Outreach in particle physics, Czech Republic

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

• Broad consensus in particle physics community that outreach activities are important

Target groups

•Students and teachers

•General public

•Media

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

Students, teachers

• Covered by J.D. in his talk • Weeks of science, open days • Day of CERN• EPPOG International Masterclasses • The “Open science” project • Visits of students in laboratories• Visits to CERN and other major labs abroad

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

Students, teachers

• Covered by J.D. in his talk • Weeks of science, open days • Day of CERN• EPPOG International Masterclasses • The “Open science” project • Visits of students in laboratories• Visits to CERN and other major labs abroad

Day of CERN, 2004

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

Students, teachers

• Covered by J.D. in his talk • Weeks of science, open days • Day of CERN• EPPOG International Masterclasses • The “Open science” project • Visits of students in laboratories• Visits to CERN and other major labs abroad

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

European Masterclasses

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

Students, teachers

• Covered by J.D. in his talk • Weeks of science, open days • Day of CERN• EPPOG International Masterclasses • The “Open science” project • Visits of students in laboratories• Visits to CERN and other major labs abroad

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

Students, teachers

• Covered by J.D. in his talk • Weeks of science, open days • Day of CERN• European Masterclasses • The “Open science” project • Visits of students in laboratories• Visits to CERN and other major labs abroad

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

Students visiting ATLAS

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

General public

• TV, radio, press, web pages• Open days at the labs• Science at the streets project• Public lectures

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

General public

• TV, radio, press, web pages• Open days at the labs• Science at the streets project• Public lectures

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

Science at the streets

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

Media

• Cooperation with journalists, especially TV journalists

• Original Czech TV documentaries about CERN and particle physics, shots in TV news, Czech dubbing of foreign documentaries

• Radio• Press conferences, round tables

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

Czech TV crews at CERN

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

Media

• Cooperation with journalists, especially TV journalists

• Original Czech TV documentaries about CERN and particle physics, shots in TV news, Czech dubbing of foreign documentaries

• Radio• Press conferences, round tables

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

TV documentary from the series Planet Science, Czech TV, 2006

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

Media

• Cooperation with journalists, especially TV journalists

• Original Czech TV documentaries about CERN and particle physics, shots in TV news, Czech dubbing of foreign documentaries

• Radio• Press conferences, round tables

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

Particle physics on the radio

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

Media

• Cooperation with journalists, especially TV journalists

• Original Czech TV documentaries about CERN and particle physics, shots in TV news, Czech dubbing of foreign documentaries

• Radio• Press conferences, round tables

Round table on particle physics, Week of science and technology

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

A couple of remarks

• Personal contacts with people• Opportunities offered by events like

conferences, exhibitions, anniversaries etc. (CERN traveling exhibition)

• On the importance of being on TV

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

• Everybody is impressed by visiting CERN, the impact of seeing by one’s own eyes and feeling the atmosphere cannot be overestimated

9 March 2007 J. Rameš, RECFA Meeting, Prague

Great opportunity for making particle physics visible is the

LHC start-up