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Explore a curated collection of articles, guides, and reference materials to deepen your understanding of physics and STEM topics.
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ATLAS Cheat Sheets
Explore concepts from the Standard Model to conservation laws using cheat sheet created by researchers at the ATLAS Collaboration.
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The Higgs boson – brochure
Learn about the Higgs boson and the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism, with this brochure from the ATLAS experiment.
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Destination Universe: The Incredible Journey of a Proton in the Large Hadron Collider
Follow a proton at CERN on its adventure from the hydrogen bottle to the LHC!
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CMS Comic Book
With this fun comic book, learn about how the CMS detector was made, its main parts, and what scientists hope…
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ALICE and the Soup of Quarks and Gluons
Learn about the Quark-Gluon Plasma that the ALICE experiment is looking at with this fun cartoon!
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ATLAS Fact Sheets
Learn about different aspects of the ATLAS detector, from its various detector components to the search for the Higgs boson.
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Colouring Books and Activities by ATLAS
Enjoy free-to-download colouring books by the ATLAS collaboration, and learn about particle physics and the ATLAS experiment.
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CERN Brochure
Learn about the history of CERN.
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Elementary particle physics in early physics education – learning unit
Learning unit to introduce 12 year-olds to the subatomic structure of matter.
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Introduction of radioactivity by using probability theory – learning unit
Teach radioactivity to your classroom by using probability theory.
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Track inspection: how to spot subatomic particles
Identify tracks of subatomic particles from their ‘signatures’ in bubble chamber photos together with your students.
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Let’s have a coffee with the Standard Model of particle physics!
Discuss in your classroom one of the most famous formulas in physics, the standard model Langrangian.
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Introducing the LHC in the classroom: an overview of education resources available
Introduce the LHC in your classroom with the help of this paper, which links principal components of the LHC to…
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Introducing 12 year-olds to elementary particles
Introduce the subatomic structure of matter to young students.
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Higgs in a Box: Investigating the Nature of a Scientific Discovery
Bring nature of science into your classroom by discussing the discovery of the Higgs boson and experimenting with mystery boxes.