High School Teachers 2009

Jun 28, 2009, 9:00 AM → Jul 18, 2009, 9:00 AM Europe/Zurich

593 R-010 (CERN)

2009 CERN High School Teachers Programme

agenda http://indico.cern.ch/tools/SSLPdisplay.py?stdate=2009-06-29&nbweeks=7

Sunday, June 28

4:30 PM → 5:30 PM Welcome Reception

Informal get together, with refreshments and light snacks

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

5:30 PM → 6:30 PM Short site tour

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

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

6:30 PM → 7:30 PM Practical Information

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

Monday, June 29

8:30 AM → 9:00 AM Registration

Speakers: Christel Ranta (CERN), Maureen Prola-Tessaur (CERN)

9:00 AM → 9:45 AM Audio-visual Introduction to CERN

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

Video http://project-tv.web.cern.ch/project-tv/QT/VNR_Chrismann.mov

10:00 AM → 12:30 PM Team Building

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

2:00 PM → 3:00 PM Collect ID Cards

3:00 PM → 5:00 PM A first look at Microcosm

Tuesday, June 30

9:00 AM → 9:45 AM CERN Teacher Cooperation

Speaker: Rolf Landua (CERN)

Slides CERN_Teacher_Cooperation.pdf CERN_Teacher_Cooperation.ppt

10:00 AM → 10:30 AM Feedback on Microcosm visit

10:30 AM → 12:30 PM Preparation and presentation of national school systems

2:00 PM → 2:45 PM Introduction to LHCb

Speakers: Emma Sanders (CERN), Monica Pepe-Altarelli (CERN)

Slides MPA_Introduction_LHCb.pdf MPA_Introduction_LHCb.ppt

3:00 PM → 5:00 PM Visit LHCb

6:00 PM → 11:00 PM 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, July 1

8:45 AM → 9:45 AM Visit Globe

10:00 AM → 11:00 AM Presentation of national school systems (cont)

11:00 AM → 11:45 AM Introduction to Detectors (1/2)

Speaker: Frank Hartmann (Inst. fuer Experimentelle Kernphys.-Universitaet Karlsruhe-Unkno)

Slides Detektoren_Lehrer_CERN_Hartmann.e.5.1.pptm

2:00 PM → 6:00 PM Visit SM18 and CMS

6:00 PM → 7:00 PM Welcome Drink

Thursday, July 2

9:15 AM → 10:00 AM Introduction to Particle Physics (1/4)

Speaker: Frank Close (Oxford University)

agenda http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=57325

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

Speaker: Frank Close (Oxford University)

agenda http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=57326

11:30 AM → 12:30 PM Review CMS

Speaker: Dr Piotr Traczyk (CERN)

Slides http://indico.cern.ch/getFile.py/access?contribId=10&resId=0&materialId=slides&confId=52710

2:00 PM → 2:20 PM Lecture Review and Discussion

3:30 PM → 4:30 PM LHC Status

Speakers: Rolf Heuer (CERN), Steve Myers (CERN)

agenda http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=62277

5:00 PM → 6:00 PM Q/A

Friday, July 3

9:15 AM → 10:00 AM Introduction to Particle Physics (3/4)

Speaker: Frank Close (Oxford University)

agenda http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=57327

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

Speaker: Frank Close (Oxford University)

agenda http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=57328

11:30 AM → 12:15 PM Introduction to detectors (2/2)

Speaker: Frank Hartmann (Inst. fuer Experimentelle Kernphys.-Universitaet Karlsruhe-Unkno)

1:30 PM → 5:30 PM Build a Cloud Chamber

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

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

1:30 PM → 5:30 PM Introducing the Teachers Lab

Speaker: Dr Sascha Marc Schmeling (CERN)

1:30 PM → 5:30 PM Lecture Review and Discussion Session

Sunday, July 5

1:00 PM → 11:00 PM Discover Geneva Treasure Hunt

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

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

Monday, July 6

9:00 AM → 9:45 AM Introduction to Accelerators (1/2)

Speaker: Daniel Brandt (CERN)

Slides HST2009-Part1.pdf HST2009-Part1.ppt

10:00 AM → 11:00 AM A Review of the Physics Ideas behind Particle Detectors (1/2)

Speaker: Goronwy Jones (School of Physics and Astronomy)

Slides lecture1part1.pdf

11:00 AM → 12:00 PM Presentation of national school systems (cont)

2:00 PM → 3:00 PM A Review of the Physics Ideas behind Particle Detectors (2/2)

Slides lecture1part2.pdf relativity.pdf

3:00 PM → 4:00 PM Presentation of working Groups

Speakers: Emma Sanders (CERN), Goronwy Jones (School of Physics and Astronomy), Mark Stockton (School of Physics and Astronomy - University of Birmingham), Mick Storr (CERN), Rolf Landua (CERN), Dr Sascha Marc Schmeling (CERN)

document MarkStocktonMinerva.pdf

Teachers' Lab Introduction_WG_TeachersLab@CERN_2009.pdf Introduction_WG_TeachersLab@CERN_2009.ppt

Tuesday, July 7

9:00 AM → 9:45 AM Introduction to Accelerators (2/2)

Speaker: Daniel Brandt (CERN)

Slides HST2009-Part2.pdf HST2009-Part2.ppt

10:00 AM → 10:30 AM Q/A Accelerators

Speaker: Daniel Brandt (CERN)

11:00 AM → 12:00 PM Selection of Working Groups

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

2:00 PM → 2:30 PM Introduction to Hypatia

Speaker: Christine Kourkoumelis (University of Athens)

Slides Hypatia_presentation_July_09.pdf Hypatia_presentation_July_09.ppt

3:00 PM → 3:30 PM Presentation of national school systems (cont)

4:30 PM → 5:30 PM The Quantum Theory of Fields: Effective or Fundamental?

Speaker: Steven Weinberg

agenda http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=57283

Wednesday, July 8

11:15 AM → 12:00 PM Antimatter in the Lab (1/2)

Speaker: Rolf Landua (CERN)

agenda http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=57420

Thursday, July 9

9:30 AM → 10:30 AM Introduction to Cosmology (1/2)

Speaker: Julien Lesgourgues (Unknown)

Slides CERN_teachers_2009.pdf CERN_teachers_2009.ppt

11:15 AM → 12:00 PM Antimatter in the Lab (2/2)

Speaker: Rolf Landua (CERN)

agenda http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=57421

Friday, July 10

9:30 AM → 10:30 AM Introduction to Cosmology (2/2)

Speaker: Julien Lesgourgues (Unknown)

11:00 AM → 12:00 PM Medical Applications of Particle Physics (1/2)

Speaker: Saverio Braccini (University of Bern)

Slides SB_CERN_HST2008_Lecture_1.pdf

12:00 PM → 1:00 PM Medical Applications of Particle Physics (2/2)

Speaker: Saverio Braccini (University of Bern)

Slides SB_CERN_HST2008_Lecture_2.pdf

Monday, July 13

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM Perimeter Institute - Dark Matter Workshop

document Quantum_and_Dark_Matter_Workshop_Descriptions_-_July_13,_2009.pdf

11:00 AM → 12:30 PM Visit - to be arranged

2:00 PM → 3:30 PM Perimeter Institute - Quantum workshop

4:00 PM → 4:30 PM Meeting with Lyn Evans - LHC Project leader to September 2008

7:00 PM → 12:00 AM International Evening

Speaker: Everyone

Tuesday, July 14

9:00 AM → 5:00 PM WGs

Wednesday, July 15

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

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

agenda http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=57483

3:00 PM → 4:00 PM Information Meeting

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

4:00 PM → 5:00 PM Visit Computer Centre and Anti-matter Factory

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

4:00 PM → 5:00 PM Visit PS/LEIR

Speaker: Dr Sascha Marc Schmeling (CERN)

6:15 PM → 11:00 PM Jura pic-nic

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

Thursday, July 16

9:15 AM → 10:00 AM Optional Summer Student Lecture : Introduction to Astroparticle Physics (2/3)

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

agenda http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=57484

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

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

agenda http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=57485

2:00 PM → 5:00 PM Reports from the working groups

5:00 PM → 5:30 PM Meeting with the Director General

Speaker: Rolf Heuer (CERN)

Friday, July 17

9:00 AM → 12:00 PM Reports from the Working Groups (cont)

2:00 PM → 3:00 PM Visit Computer Centre and AD

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

2:00 PM → 3:00 PM Visit PS/LEIR

Speaker: Dr Sascha Marc Schmeling (CERN)

3:30 PM → 4:30 PM Visit ATLAS Visitor Centre

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

7:00 PM → 12:00 AM Farewell BBQ