Tag: Schools
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The Schools Challenge: time to open the boxes!
The Schools Challenge: time to open the boxes! On Friday, 13 May, local primary schoolchildren attended an event in the Globe of Science and Innovation to reveal the contents of boxes they had carefully prepared as a challenge for CERN’s scientists. Since 2011, the Be a Scientist project has been introducing pupils from schools in
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CERN scientists Archana Sharma and Pieter Mattelaer round off the investigations in response to the primary schools’ challenge
CERN scientists Archana Sharma and Pieter Mattelaer round off the investigations in response to the primary schools’ challenge At a considerable advantage thanks to the previous teams’ findings, will Archana and Pieter finally work out what’s in the boxes?Archana and Pieter analyse X-rays of the boxes to try to work out what’s inside (credit: CERN)Following
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International physics Masterclasses at CERN – Students discover the world of quarks and leptons
International physics Masterclasses at CERN – Students discover the world of quarks and leptons Local high school students come to the Laboratory to analyse real data from CERN’s particle physics experiments The students are focused on the Masterclass exercise at the S’Cool LAB at CERN. Photo credit: CERN After a break forced by the pandemic
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CERN takes part in the TecDay at Collège Sismondi in Geneva
CERN takes part in the TecDay at Collège Sismondi in Geneva Close to 900 students discovered the technical and technological fields Initiated by the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (SATW), a TecDay was held at the Sismondi College in Geneva on 17 March 2022. Nearly 70 professionals took part in the event to show some
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Another pair of CERN scientists tries to identify the contents of two mystery boxes designed by local schoolchildren
Another pair of CERN scientists tries to identify the contents of two mystery boxes designed by local schoolchildren Will physicist Dorota Grabowska and engineer Alberto Di Meglio be able to use a combination of theory and fact to work out what’s inside the two boxes without opening them? Since 2011, the Be a Scientist project
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A successful sixth Women and Girls in Science and Technology event
A successful sixth Women and Girls in Science and Technology event To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, female ambassadors from local scientific institutions visited schools to promote science and technology among children. From 7 to 11 February 2022, around sixty volunteers, all female scientists and engineers from CERN, Scienscope (UNIGE),
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A training session at the frontiers of matter
A training session at the frontiers of matter 17 teachers take part in a training session organised by La Main à la Pâte and CERN On 2 and 3 December, 17 secondary school teachers from the Académie de Grenoble (FR) participated in a training course on matter, conducted in collaboration between CERN and Foundation La
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Registration open for the 2022 Women and Girls in Science and Technology event
Registration open for the 2022 Women and Girls in Science and Technology event During the week of 7 to 11 February 2022, female scientists and engineers will be visiting local schools to get young people excited about science. Register your class now! 11 February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. To
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Unconventional Music @ CERN: Celebrating 100 years of Albert Einstein’s Nobel Prize
Unconventional Music @ CERN: Celebrating 100 years of Albert Einstein’s Nobel Prize To celebrate Einstein’s love of music and science, the Swedish Embassy in Switzerland and CERN have organised the virtual event Unconventional Music @ CERN on the Nobel Week Related articles
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Future Day | Futur en tous genres
Future Day | Futur en tous genres A rich day for career awareness The young participants discover the cryogenics laboratory ar CERN. Photo credit: CERN After a break forced by the pandemic in 2020, CERN renewed its participation in the Future Day (Journée Futur en tous genres) on Thursday 11 November by welcoming 24 9th
