To see and do – Educational activities
Newsletter
Be the first to hear about CERN’s upcoming educational programmes for teachers, pupils and students in the region.
Scientists at your school
Invite a researcher from CERN to give a talk about their work right in your classroom!
For one week in February, the Faculty of Science at UNIGE, EPFL, LAPP and CERN are offering local schools the opportunity to host female scientists or engineers who will talk to pupils about their careers
Events at CERN
A French-Swiss cross-border colloquium where pupils present their secondary school projects to each other
To celebrate Girls in ICT Day, CERN organises each year at the CERN Science Gateway a day of robotics and computing workshops for girls, tutored by CERN mentors
The project introduces children to the scientific research process as they study a mysterious box that they are not allowed to open
An international competition of scientific experiment for high school students from all around the world organised by CERN
Each year, CERN takes part in Ethnopoly, a life-size scavenger hunt that invites primary school pupils to discover Meyrin’s wealth of cultural diversity
Three days of workshops for children and pupils aged 10 to 18, focusing on science and technology kits
A programme that encourages pupils to explore science through creativity and artistic expression, bringing together teachers, scientists from CERN and the local community to work on an educational project throughout the year
A project which aims to pair a scientist with a class for the duration of a school year, with the aim of introducing pupils to careers in research and the scientific method through experiments and group challenges
Teachers
Every year, CERN offers a range of professional development programmes for upper secondary school teachers who wish to keep up to date with the latest advances in particle physics