Playing with Protons is an education initiative led by the CMS experiment at CERN bringing together primary school teachers, science education specialists and CERN researchers to develop creative approaches to helping all primary students engage effectively in physics, discovery and innovation. The project manager is Dr. Angelos Alexopoulos, Education Outreach Officer of the CMS Experiment at CERN. The pedagogical coordinator is the Physicist of the Hill Memorial School, Tina Nantsou. For 3 consecutive years since 2016 there have been Public Primary School Teachers Professional Development Courses held at CERN to utilise creative methodologies to develop educational scenarios and lesson plans for enhancing physics teaching and learning. This presentation was presented in CREATIONS summer school 2018 as part of a hands-on Playing with Protons workshop on scientific inquiry, astronomy, cosmology and Elementary Particles and LHC technology workshop. This is part 2.

1. PLAYING WITH
PROTONS
Elena Elliniadou, MEd
Principal, ICT teacher trainer
2nd Primary School of Piraeus-Uruguay
elenelli9@gmail.com

3. a. what scientific knowledge do we have about light?
b. Why does the sky has such colors during sunrise and sunset?
c. Why does the sky appear black on the moon?
d. What is a spectrum and how is it connected to Astrophysics?

4. Students’ Alternative Conceptions about Light
a. Light does not affect matter
b. During refraction, light changes color and characteristics
c. The speed of light cannot change
d. Dark is an entity

5. exploring basic optics
without using mathematical interpretive models
Interpretation of the natural world phenomena

6. Light – Astronomy –Astrophysics
Understanding of the Universe
by studying the light that comes from
the Universe
by recreating in the lab the first stages
of the Universe ( LHC)

7. evaporated milk (not fresh)
1 glass bowl
1 flashlight
Why is the sunrise colored in orange and in red?
2nd Primary School of Piraeus - Uruguay

8. Why is the sky blue?
Tina Nantsou, Hill Memorial School
evaporated milk (not fresh)
1 glass bowl
1 flashlight
water

9. How can we demonstrate the different wavelengths of light?

11. Why does the sky appear black on the moon?

12. a spectrum on the ceiling
Nantsou Tina, National Observatory of Athens
CD/DVD
1 strong flashlight
White ceiling
Dark room

15. Resources
• Nantsou Tina, Science Experiments for Kids, https://tinanantsou.blogspot.gr/
• Nantsou Tina (2017), Astronomy Experiments via Everyday Materials (Christina Papadopoulou)
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1paWwIvtNs6I5EkCm7yj6n62ruTaFlANz/view?usp=sharing
• 2nd & 6th Primary Schools of Artemis, Greece
• https://artemisprotons.wikispaces.com/home
• 2nd Primary School of Piraeus –Uruguay
• Project Playing with Protons
• Playing with Protons, https://playprotons.web.cern.ch/

16. Thank you
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PROTONS twitter.com/playprotons
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Elena Elliniadou, MEd
Principal, ICT teacher trainer
2nd Primary School of Piraeus-Uruguay
elenelli9@gmail.com