UK/International Teachers Programme

16 Feb 2010, 15:50 → 19 Feb 2010, 12:30 Europe/Zurich

6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin (CERN)

Mick Storr

International Teachers Programme for teachers from Rwanda, sponsored by UNESCO, and the UK, sponsored by RCUK and organised in collaboration with the National Science Learning Centre

Slides

• PP_Cosm_1_2010.pdf
• PP_Cosm_1_2010.ppt
• PP_Cosm_2_2010.pdf
• PP_Cosm_2_2010.ppt
• PP_Cosm_3_2010.pdf
• PP_Cosm_3_2010.ppt

Tuesday 16 February

1 Informal Dinner and Welcome

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

Wednesday 17 February

2 Introduction to CERN

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

LHC Rap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM

Slides RCUK1_2010.pdf RCUK1_2010.ppt

Video The story of CERN : a 50 year journey to the Heart of Matter

3 Particle Physics (1/3)

Speaker: Rolf Landua (CERN)

Slides PP_Cosm_1_2010.pdf PP_Cosm_1_2010.ppt

4 Particle Physics (2/3)

Speaker: Rolf Landua (CERN)

Slides PP_Cosm_2_2010.pdf PP_Cosm_2_2010.ppt

12:00 Lunch

5 Visit CMS and CERN Control Centre

Speakers: Mick Storr (CERN), Noemi Beni (ATOMKI, Hungary), Dr Piotr Traczyk (CERN), Zoltan Szillasi (ATOMKI, Hungary)

6 Review

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

7 Programme Dinner

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

Map EdelweissLocation.png

Thursday 18 February

8 Introduction to Accelerators

Speaker: Elena Wildner (CERN)

Slides introduction_to_accelerators.pdf introduction_to_accelerators.ppt

9 Review of the CMS Experiment

Speaker: Dr Piotr Traczyk (CERN)

Slides ptraczyk_cms_eng.pdf

10 Particle Physics (3/3)

Speaker: Rolf Landua (CERN)

Slides PP_Cosm_3_2010.pdf PP_Cosm_3_2010.ppt

12:30 Lunch

11 Visit SM-18/Build a Cloud Chamber

Visit to the super conducting magnet facility and hands-on build a cloud chamber

Speakers: Corinne Pralavorio, Mick Storr (CERN), Dr Yuri Ermoline (MSU)

document Cloud Chamber Workshop

12 Q/A session

Speaker: Rolf Landua (CERN)

13 What next ?

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

Friday 19 February

14 Medical Applications of Particle Physics

Speaker: Manjit Dosanjh (CERN)

Slides UKFeb2010.pdf

15 Anti-matter teaching modules

Speaker: Terrence Baine (CERN Teacher in Residence)

Teaching resource http://education.web.cern.ch/education/Chapter2/Teaching/atm.html

16 Q/A

Speaker: Rolf Landua (CERN)

17 Programme Evaluation and Close

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)