The ISOLDE LEGO(®) robot: building interest in frontier research

An outreach programme centred around nuclear physics making use of a LEGO(®) Mindstorm(®) kit is presented. It consists of a presentation given by trained undergraduate students as science ambassadors followed by a workshop where the target audience programs the LEGO(®) Mindstorm(®) robots to famili...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Cocolios, Thomas Elias, Lynch, Kara M, Nichols, Emma
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2017
Materias:
Nuclear Physics - Experiment
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/aa71e4
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2270110
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Sumario:An outreach programme centred around nuclear physics making use of a LEGO(®) Mindstorm(®) kit is presented. It consists of a presentation given by trained undergraduate students as science ambassadors followed by a workshop where the target audience programs the LEGO(®) Mindstorm(®) robots to familiarise themselves with the concepts in an interactive and exciting way. This programme has been coupled with the CERN-ISOLDE 50th anniversary and the launch of the CERN-MEDICIS facility in Geneva, Switzerland. The modular aspect of the programme readily allows its application to other topics.

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