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Student teams have just one month to submit their proposals to conduct an experiment at a working CERN beamline
The experimental cavern played host to hundreds of young guests, who visited the detector during the last major CMS outreach event of long shutdown 1
Build a cosmic-ray detector in the classroom to see tracks left by particles from outer space
CERN physicists travelled to Nepal and India to bring a plethora of particle physics events to schools, universities and public venues
Want to conduct an experiment at a fully operational CERN beamline? Just over 3 weeks left to register for the Beamline for schools competition!
The deadline for applications is 28 February 2015
A new documentary charts the progress of the physics-education project "Playing with Protons", a collaboration between CERN and a Greek primary school
Don’t miss a Google+ hangout with last year’s winners and CERN scientists on 4 December 2014 at 5pm CET
CMS Virtual Visits provide remote participants an opportunity to experience the CMS Experiment. Why not take a tour from the comfort of your school?
The ATLAS and CMS experiments, together with the IceCube Experiment in the South Pole, hosted a virtual visit for high-school students
Some 175 pupils from the Pays de Gex and the Canton of Geneva took part in a colloquium entitled "La science en partage” (‘shared science’)
Applications to the 2015 school, which will be held in Ibarra, Ecuador, are open until 14 November