28 July 2020 to 6 August 2020
virtual conference
Europe/Prague timezone

ATLAS, Play! – Teaching particle physics through educational games

30 Jul 2020, 09:00
20m
virtual conference

virtual conference

Talk 15. Education and Outreach Education and Outreach

Speaker

Sascha Mehlhase (Ludwig Maximilians Universitat (DE))

Description

Educational games and activities have proven benefits for achieving learning objectives. They motivate competition, provide immediate rewards for success, and encourage collaborative, problem-based learning - all while framed as a fun activity, rather than laborious task. An overview of ATLAS educational games is given, including: “Making a Splash”, a water-balloon game teaching the physics of colliders; “Proton Cookies”, explaining the constituents of a proton through baked goods; and “Particle Twister”, teaching the Standard Model through the game of Twister. Use cases of these games are described and user feedback is presented.

Primary author

Sascha Mehlhase (Ludwig Maximilians Universitat (DE))

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