Session 8: Tools, experiments and initiatives

8.0 CERN@school: when students get into real physics research
Becky Parker, Langton Star Centre, United Kingdom

Abstract
CERN@school gives secondary schools across the UK the opportunity to become engaged in university level physics research. It also provides the chance to have a real piece of CERN technology which is used in the Large Hadron Collider. The main investigation is into cosmic rays, using the detectors to gather data about secondary cosmic rays in the atmosphere. The data gathered will be shared between all of the schools in the project so that investigations can be carried out collaboratively.