Educational Resources

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A functional 3D-printable magnet model of the ATLAS toroid

introduce the ATLAS detector in your classroom by building a functional 3D-printed model of its toroidal magnet.
Author
CERN PER team
Age group
16+

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!
Author
ALICE experiment
Age group
5-12
13-15
16+

ALICE and the Soup of Quarks and ...

ATLAS Cheat Sheets

Author
ATLAS experiment
Age group
16+

ATLAS Cheat Sheets

ATLAS fact sheets

Learn about different aspects of the ATLAS detector, from its various detector components to the search for the Higgs boson.
Author
ATLAS experiment
Age group
16+

ATLAS fact sheets

Bend it like dark matter!

Introduce dark matter in your classroom with this fun new approach using jelly lenses.
Author
CERN PER team
Age group
16+

Bend it like dark matter!

CERN brochure

Learn about the history and future of CERN.
Author
CERN
Age group
13-15
16+

CERN brochure

CERN quick facts 2022

Get some quick facts about CERN.
Author
CERN
Age group
16+

CERN quick facts 2022

CMS Comic Book

With this fun comic book, learn about how the CMS detector was made, its main parts, and what scientists hope to find using this complex tool.
Author
CMS experiment
Age group
5-12
13-15
16+

CMS Comic Book

Destination Universe: The Incredible Journey of a Proton in the Large Hadron Co…

Follow a proton at CERN on its adventure from the hydrogen bottle to the LHC!
Author
CERN
Age group
5-12
13-15
16+

Destination Universe: The Incredi...

Elementary particle physics in early physics education - learning unit

Learning unit to introduce 12 year-olds to the subatomic structure of matter.
Author
CERN PER team
Age group
5-12

Elementary particle physics in ea...

High-Luminosity LHC brochure

Learn about the High-Luminosity LHC with this CERN brochure.
Author
CERN
Age group
16+

High-Luminosity LHC brochure ...

Introducing 12 year-olds to elementary particles

Introduce the subatomic structure of matter to young students.
Author
CERN PER team
Age group
5-12

Introducing 12 year-olds to eleme...

Introducing the LHC in the classroom: an overview of education resources availa…

Introduce the LHC in your classroom with the help of this paper, which links principal components of the LHC to topics in physics curricula.
Author
CERN PER team
Age group
16+

Introducing the LHC in the classr...

Introduction of radioactivity by using probability theory - learning unit

Teach radioactivity to your classroom by using probability theory.
Author
CERN PER team
Age group
16+

Introduction of radioactivity by ...

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.
Author
CERN PER team
Age group
16+

Let’s have a coffee with the Stan...

LHC: The guide - FAQ

Learn about the LHC, its detectors, and the physics behind it.
Author
CERN
Age group
16+

LHC: The guide - FAQ

The Higgs boson - brochure

Learn about the Higgs boson and the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism, with this brochure from the ATLAS experiment.
Author
ATLAS experiment
Age group
16+

The Higgs boson - brochure ...

Track inspection: how to spot subatomic particles

Identify tracks of subatomic particles from their ‘signatures’ in bubble chamber photos together with your students.
Author
CERN PER team
Age group
16+

Track inspection: how to spot sub...