Category: 16+ Years

  • Science show: Proton Express

    Science show: Proton Express

    Are you interested in levitation? Maybe quantum effects? Or perhaps you only wish to see how cryogenics work? Join us and explore the new frontiers in science!

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  • Science Show: Journey through a Detector

    Science Show: Journey through a Detector

    This science show explores the world of detectors, specifically the CMS detector, by following particles through the different layers of the detector. The principle of detection within the main levels is explained using simple experiments and beautiful animations.

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  • Solvay DIY Experiments Videos

    Solvay DIY Experiments Videos

    DIY Experiments Videos You can find here the entire collection of short videos published on social media as part of the CERN-Solvay Education Programme. They connect a piece of CERN’s science or technology to an experiment you can easily perform at home or at school. Discover your inner scientist through these DIY experiments: there nothing

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  • A particularly wavy matter

    A particularly wavy matter

    Delve into the physics of everyday waves, discover the strange wave-particle duality of quantum objects, and discuss how radiofrequency cavities rely on waves to accelerate particles at the heart of the LHC

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  • Particle Twister

    Particle Twister

    Learn about the Standard Model by playing a particle physics version of the game of Twister!

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  • Particle Physics Board Game

    Particle Physics Board Game

    A card game designed to help you familiarize yourself with the Standard Model of particle physics.

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  • The LHCb activity book

    The LHCb activity book

    Discover the LHCb experiment and the physics of matter and antimatter with this fun activity book for kids of all ages.

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  • SOLVAY Online Physics Course

    SOLVAY Online Physics Course

    Videos about a scientific topic useful to CERN scientists and engineers in 20 to 30 minutes.

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  • Adventures at low temperatures #2: It is just a phase

    Adventures at low temperatures #2: It is just a phase

    Explore the transitions between different phases of matter, and how they can help us draw heat away from the LHC.

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  • Adventures at low temperatures #1: Keeping it cool

    Adventures at low temperatures #1: Keeping it cool

    Investigate why the LHC has to be kept at a temperature colder than outer space, and how it manages to stay at such a cold temperature.

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