„CERN50 in Germany“ Michael Kobel Bonn University Germany.

„„CERN50 in Germany“CERN50 in Germany“ www.teilchenphysik.orgwww.teilchenphysik.org/temp_aktuell_cern50.htm/temp_aktuell_cern50.htm

Michael KobelBonn University

Germany

EPOG outreach meeting, CERN, 29.10.2004

OverviewOverview20 Universities and Institutes in 15 towns: concertated „events“ mainly in October / November

German „CERN 50 task force“ (5 people)design of common announcement poster

translation of CERN calender images as poster

update of DESY poster series from „Year of Physics“

Press and TV contact

2 DVDs distributed to institutes5 movies, mostly in German

further material (posters, audios)(also at www.teilchenphysik.org)

German CERN50 agenda onwww.teilchenphysik.orghttp://www.weltderphysik.de (+ short articles in German)

TV coverage: news and several sciencemagazines (Nano, Q21, …)

Lots of Press articles

Special eventsSpecial eventsMany institutes put yearly eventsunder title „CERN50“

Open days, Saturday morning physics, Science fair, extended with

exhibitions (posters and more) local guided toursinvited speakersin-service teacher training ..

Some special events:4.10. German CERN50 Press Round Table (ATLAS Freiburg)7.-9.10. Particle Physics Show (Bonn) 3.11. Prizes for student competition on radioactivity (Wuppertal)22.11. Ph.D. Degree of honour for S.Ting and C. Rubbia (Aachen)

Program overview:www.teilchenphysik.org/temp_aktuell_cern50.htmwww.teilchenphysik.org/Teilchenphysik_englisch/temp_aktuell_cern50_e.htm

Rutherford Uni Mainz

New: Particle Physics Show (Uni Bonn)New: Particle Physics Show (Uni Bonn)„From Quarks to Quasars“ „From Quarks to Quasars“

Triggered by researchers (H.Dreiner, M.K.)planned with studentsperformed by studentsTopics:

Atoms and NucleiDetectors and AcceleratorsElementary ParticlesForces and SymmetriesCosmology and Particle Physics

3 performances1200 spectatorsschool events overbooked

accelerator competitionCERN T-shirt for best studentsat DESY linear accelerator(rebuilt in Bonn)

Very UsefulVery Useful

Centrally organized:Common Announcement poster

Movie DVD for exhibitionsand schools (copyright?)

Euro Big Bang (CERN40)

Stars Underground (LEP)

Time Machine (LHC)

Superconducting Magnets (LHC)

The ATLAS movie (LHC)

Poster and Animation DVD IIhttp://p2k.de/cern50/more:http://www.teilchenphysik.org/temp_tpalle_hep_infos.htm

Posterseries (DVD II )Posterseries (DVD II )CERN calender images 6 Double-Poster German or English Version

CERN History:(Microcosm)4 Posteravailable in EnglishFrenchGerman…

German Posters „Year of Physics 2000“14 Poster GSI: 2 Series on loan24 Poster DESY: update August 04

SummarySummaryHuge number of events from many institutesMost (but not all) events well visitedbroad TV and press coverageCentral material paid off

Interest to further distribute movie DVD (schools etc)Public liked very much physics explanation byGerman Poster series from 2000 (GSI + Update 2004 DESY)

German CERN50 events still ongoing

Another Educational ConferenceAnother Educational Conference

Science on Stage Deutschland (SonS-D)initiating a 2-year European exchange process among teachers

taking advantage from PoS / SonS structures

3 working groupsThe Interdisciplinary Approach to Science Teaching Science in Primary School The Role of Experiment in Science Teaching

Time schedule: (www.scienceonstage.de events)26. - 28.11. 2004 (Bad Honnef): Kick-Off-Meeting

40 participants from 15 countries(!)6 convenors for 3 working groups, all from Germanylodging sponsored by German SonS sponsor (metal industry)

November 2005: European event “Science on Stage”

2006: European conference “Different Ways of Teaching Science in Europe” present and discuss results with a larger community