Transcript Welcome to our Cascade of Particle Physics Competition Lynne Long Schools Liaison Officer, The School of Physics & Astronomy.

Welcome to our
Cascade of Particle Physics
Competition
Lynne Long
Schools Liaison Officer, The School of Physics &
Astronomy
Schools involved………….
School Name
Schools Address
1
School Address
2
School Address
3
Post
code
Teacher contact name
Bancroft's School
High Road
Woodford Green
Essex
IG8 0RF
Mr N Jaques
Bloxham School
Bloxham
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX15
4PE
Mr C Newbould/Miss G.T
Barbour
Bromsgrove School
Worcester Road
Bromsgrove
Worcestershire
B61 7DU
Miss Emma Rein
Chipping Campden School
Cider Mill lane
Chipping
Campden
Gloucestershire
GL55
6HU
Ms Jackie Flaherty
Dixie Grammar School
Station Road
Market Bosworth
CV13 0LE
Dr S Ketchion
Duffryn High School
Lighthouse Road
Duffryn
Newport
NP10
8YD
Mr Gavin Gibson
Hagley RC High School
Brake Lane
Hagley
Worcestershire
DY8 2XL
Mr P Yapp
South Yorkshire
DN1
2HY
Hall Cross School
Thorne Road
Doncaster
Paul Stead
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Harrogate Grammar
School
Arthurs Avenue
Harrogate
North
Yorkshire
HG2
0DZ
Mr Philip Verhees
Helena Romanes School
Parsonage Down
Great Dunmow
Essex
CM6
2AU
Miss K Fisher
Katharine Lady Berkeley's
School
Kingswood Road
Kingswood, Wootonunder-Edge
Gloucesters
hire
GL12
8RB
Dr J.A Vorley
Keswick School
Vicarage hill
Keswick
Cumbria
CA12
5QD
Mr D Pratt
King Edward's School
Edgbaston Park
Road
Birmingham
B15
2UA
Dr Michael Daniel
King's Norton Boys School
Northfield Road
BirminghamHarrogate
B30
1DY
Mr David Gunn/Mr J. Butcher
Nottingham High School for
Girls
9, Arboretum
Street
Nottingham
NG1
4JB
Mr S.W.Price
Royal Grammar School
Worcester
Upper Tything
Worcester
WR1
1HP
Dr D.W. Harris
Runshaw College
Langdale Road
Leyland
PR25
3DQ
Ms Pam Dugdale/Ms Janet
Belshaw
Preston
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School Name
Schools Address 1
School Address 2
School Address
3
Post
code
Teacher contact name
Shire Oak School
Litchfield Road
Walsall Wood
Walsall
WS9 9PA
Mr S Bhatoey
Shrewsbury School
The Schools
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY3 7BA
Mr S.F.Adams
Solihull School
Warwick Road
Solihull
West Midlands
B91 3DJ
Mr M Smith/Mr D Farrington
St Clement Danes School
Chenies Road
Chorleywood
Hertfordshire
WD3 6EW
Dr F Wheeler
St Peter's Collegiate School
Compton Park
Compton Road
West
Wolverhampton
WV3 9DU
Mr Matthew Lambert
The Cheltenham Ladies'
College
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 3EP
Miss V Brandon/Mr J
Pothecary
The National School
Annesley Road
Hucknall
Nottinghamshire
NG15
7DB
Mr T Harrison
Torquay Boy's Grammar School
Shiphay Manor
Drive
Torquay
Devon
TQ2 7EL
Mr S Dow
Woolston High School
Holes Lane
Warrington
Cheshire
WA1 4LS
Mr P Davis
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Map of Schools involved…………..
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The prizes ………………………..
 Substantial
financial
help to take a
school party to visit
CERN (3 prizes of
£650 & 3 prizes of
£350)
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But also a great opportunity to…
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Make links with a leading Particle Physics
research group
 Enhance your own Particle Physics
knowledge
 Make links with teachers and students in
other schools
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The Birmingham group are involved
with the ALICE experiment…
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Which, in 2008, will
investigate lead ion
collisions at energies
around 30x greater than
those presently
achieved at
Brookhaven, extending
our knowledge of the
conditions shortly after
the BIG BANG…….
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And the ATLAS experiment ………
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Which will
investigate protonproton collisions at
energies of 14
million MeV, looking
for the Higgs Boson
– a key to
understanding mass
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The LHC at CERN has been under
construction since 2000…..
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Progress as at June
20th 2005…….
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And the whole complex is worth a
school visit……..
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There’s lots to see and opportunities to
relax too……….
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The city is well worth a visit….
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What is involved?
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Tonight, some of our undergraduate students are going
to give some short presentations on particle physics and
the experiments at the LHC
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Then……..
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You will go back to school/college and
work on your own displays/presentations
to give to other, younger students in your
own school and/or other schools……
to cascade information on these exciting
new experiments to as many others as
possible ….
hopefully enhancing your own knowledge
& communication skills ….
as well as inspiring a few people on the
way!
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Expectations……….
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We hope you will have an
audience of at least 50
The basic presentation should
be on powerpoint and…
involve at least two students
from the competing school, but
could involve more…
and should last around 20-25
minutes.
You are free to use drama,
demonstrations, audience
participation etc and to be as
innovative as you like!
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Support…………
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Academic staff from the
Particle Physics Group at
Birmingham are here to
answer your questions
tonight…and in the next
few months!
 The student presenters are
happy to help too!
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Judging Criteria……..
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The presentation should
– Be aimed at the level of the audience invited
– Cover the relevant points
– Be as interesting/entertaining as you can make it!
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More Judging criteria……..
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The presenters should
– Show evidence they
have done their
homework!
– Exude enthusiasm for
the subject!
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What next?
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Go back to school and discuss
– Who is going to be involved in the
preparation
– Who are your intended audience
– When you are going to hold your
event (sometime December 2006 March 2007)
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Then………….
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Prepare your presentation
 Organise and deliver the event
 Send to us - BEFORE MARCH 16th 2007 –
- A CD with a copy of your powerpoint presentation
and any appropriate digital photographs of the event
(audience pictures/demonstrations/presenters in
action etc), clearly labelled with both school and
presenters names
- A completed details form to include descriptions of
any demonstrations used, any audience interaction
etc, as well as numbers and ages of those present at
the event etc.
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HAVE FUN!
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THE FINALISTS WILL BE
ANNOUNCED………….
 By
March 30th 2007
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The BEST 6 TEAMS, as judged by a panel of
academic staff, teachers and students at the
University, will be invited to take part in the finals to
determine who gets the major & minor prizes on…..
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APRIL 25th 2007 – A WHOLE DAY EVENT WITH
LUNCH PROVIDED
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Some useful websites………
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http://public.web.cern.ch/public
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http://particleadventure.org
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http://www.gridpp.ac.uk
& MOST IMPORTANT:
http://www.hep.ph.bham.ac.uk/cascade/
Where you will find copies of all of tonight’s
presentations, details forms, useful contacts etc as
well as updated info as the competition progresses
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Some key useful contacts…..
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Lynne Long, Schools Liaison Officer:
- e-mail: [email protected]
- Tel:
0121 414 4656
Prof Peter Watkins, Head of Particle Physics
Research group:
- e-mail: [email protected]
- Tel:
0121 414 4625
Dr John Wilson, Particle Physics Research Group:
- e-mail: [email protected]
- Tel:
0121 414 4654
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