Education and outreach Archives – Page 3 of 16

International High School Teacher Programme

Inspiring the inspirers

How CERN’s national and international teacher programmes inspire and empower thousands of teachers and, through them, their students.

CERN Science Gateway inaugurated

On 7 October, CERN Science Gateway was inaugurated in the presence of 500 invited guests, including the president of the Swiss Confederation.

Open doors for open science

On 28 September, the all-new CERN library and bookshop welcomed users with a two-day inauguration event packed with activities and entertainment.

Tales from CERN guides

Visitors to CERN are welcomed by members of personnel who dedicate part of their time to outreach. Here, six guides recount their most memorable experiences.

Expanding the senses

The key to unlock accessibility is to broaden the number of dimensions and directions through which physics is communicated.

The power of objects

Science centres impress with all kinds of high-tech exhibits, but often it is a simple object or piece of an experiment that holds the most fascinating stories.

Going where the crowd is

Based on the success of CERN’s first Science Pavilion at the WOMAD music festival in 2016, the project has grown to become a highly successful outreach effort known as the CERN Festival Programme.

Physicists go direct

Outreach in its original form – passionate researchers engaging directly with a wide range of the general public – remains as vivid and vital as ever in particle physics.

Children interacting with exhibits at Science Gateway

Empowering children to aspire to science

CERN Science Gateway caters for children as young as five. Why would CERN target such young audiences? And what CERN-related content could possibly be accessible to such an age group?