The outreach team at IFAE developed a Lego activity targeted for different audiences to explain particle physcis processes. The activity was tested in different setups during 2019 like science fairs (Festa de la Ciència in Barcelona, Reseachers Night), educational activities (School Visits, Bojos per la Física)
These activities were developed and executed in collaboration with Pere Masjuan.
On February 7th-11th, 2019 the first Science Biennal will take place in Barcelona. Many science outreach activities took place in the city in different locations. IFAE participated in 2 activities:
IFAE collaborated with the Quantica exhibition at Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) providing materials for the permanent exhibition, such as the original MAGIC-I telescope camera, designed and built at IFAE, or the interactive multimedia installation “Univers Quantic” developed by IFAE. IFAE also participated offering activities such as the family workshop “Construeix l’Univers Peça a Peça”, the children activity Culturnautes, talks and colloquia, and organizing a hackathon to co-develop with artists new visualizations of cosmological data.
More than 80.000 people visited this exhibition, developed together with Arts@CERN to disseminate the Quantum Physics paradigm through the joint creative work of scientists and artists.
“Univers Quàntic” ia an installation was developed by IFAE in collaboration with artist Àlex Posada (MID Studio). It is based on a simulation of particle physics decay processes developed originally in the context of the IFAE Undergraduate Summer Fellowship programme, an initiative to offer exceptional students their first research experience.
One-year educational program targeted for high- school students. 150 students applied. Activity Coordinated in collaboration with ICN2 and Funded by Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera. https://bojos-ciencia.fundaciocatalunya-lapedrera.com/cursos/fisica
Two-week international excellence program for high-school students: https://biysc.org/. IFAE collaborated with the program developing an activity focused on designin and build a cosmic ray detector based on SiPm.
Daniel Kerszberg and Joaquim Palacio tutored the student in this activity developed in collaboration with Òscar Blanch.
IFAE designed a set of educational activities for the yearly educational and social project Culturnautes led by CCCB. The project gives middle-school students from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds the opportunity to spend a week participating in cultural projects. IFAE designed a set of activities combining physics, crafts and role-play to allow the students to approach the topics of the Quantica exhibition from a children’s perspective. 50 kids participated in the activities developed by IFAE. These activities were developed and executed in collaboration with Pere Masjuan.
Web Application for High Energy Astrophysics outreach targeted for high-school students. Activity Funded by FECYT. https://www.cazadoresderayosgamma.com/
IFAE offers schools visits through the Escolab project. More than 200 students have viisted IFAE in 2019. More than 10 high-school students have had their first experience in research at IFAE in 20189 through different programs, namely Joves i Ciència, Premis Extraordinaris de Batxillerat and Treballs de Recerca.
PIC is very active in the ESCOLAB program since 2011, an initiative that offers outreach activities for high-schools in the Barcelona area. Josep Flix coordinates the visit program, with the participation of Antonio Pérez-Calero , Jorge Carretero , and Nadia Tonello . Around 600 students have visited PIC in 2018.
Educational activity for undergraduate students that offer a 1-month stay at IFAE in July. 90 applications in 2019. Activity funded by the Severo Ochoa program. https://summerfellowships.ifae.es/
IFAE researchers have given more than 50 outreach talks in 2019 in the context of different outreach programs, , the Science at School Day, the Science Week, and science fairs like Ciència entre Tots and Festa de la Ciència.