LEARNING WITH ATLAS @ CERN KICK-OFF MEETING WP2 – first thoughts Peter Watkins University of Birmingham (thanks to Sofoklis for many inputs)

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WP2 – first thoughts

Peter Watkins

University of Birmingham

(thanks to Sofoklis for many inputs)

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• User requirements report (1 March 09)

• Pedagogical framework report (1 April 09)

• LA@CERN Initial Missions (1 April 09)

• LA@CERN Final Missions (1 Sept 09)

WP2 finishes after one year

What has to be done -(when!)

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Who has to do it?

• All of us … BUT

• University of Birmingham - leads WP2

• Special support from

• Heureka for ‘Science centres’

• EA and BMUKK for ‘Schools’

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Where will we do it ?

• Schools in Greece and Austria (2 schools)

• Universities in Greece, Sweden, UK

• Science centres in Finland, Sweden

BUT with ‘extended validation exercises it is

expected to be presented in many countries’

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How do we get started ?• Small workshops with existing scenarios

(involve small group of teachers)

Allow short time for initial tests

• User requirements workshops

Key input to our pedagogical frameworks and initial missions

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Challenges – personal view

• Time to do the work – for us and teachers

• Defining specific user groups in our different countries

• Selection of initial scenarios/missions

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Defining user groups• Schools clearest but …• What age? • Variation of topic in syllabus in countries• Variation in school time available, in class or outside?

• Universities• Target less clear to me.• New material for University courses or extra for students

to try on their own?

• Science Centres• Individual visitors. Would there be workshops ?

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ATLAS Student Event Challenge

• Why do these experiments – big questions• What do we know now• How do the experiments work – LHC,

Particle detectors, Grid Computing• Interpreting the collisions – visualisation

Many interesting things to learn about

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Point 1 activities and perspectives

Marzio Nessi

ATLAS plenary 2nd October

2004

Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

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Linac

Booster

PS

SPS

LHC

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ATLAS Detecor

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Muon Detectors

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Dimensions

Diameter 25 mBarrel Toroid length 26 mEnd-cap end-wall chamber span 46 m

Overall weight 7000 Tons

ATLAS

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• Exercise needs to be varied and fun!

• Identifying events visually can be repetitive

• Web pages need lively style

• Topic is fascinating - but looking for new physics with event display is very tough!!

When students study collisions

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My conclusions• Looking forward to this meeting. The

collaboration has lots of experience

• Make use of all our contacts eg CERN high school teachers programme

• Help from all of you will be needed in the first very short phase of WP2!

• Thanks to Sofoklis for his help with this session