7. Education and Promotion of Physics
Section foundation: 2009
Chair: Prof. Andreas Müller, Dr. Gernot Scheerer
Our goal is to present the fascination of physics to a broad public. In Switzerland, many tools are already available. We aim at promoting these tools and helping our members - be it researchers, teachers, industries or students - to find the right means to share their passion or learn more about a specific subject.
Below we promote and report a list of actions and events taking place throughout Switzerland. The events are also advertised using our Newsletter. Do not hesitate to contact us if you’d like to have more information or if we have missed an important outreach and education activity.
| Name, Location | Aims for | What | |
For school classes | |||
| S’Cool LAB - CERN, Geneva | high-school students (aged 16-19) and their teachers | hands-on and minds-on particle physics experiments | |
| PhysiScope - University of Geneva | classes (starting from age 6) and their teachers | hands-on and shows on astronomy, colors, electricity, mechanics, pressure, rotations, states of matter, or scientific method. Article PhysiScope (from SPG Mitteilungen Nr. 49) | |
| School Lab iLab - PSI Villigen | classes (age 10 to 20) | hands-on wave, light and vacuum phenomena | |
| Science Lab - Universität Zürich | classes, students and teachers | sustainability and natural science | |
| Stellarium Gornergrat, Zermatt | classes (starting age 8) | hands-on astronomy | |
| CERN Beamline | schools, visits, masterclasses and more | ||
For high-school students | |||
| Athéna - University of Geneva | 3rd or 4th year high-school students | anticipate your studies in physics or math and follow in advance a class at the University for one semester. | |
| International Masterclasses | 15-19 year old | hands-on particle physics | |
For school teachers | |||
| Les cours pour les enseignantes, etc. | stage d’un semestre à l’EPFL pour améliorer la transition vers l’EPFL en coopérant avec les enseignants | ||
For the broad public | |||
| SimplyScience | kids, school teachers and parents | ||
| Guided tours at CERN | |||