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Particle Physics in the
International Baccalaureate
Diploma (IB)
A CERN HST-2010
working group proposal
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IB Diploma programme
• Pre-university education for 16 19
year olds
• > 500,000 graduates since 1970
• 2183 schools in 138 countries
• All students must study at least one
science (group 4) subject at Standard or
Higher Level
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IB Physics
• Standard level: 110 hours80 hours CORE + 2 x 15 hour OPTIONS
• Higher Level: 180 hours135 hours CORE +2 x 22 hours OPTIONS
• Plus Lab hours (SL = 40 hours; HL = 60 hours)
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Lab work in Particle Physics?
• “IA activities should ideally include a
spread of content material from the
core, options and, where relevant, AHL
material.”
• “A minimum number of investigations to
be carried out is not specified.”
IB Physics Guide
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How much lab work?
• Not specified
• Each option takes 22 / 180 total theory teaching hours (~12%)
we should aim for 12% x 50 hours of total lab (not including group 4 project)
approx. 6 hours for particle physics at Higher Level!
• Can include computer simulations / database tasks
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it’s a free market…
HL options (select any 2):
Astrophysics
Communications
Electromagnetic waves
Relativity
Medical physics
Particle physics
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Teachers might not choose
particle physics because:
• It is a new option (2009)
few example questions
• It is outside their specialist area of
knowledge
• There are few good quality teaching
resources available
• What to do for lab work?
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aim of this project
… to produce a single, coherent, high quality set of teaching resources:- PowerPoint- Worksheets- Suggestions for lab work- Homework sheets- Exemplars- Extension materials
… to encourage more teachers to offer particle physics
… to improve the quality of teaching and learning in particle physics
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A 2-way resource:
• From syllabus statements to content(recognising that the IB syllabus booklet
is the prime document for IB teachers)
• A storyboard approach: telling the tale
of particle physics (a new CERN-branded course that covers
all IB criteria in a more engaging way)
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A 2-way resource:
• From syllabus statements to content(recognising that the IB syllabus booklet
is the prime document for IB teachers)
• A storyboard approach: telling the tale
of particle physics (a new CERN-branded course that covers
all IB criteria in a more engaging way)
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Syllabus to content…
• J1: Particles & interactions
• J2: Particle accelerators & detectors
• J3: Quarks
• J4: Leptons & the standard model
• J5: Experimental evidence for the quark
& standard models
• J6: Cosmology & strings
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J1: Particles & interactions
• J1.1: State what is meant by an elementary particle
• J1.2: Identify elementary particles
• J1.3: Describe particles in terms of mass and various quantum numbers
• J1.4: Classify particles according to spin
• J1.5: State what is meant by an antiparticle
• J1.6: State the Pauli exclusion principle
• J1.7: List the fundamental interactions
• J1.8: Describe the fundamental interactions in terms of exchange particles
• J1.9: Discuss the uncertainty principle for time and energy in the context of particle creation
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J1.2: Identify elementary particles
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J1.2: Identify elementary particles
QUARKS:
Atomic nuclei
are made of
these
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J1.2: Identify elementary particles
QUARKS:
“feel” every
known force in
nature
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J1.2: Identify elementary particles
QUARKS:
are the only
matter particles
to “feel” the
strong force
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J1.2: Identify elementary particles
Electric
charge:
+2/3
-1/3
0
-1
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J1.2: Identify elementary particles
Leptons:
Are found
everywhere
EXCEPT the
nucleus
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J1.2: Identify elementary particles
Leptons:
DO NOT “feel”
the strong force
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J1.2: Identify elementary particles
Leptons:
Neutrinos also do
not “feel” the
electromagnetic
force
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J1.2: Identify elementary particles
The first family:
All of the visible matter in the universe is
made of these four particles.
Nothing else is needed.
So who ordered these -> …?
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J1.2: Identify elementary particles
Meet the neighbours:
Say hi to families
2 & 3
They are identical to
family 1 - except each
particle is heavier
So… the Muon is a
heavy electron
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J1.2: Identify elementary particles
THREE is the
number:
The heavy families
disappeared as the
universe cooled.
We don’t know why
these extra families of
particles exist.
But we DO know that
no other families exist.
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J1.2: Identify elementary particles
Loners:
These matter particles
are known collectively
as fermions.
They like to be alone:
the Pauli Exclusion
Principle shows that no
two fermions can exist
in identical quantum
states.
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J1.2: Identify elementary particles
Force carriers:
We talk about particle
interactions rather than
forces.
The interactions are
“mediated” (caused) by
force carrying particles
called bosons.
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J1.2: Identify elementary particles
Force carriers:
Each force has its own
boson(s)
Electromagnetic photon
Weak W+, W-, Z0
Strong gluon
Bosons are sociable - they do
NOT obey Pauli’s exclusion
principle
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J1.2: Identify elementary particles
Force carriers:
What about gravity?
Einstein’s General Theory of
Relativity is our best
explanation of gravity to date.
It is a classical field theory
which does not fit into the
standard model (of quantum
field theories)
This is a BIG problem!
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J1.2: Identify elementary particles
Higgs boson:
This particle has not yet been
discovered!
It is hypothesised that other
particles acquire their mass
by interacting with the Higgs
field.
The Higgs boson, if it exists,
is a perturbation of the Higgs
Field.
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J1.2: Identify elementary particles
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A 2-way resource:
• From syllabus statements to content(recognising that the IB syllabus booklet
is the prime document for IB teachers)
• A storyboard approach: telling the
tale of particle physics (a new CERN-branded course that covers
all IB criteria in a more engaging way)
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A 2-way resource:
• From syllabus statements to content(recognising that the IB syllabus booklet
is the prime document for IB teachers)
• A storyboard approach: telling the
tale of particle physics (a new CERN-branded course that covers
all IB criteria in a more engaging way)
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Greek
atoms
Standard
Model 2010
Inside
1900’s
“atom”
A day at
the ZOO
Order from
ChaosMeet the
neighbours
Into the
unknown
Interactions
Accelerators
Detectors
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Aim for this working group
• Brainstorm: generate ideas!
• Find existing resources and edit them
into a coherent style / format
• Write new resources (in both directions)
• Produce homework sheets
• Produce ideas for lab assignments
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Health warning!
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Health warning!
• This is the start of an extended project!
• The working group will contribute to the
project but WILL NOT complete the
project in the next 2 weeks
• Very high standards of work are
required
• Work will be edited prior to publication
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