Outreach and Education
Resources
EFDA JET
Many of the fusion research institutes in Europe offer national outreach programmes - including lectures, visits to schools and visits to the research institute. See the EFDA JET website for details of the national research institutes.
Culham Science Centre in the UK - home of the joint European JET device - offers a chance for schools visits to Culham - from UK and mainland European schools and universities. Culham also organises open evenings throughout the year for anyone who is interested in visiting.
EFDA JET offers a wide range of brochures, as well as an interactive CD and a fascinating movie on DVD that puts you in a classroom in 2100 when fusion reactors are part of our daily life. Fill in the form and we send you the requested media.
ESA
The ESA Education Office is responsible for the Agency's corporate education programme bringing together young people from many different nations. The aim is to help young Europeans, aged from 6 to 28, to gain and maintain an interest in science and technology, with the long-term objectives of contributing towards the creation of a knowledge-based society and ensuring the existence of a qualified workforce for the Agency that will ensure Europe's continued leadership in space activities.
This is achieved by organising various activities designed for specific age groups, keeping the educational community informed about these developments, and providing inspirational materials that assist teachers and students with the learning process.
Today, the ESA Education Office is responsible for numerous activities that can be broadly subdivided into the following categories:
- Hands-on projects
- Support to teachers
- International cooperation activities
- Opportunities for students
- Outreach initiatives
More information on these activities can be found on ESA's Education portal.
ESRF
The ESRF offers visits to its experimental facilities guided by expert scientist to students, school classes and other scientifically interested people. For information, please contact Chantal Argoud.
As to educational material the European Light Source has produced, in collaboration with three other laboratories, a CD ROM "Exploring matter with synchrotron light" (imediasoft, ESRF, 2002). It contains an introduction to the way synchrotron light is created and how it is used on the experimental stations. The various techniques are explained and results are presented in this document (in English and French) that can be ordered from the ESRF (Chantal Argoud, phone +33 4 76 88 20 56.).
For more information about synchrotron light science, we recommend to visit the site www.lightsources.org where you can find various educational material, presentations from other facilities and a wealth of interesting information and exciting news from synchrotrons worldwide including links.