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 and 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 3.

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

3. Α. Η καµπύλωση του χωροχρόνου - Βαρύτητα
https://www.esa.int/spacei
nimages/Images/2015/09/Sp
acetime_curvature
The curvature of space-time

4. How is the movement interpreted?

5. -exploring the basic principles of classical
engineering without the use of mathematical
interpretive models
- Interpreting the phenomena of gravitational pull
between the celestial bodies through the general
theory of relativity

6. Students’ Alternative Conceptions
a. Earth is the center of the solar system
b. Planets move in circular orbits
c. The sun revolves around the Earth
d. Gravity only acts on falling objects
e. Gravity only acts on Earth and its surface

7. Gravity: objects that have
mass, such as the Sun and the
Earth, are attracted towards
each other.
Isaac Newton

8. Gravity: objects that
have mass are
attracted towards
each other.
The mass of matter
causes curvature of
space-time
Isaac Newton Albert Einstein

9. ELASTIC BED SHEET

11. Gravity Visualized

12. The Universe is expanding
Space
Time
paying-with-the-universe-slide

13. http://anguerde.com/TTF-389178-universe.html
What do we know about the
evolution of the Universe?
Untili the 20th century:
static
unchangeable

14. Galileo, 16th century proved
Copernicus
The Earth is not the center of the
Universe

15. 1917: A. Einstein. General
Theory of Relativity
A. Einstein

16. A. Einstein G. Lemaitre
1917: A. Einstein. General Theory of Relativity
1927: G. Lemaitre. Theory
of Expanding Universe

17. A. Einstein G. Lemaitre
1917: A. Einstein. General Theory of Relativity
1927: G. Lemaitre. Theory of Expanding Universe
1929: E. Hubble. The Universe is expanding. Hubble’s law.
Ed. Hubble

19. Universe Balloon Analogy

20. 2nd Primary School of Piraeus - Uruguay

21. ;
Universe Development Patterns

22. Universe Development Patterns

23. Deflating the balloon?
;

24. Return to Uniqueness

25. The Big Bang

26. Students’ Alternative Conceptions on the creation of the
Universe
a. distances, dimensions, celestial bodies are
concepts hard to comprehend
b. Influence from religion, science fiction movies,
animated cartoons, videogames
c. Trust on the singularity of the Earth and the Sun,
existed forever
d. Outdated information from school

27. The Chronology of the Universe

29. The Big Bang

30. The Big Bang

31. The Big Bang

32. The Big Bang

33. The Big Bang

34. The Big Bang

35. The Big Bang

36. The Big Bang

37. The Big Bang

38. The Big Bang

39. The Big Bang

40. The Big Bang

41. The Cosmic Funnel

44. 2nd & 6th Primary Scnool of Artemis

45. 2nd & 6th Primary
Scnool of Artemis

46. 2nd & 6th Primary
Scnool of Artemis

47. 2nd & 6th Primary
Scnool of Artemis

48. 2nd Primary
School
of Piraeus -
Uruguay

49. Resources
• Nantsou Tina, Science Experiments for Kids, https://tinanantsou.blogspot.gr/
• Nantsou Tina (2017), Cosmology Experiments for Kids (Paris Papadopoulos)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QLvzqyH-kN4XPrvK4vTL-nVjgy1kmIZU/view?usp=sharing
• Nantsou Tina, (2017), Cosmology with simple materials, (Pavlidou Maria)
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KB86GRQxHpzJ9JM53l1dOJ2lmbfjuDrL/view?usp=sharing
• Nantsou Tina (2017), Gravity experiments via everyday materials
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xz9eMAzGJ_yvKb04GqJp1e3jOKJh8oK7/view?usp=sharing
• Playing with Protons, https://playprotons.web.cern.ch/
• 2ο & 6ο Δηµοτικά Σχολεία Αρτέµιδος
https://artemisprotons.wikispaces.com/home
• 2nd Primary School of Piraeus –Uruguay
• Project Playing with Protons

50. Resources
• Spacetime curvature (slide 3)
https://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/09/Spacetime_curvature
• Ellis, John, (2016), The Universe is expanding (Slide 11, 41) Playing with the Universe
• https://indico.cern.ch/event/544827/timetable/ - 13-playing-with-the-universe
• Analogy for the expansion of the Universe (slide 17) Galaxies and the foundation of Modern
Cosmology (Chester Austin)
• https://slideplayer.com/slide/8882383/
• National Geographic. Cosmic Questions.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/cosmic-dawn/questions-index.html

51. Thank you
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Elena Elliniadou, Med
Principal, ICT teacher trainer
2nd Primary School of Piraeus-Uruguay
elenelli9@gmail.com