bracke

17:15 Visit to CERN's Data Centre
Thursday, 10 December 2015
09:00 Particle Detectors and Accelerators
Particle Detectors and Accelerators
09:00 - 12:30
Room: 40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac
Contributions

09:00 Particle Detectors: Introduction to the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) - Piotr Traczyk (National Centre for Nuclear Research (PL))

10:45 Particle Accelerators - Bernhard Holzer (CERN)
12:30 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 13:45
Room: Restaurant 1
14:45 Visits
Visits
14:45 - 16:15
Room: various places
Contributions

14:45 Transport from building 33 (CERN reception) to SM18

15:00 Visit to the magnet test facility (SM18) - Emma Sanders (CERN)

16:00 Transport from SM18 to building 33
16:30 particle detectors
particle detectors
16:30 - 18:00
Room: 143/R-003 - S'Cool LAB
Contributions

16:30 Build your own particle detector - Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group)
19:10 Take public transport to get from the hotel to Restaurant Cave Valaisanne et Chalet Suisse
Take public transport to get from the hotel to Restaurant Cave Valaisanne et Chalet Suisse
19:10 - 19:50
Room: CERN Hotel -> Restaurant Cave Valaisanne et Chalet Suisse in Geneva https://goo.gl/maps/WtjoJcTUDh62

20:00 Official Dinner of the Programme
Official Dinner of the Programme
20:00 - 22:30
Room: Cave Valaisanne et Chalet Suisse https://goo.gl/maps/uCFbN8pX3m12 Phone: +41 22 328 12 36
Friday, 11 December 2015
09:00 Engineering and applications from particle physics
Engineering and applications from particle physics
09:00 - 12:15
Room: 40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac
Contributions

09:00 Medical applications from particle physics - Sparsh Navin (CERN)

10:45 Engineering at CERN - Raymond Veness (CERN)
12:15 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:15 - 13:30
Room: Restaurant 1
14:30 Particle Detectors
Particle Detectors
14:30 - 16:30
Room: Point 5 @ LHC
Contributions

14:30 Transport from Building 33 to Point 5 - Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group)

15:00 Visit to the Service Cavern of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)

16:00 Transport from Point 5 to S'Cool LAB - Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group)
16:45
16:45 - 17:45
Room: 143/R-003 - S'Cool LAB
Contributions

16:45 Action Plan - Mark Langley (National Science Learning Centre (University of York))

16:55 Resources in Particle Physics - Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group)

17:05 How to visit CERN with your class - Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group)

17:15 Take a certificate and build your own goodie bag! - Konrad Jende (CERN, Education Group) Mark Langley (National Science Learning Centre)

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