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An educational scenario authored by Nele Denayer in the framework of iMuSciCA 2018 summer school. 

In the following, we shall describe a simplified version of Einstein’s first proof on E=mc² as described in his seminal paper in 1905.

An educational pathway which highlights the concept of earthquakes and their fundamental characteristics through a study that the students are called to perform. The purpose of this educational pathway is to achieve the identification of the basic concepts of the phenomenon of earthquake and the development of students' spatial thinking through the use of representative tools.

The "Earthquakes for Junior High School Students" Inquiry Learning Space introduces students to aspects of earthquakes. Students learn about the science behind earthquake generation and detection and investigate the Tectonic Plate Theory, by correlating its outcomes with the worldwide distribution of earthquakes in real time.

To use this inquiry learning space, you will need to click on the link to the activity and enter with a username of your choice.

Eddington's experiment.
Prof. G. Pappas, AUTH

Astroparticle physics, also called particle astrophysics, is a branch of particle physics that studies elementary particles of astronomical origin and their relation to astrophysics and cosmology. The astroparticles, many times termed as “cosmic rays”  are a form of high-energy particle radiation, which originates from the sun, from outside the Solar System or even from distant galaxies as well as cataclysmic events in the Universe.

Astrophysics is a branch of Physics which applies the laws of physics and chemistry to explain the birth, life and death of stars, planets, galaxies, nebulae and other objects in the universe. Astrophysicists seek to understand the universe and our place in it. Throughout the ages, humans have wondered about our place in the cosmos as well as the nature of the cosmos around us.

Gravitational waves are perturbations of space-time curvature propagating at the speed of light. The waves are generated when something that involves a rapid change of compact mass-energy distributions happens in the Universe.  Then, the waves travel through the Universe and they arrive on Earth, often after a travel of hundreds of millions of years.

High Energy Physics is the field of Physics studying elementary particles and their interactions. According to the most successful theoretical model, the Standard Model, matter can be described on the basis of the six quarks and six leptons that are the fundamental building blocks which interact through the strong and the electroweak forces (gravity is not described in this model) that are transmitted via gauge bosons, the force mediating particles. To help research these topics, CERN, the largest research infrastructure dedicated to fundamental research has been constructed.