German Outreach Report

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German Outreach Report

• Particle Physics School Material
• Web Page Progress
• Report on Future of Particle Physics in Germany
• Internet Portal World of Physics
• Physics on Stage Science Days Europark Rust

• Michael KobelBonn UniversityOPAL, ATLAS, D0
  European Particle Physics Outreach Group Meeting,
  Pisa, 12.10.2002

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Why could particle physics help?
Situation of physics in school

• 70 of students drop physics earliest possible
  conveniance
• Not enough scientific literacy in public
• Not enough physics students at university
• Problems
• Mainly physics of 18. u. 19. century
• Presented in gory details
• Everyday life contexts are rare
• Global and modern physics picture is missing
  completely(apart from abrupt transition to
  nuclear physics at end of the 10th grade)

• Refers to most basic questions
• Origin of the universe
• Structure of matter
• Structure of forces
• Connection to everyday life
• Relation Forces ?? Types of radioactive decays
• Application in Medicine

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1) Particle Physics for 15- and 16-year olds

• Why 10th form ?
• Last time mandatory physics
• 70 of students (85 of female) drop physics at
  this earliest opportunity
• Current Topics for 9th and 10th form
• Force, Pressure Energy, Work, Power
• Oscillations, Waves, Acustics
• Radioactivity and Nuclear Energy
• Concept Embed the latter in larger particle
  physics unit
• 2 student teacher theses with
• Teacher-material
• Student-material
• Supporting Html Web-Pages with
• Teaching an d Learning-material
• Interactive Quiz-Pages
• Animations
• Simulations (e.g. from CERN)

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Concept for 20(?) hours

• Introduction and motivation Contexts Big Bang,
  radiation
• Small structures
• Building blocks molecules ? atoms ? fundamental
  particles (1.gener.)
• Interactions via exchanged particles
• Radioactivity (a, b, g) , Nuclear physics
• Nuclear power stations
• Mass energy (Emc²), antimatter
• Medical applications, radiation protection
• The Standard Model (and its open questions)
• Exercise Identification of particles and
  interactions
• Cosmology (optional)
• Historical background and final discussion

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New in recent months (1 tests)

• Particle Physics material tested 3 times in 12
  hours coursein two high-schools (Cologne,
  Siegburg)
• Summaries available as 2 teachers 2nd theses
• Result
• Successful use is possible, after some training
• Has to be done slow and thoroughly (lots of
  information)
• More experiments would help
• Increase in physics interest is not significant
  (yet)
• Material and experience subject of teacher
  training 11/02
• Process leads to concrete proposal of curriculum
  amendment
• Authorities are very open and interested

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New in recent months (2 contexts)

• Second thesis about Contexts (again paper web
  pages)
• Medicinevia Interactions of Particles in Matter
• Cosmologyvia Relation Temperature ?? Energy
• Like first one available underwww.teilchenphysik.
  info ? Schulmaterialien
• Opens opportunity for optional detailed context
  discussion
• Not yet tested in school

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Experiences and Future

• students very interested in topic
• supporting use of PC positive
• still many basic problems in detail
• Future
• support from education authorities already
  existing
• second iteration of material after test in 2002
• inclusion in next round of curriculum in North
  Rhine Westfalia
• --gt 14 more Bundesländer to do...

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2.) German Outreach Web Pageshttp//www.physik.un
i-bonn.de/outreach ? www.teilchenphysik.info

• (One of) German Particle Physics Info-Center(s)
  for
• HEP Physicists (e.g. Material for talks, open
  days, etc)
• High School Students (e.g.master classes)
• Students (e.g. teaching systems, lectures)
• Teachers (e.g. training)
• Journalists (e.g. news)
• Public (e.g. material, links)
• Update 2002
• Enables announcements of events or news
  remotely by all HEP groups in Germany
• Forum to discuss experiences with particle
  physics in school
• Examples (talks for schools, material, etc)

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3) Report on Future of HEP in Germany

• Complete Review of current state and future
• Suggested and funded by reasearch ministry (BMBF)
• Written by physicists (1 science writer) 120
  pages
• For scientists (non-physicists) colleagues
  physics students scientific educated
  public funding agencies and advisory
  panels
• Graphics by DESY (HH/Zeuthen) graphics
  bureauvery nice graphics for outreach! chapter1,
  chapter2
• To be presented in a symposium on 22.11. in Bonn
• Part. Phys. Kommitee (KET) homepage ?
  Denkschrifthttp//www.dpg-fachgremien.de/t/ket/
  ket.html

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4) New Web Portal Welt der Physik

• Outreach project of research ministry (!) and
  German Phys Society
• Aim show fascination of physics research to the
  (educated?) public source of material
  and info e.g. for teachers ...
• Professional design
• Particle Physics part
• Mostly selection of articles
• Currently a bit DESY focussed (people based in
  HH)
• Need input (articles) from CERN, FNAL, SLAC... !!
• Authors mostly science writers
• (My role check physics correctness of particle
  physics part)

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Physics on Stage, Status Germany

• National Continuation of Physics on Stage
• Political work Symposium Munich 2001 ? Report
  AvailableDiscussion with Politics, Education
  aministration, Didactics,...
• Material Collection? German PoS 12 CD
  available summaries of contributions, abstracts,
  videos, symp reports, ...
• Workshop continuations (September 26-28, Europark
  Rust)- Multiple intelligence workshop (summary
  to appear)- European School Net CoPhyLab (will
  be linked via German PoS)
• Start of Campaign for PoS 3? Flyer
  availableMaterial (Report, CD, Flyer)
  distributed at- MNU science teachers association
  meetings Sept/Oct. 02- Science Days Rust
• See http//www.physik.uni-bonn.de/physics-on-stage