• Question: Would you ever consider working in a school or making school visits to explain your work and science in general?

    Asked by to Becky, Clara, Daniel, Simon, Thomas on 12 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
    • Photo: Clara Nellist

      Clara Nellist answered on 12 Mar 2014:

      Hi @lucyt. I have done this! I really enjoy going into schools to explain my work and what is happening at the moment in science. I also go to science festivals to talk to the public and it’s one of the best parts of my job when someone is enthusiastic about the research we’re doing at CERN! I think it’s very important for scientists to share their work and take the time to explain it to students since you guys are the future! 🙂

      Unfortunately, at the moment I’m working in France and my French still needs practice, so I can’t go into schools here, but that’s why I’m doing ‘I’m a Scientist”, because I get talk to students like you and explain my research from far away!

    • Photo: Daniel Roach

      Daniel Roach answered on 12 Mar 2014:

      I’d like to do this – it’s on my list of things to do this year!

    • Photo: Simon Albright

      Simon Albright answered on 12 Mar 2014:

      Absolutely! I did an outreach program with the Institute of Physics called “Galactic Gig” whilst at Uni. I dressed up as Einstein, made a VERY poor attempt at rapping, and taught primary school children about planets and sound.

      I love doing outreach, hence IAS, and take any chance I can to explain my work to people. Though I do sometimes have to look out for when their face starts glazing over, apparently not everyone is as fascinated by the intracies of compound nucleus reactions as I am.

    • Photo: Becky Martin

      Becky Martin answered on 12 Mar 2014:

      Sure! I think it could be fun!

    • Photo: Thomas Elias Cocolios

      Thomas Elias Cocolios answered on 12 Mar 2014:

      I’ve been an official CERN guide for years! It was really nice to take people around to visit ATLAS (one of the big experiments) as well as around my lab (ISOLDE). I have had many schools visiting, and even organised a few tours from scratch for the schools where I studied before.

      CERN welcomes >100,000 visitors every year. It is an amazing experience and I would recommend that you ask your teacher about such opportunities! I am sure that @claranellist & I would be happy to guide around on the occasion.

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