The CMS Masterclass and Particle Physics Outreach

Cecire, Kenneth; Bardeen, Marjorie; McCauley, T.

doi:10.1051/epjconf/20147100027

Cited by 8 publications

(4 citation statements)

References 2 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Here, students explore real data from particle colliders to identify which particles were created in a collision [35]. This approach is also one of the few that connect theoretical particle physics concepts, such as elementary particles and fundamental interactions, to experimental particle physics processes.…”

Section: Particle Physics In High-school Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

What Does the Curriculum Say? Review of the Particle Physics Content in 27 High-School Physics Curricula

Horvat

Wiener

Schmeling

et al. 2022

Physics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This international curricular review provides a structured overview of the particle physics content in 27 state, national, and international high-school physics curricula. The review was based on a coding manual that included 60 concepts that were identified as relevant for high-school particle physics education. Two types of curricula were reviewed, namely curricula with a dedicated particle physics chapter and curricula without a dedicated particle physics chapter. The results of the curricular review show that particle physics concepts are explicitly or implicitly present in all reviewed curricula. However, the number of particle physics concepts that are featured in a curriculum varies greatly across the reviewed curricula. We identified core particle physics concepts that can be found in most curricula. Here, elementary particles, fundamental interactions, and charges were identified as explicit particle physics concepts that are featured in more than half of the reviewed curricula either as content or context. Indeed, theoretical particle physics concepts are more prominent in high-school physics curricula than experimental particle physics concepts. Overall, this international curricular review provides the basis for future curricular development with respect to particle physics and suggests an increased inclusion of experimental particle physics concepts in high-school physics curricula.

show abstract

Section: Particle Physics In High-school Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

What Does the Curriculum Say? Review of the Particle Physics Content in 27 High-School Physics Curricula

Horvat

Wiener

Schmeling

et al. 2022

Physics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The measurements based on CMS data have mainly been developed by QuarkNet [9], I2U2 [10] and the CMS Education and Outreach team. In the 2012 version of the CMS Masterclass [11], students are asked to study W and Z boson candidates using the purely web-based event display software iSpy-online [12]. Students examine and manipulate events in three dimensions to determine lepton flavour (e or µ), candidacy (W, Z, or "zoo") and charge (W + or W -).…”

Section: Cmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

International Particle Physics Masterclasses - Bringing LHC data into the classroom

Ould-Saada¹

2013

Proceedings of 36th International Conference on High Energy Physics — PoS(ICHEP2012)

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…The measurements based on CMS data have mainly been developed by QuarkNet [11], I2U2 [12] and the CMS Education and Outreach team. In the 2012 version of the CMS Masterclass [13], students are asked to study W and Z boson candidates using the purely web-based event display software iSpy-online [14]. Students examine and manipulate events in three dimensions to determine lepton flavour (e or µ), candidacy (W, Z, or "zoo") and charge (W + or W -).…”

Section: Cmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

IPPOG report on Masterclasses - Bringing LHC data into the classroom

Foka¹

2013

Proceedings of XTH Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum — PoS(Confinement X)

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

An educational activity, the International Particle Physics Masterclasses, was developed by the International Particle Physics Outreach Group with the aim to bring the excitement of cutting-edge particle-physics research into the classroom. Thousands of pupils, every year since 2005, in many countries all over the world, are hosted in research centres or universities close to their schools and become "scientists for a day" as they are introduced to the mysteries of particle physics. In 2012, 10 000 students from 148 institutions in 31 countries participated in this popular event over a month period. The program of a typical day includes lectures that give insight to topics and methods of fundamental research followed by a "hands-on" session where the high-school students perform themselves measurements on real data from particle-physics experiments. The last two years data from the ALICE, ATLAS and CMS experiments at LHC were used. The performed measurements and the employed methodology are presented.

show abstract

The CMS Masterclass and Particle Physics Outreach

Cited by 8 publications

References 2 publications

What Does the Curriculum Say? Review of the Particle Physics Content in 27 High-School Physics Curricula

What Does the Curriculum Say? Review of the Particle Physics Content in 27 High-School Physics Curricula

International Particle Physics Masterclasses - Bringing LHC data into the classroom

IPPOG report on Masterclasses - Bringing LHC data into the classroom

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About