There has been much information in the press in the last year regarding CERN and the large Large Hadron Collider. Unless you are Physics teacher in a school it is unlikely that you would travel the Geneva to visit the collider – of course you can book tickets to do this.
Now you don’t have to!
The London science museum has recreated the corridors of CERN in a brand new exhibition. It allows you to go on a Journey through CERN and learn lots about particle physics and the possible discoveries to be made through colliding particles together.
Step inside the world’s greatest experiment
Here a 5 things to do today to start your adventure.
1. Book you tickets for you and your family to visit the London science museum collider exhibition. Click here to be taken to the page.
2. Watch these two youtube videos which will give you a crash course on particle physics by Professor Brian Cox.
3. Buy yourself some soft toys all connected with particle physics from the particle zoo.
4. Watch Nobel Prize winner Professor Peter Higgs being interviewed by A Level Physics students. Professor Higgs conducted this Q and A session at the Science museum to mark the opening of the collider exhibition. The session was streamed live on the Guardian Website. The Large Hadron Collider was initially built to discover his idea of a particle – The Higgs Boson!
5. Once at the London Science Museum take a break for lunch. Walk outside the main entrance and turn left. Walk for about 5 minutes and you will be immersed in a range of cafes and restaurants of near South Kensington Tube Station. You will even pass an outdoor ice rink on the way.
Enjoy your visit.
