Bringing particle physics into classrooms
Physics Education
2018-01-29 v1
Abstract
Exciting scientific results such as the discovery of the Higgs boson offer a great opportunity to engage young people in particle physics. International Particle Physics Masterclasses highlight how high school students across the world can be exposed to real data from CERN's LHC accelerator in a stimulating and productive atmosphere in just a single day.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1801.08830,
title = {Bringing particle physics into classrooms},
author = {Ken Cecire and Ivan Melo and Boris Tomášik},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.08830},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
Proceedings of the conference Physics Teaching in Engineering Education, PTEE 2017, University of \v{Z}ilina, Slovakia, May 18-19, 2017