A new edition of the “Hands on Dark Matter” activity is coming. High school students will enjoy a morning of immersion in research into particle physics, radioactivity, astrophysics and dark matter.
This year we are visited by the following centers: IES Clara Campoamor, C.P. Enrique de Ossó, IES Rodanas, CPES La Salle Santo Ángel, IES Río Gállego, Colegio Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, IES La Azucarera, IES Miguel Servet, IES Valdespartera, Centro San Valero and Colegio San Gabriel.
Programme
- 10:00 Welcome ceremony: Graduation Hall of the Physics building of the Faculty of Sciences
- Talk on Dark Matter
- Connection with the Canfranc Underground Laboratory and the Aragon Cosmos Physics Centre
- 11:15 Activity in the laboratory (half of the group)
- Observation of cosmic rays
- Background radiation and spectra
- 11:15 Classroom activity (half of the group).
- Dark Matter Clues
- The matter of the Universe
- 12:00 Group exchange
- 12:45 Dark Matter Quiz
- 13:15 Farewell ceremony
