Norwegian small. EPPOG Meeting, Prague, April Farid Ould-Saada, University of Oslo

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1 Norwegian small Outreach hactivities iti EPPOG Meeting, Prague, April 2008 Farid Ould-Saada, University of Oslo

2 Teacher s program and MC08 Norwegian Teachers visit / course at CERN: Monday During the one week long visit, there was a presentation of the Masterclass project, the idea behind, introduction to Hands-On-CERN, also as something that can be used independently of the masterclass event. Several teachers from towns where there was no Masterclass became interested in joining such events in the future. Masterclass 2008: This years event was very successfully: 72 students with their teachers around Oslo Smaller participation in Bergen on 29th February Oslo Master students (who went through the masterclass before as helpers) prepared the lectures which were very well received with many questions from the audience. One school (Nesbru) used this day as a preparation for a visit at CERN. The other participants i were both classes that came with their teachers, but also a small groups of interested pupils who came on their own (of course in agreement with the teachers). For the master students this is a nice opportunity to get some experience with teaching and outreach which eventually becomes a part of the education they get in the group. Smaller participation in Bergen on 29th February

3 Being part of the ATLAS experiment students showed a freshly produced image of a cosmic muon they recorded during February Cosmic Commisioning i i Runs they took part tin. The master student experience both being instructors and particularly giving the initial lectures of the day was a very valuable experience and a lot of fun. Judging from the response of the students and their teachers, the student teaches student approach was a great success and could very well be repeated next year. Among instructors, more women than men

4 Bergen launches first mini winter school at CERN The new year began well for 14 students from Bergen who came to CERN on 9 11 January to participate in the first Bergen mini winter school. The aim is to introduce undergraduate students from Norway to particle physics and to show them CERN, Europe's largest research centre in that field. The three-day school was packed with lectures and visits. Augusto Ceccucci, Jos Engelen, Gian Giudice, Steinar Stapnes and Frank Zimmermann from CERN, and Anna Lipniacka from Bergen, provided highly interesting lectures, covering topics from particle detectors to physics beyond the Standard Model. In addition, CERN's Alvaro de Rújula and John Ellis gave excellent evening and "end-of-school" talks. The students where equally enthusiastic about the many visits, organized by Ole Rohne (ATLAS), Daniel Denegri (CMS), Hans Braun, Erik Adli (CTF3), Christian Carli (LEIR), Susanne Koblitz (COMPASS), Lasse Normann (LHC control room) and Sverre Jarp (Computing Centre). The organizers were pleased that so many Norwegian students had travelled as far as CERN to learn more about physics, and hope that the mini school will inspire further studies. It is hoped that more students will join the school from other parts of Norway next year.

5 Oslo Particle Physics students meet CERN 22 students followed by a journalist Long article out soon Now it is really fun to go back and read books Interest is there, Nber of particle physics (master) students increasing Can only offer PhD grant to 10% at most (one of the points of the articles: why attracting students when you don t give them possibilities to continue?

6 Translation work and others Among others, Lars Bugge: translation of UK brochure to Norwegian What next? Cosmic telescope projects going on Open lectures, exhibitions, Very frequent contact with media Possibilities for outreach funding

7 Besøk hos en forskningsgruppe i partikkelfysikk i rammen av arbeidsuke på ungdomsskolen Trym Berg Øvrebø, 9. klasse, Kristianslyst skole, Stavanger First successful contact to be generalised First successful contact to be generalised Next supposed to come in 2 weeks

8 Veileder: EPF besøk av Trym Berg Øvrebø, januar 2008 Farid Ould-Saada Overordnede mål: Tilbringe en uke i gruppen for eksperimentell partikkelfysikk (EPF) på universitetet i Oslo Lære om aktivitetene i likhet med ferske, unge forskere Besøke de lokale laboratoriene Delta i de daglige aktivitetene Analyse à-la "Hands-on-CERN" Bruke Grid for enkle beregningsoppgaver Forberede en kort PowerPoint som presenterer partikkelfysikk og beslektede fag som forskningsgruppen ved EPF er involvert i Partikkelfysikk Forskning ved CERN, Geneve EPF sin rolle Partikkelfysikkforskning Utvikling av data-grid Utvikling av ny teknologi for partikkeldetektorer og akseleratorer

9 One of Trym s slides from his report to the school Is special education needed to work in the firm? Of course Kreves det noen spesiell utdannelse for å jobbe ved bedriften? Selvfølgelig Studenter Doktorgrad Proffesor