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Recently, 14 teachers of Physics from Yerevan and several regions of Armenia visited the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator. This was the first-ever visit of Armenian teachers to the world's largest and most respected center for scientific research.
Anna Rubenyan, a Physics teacher at the Base College of Armenian State Pedagogical University (ASPU), was among the visiting teachers. The latter is happy to have been given such a unique opportunity; the group got acquainted with the latest news and international experience in physics, as well as methods of conducting experiments within the framework of school programs.
"It (LHC) is a leading center in the field of physics, where protons and heavy-ions beams are brought into collisions, serious experiments are carried out and antimatter is created. Unfortunately, Natural Sciences are not in good condition in our country. Visits of this format provide an opportunity to keep abreast of the latest developments, achievements and news in the field, as well as the goals of modern science," Anna Rubenyan said in conversation with aspu.am. She added that she had brought from the center more flexible methods of conducting experiments in schools: this is one of the best ways of direct communication between children and the science center.
The teachers' visit to the the world's largest particle accelerator was organized by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia, CERN and the Institute for Theoretical Physics and Modeling.
During the five-day visit, the group attended lectures by leading specialists in the field, visited the CERN Control Center, Neutrino Platform, Data Center, Antimatter Factory, ATLAS, ALICE, and CMS detectors of the Large Hadron Collider, and studied the history of detection and measurement of elementary particles and the principles of operating the equipment.
The teachers were also introduced to the skills of building elementary particle detectors using the materials in schools, developments and problems in elementary particle physics, theoretical and experimental developments, as well as the components of the aforesaid detectors that were produced in Armenia.
Let us add that the CERN is an international research organization that unites the efforts of 34 countries in the field of elementary particle physics. Today, over 16,000 scientists from 70 countries work for CERN.
