School visits to a physics research laboratory using virtual reality

School visits to research laboratories or facilities represent a unique way to bring students closer to science and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) careers. However, such visits can be very expensive for students and teachers, in terms of both time and money. In this paper, w...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2023-01
Main Authors: De Angelis, Ilaria, Budano, Antonio, De Pietro, Giacomo, Martini, Alberto, Postiglione, Adriana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Laboratories
Particle physics
Research facilities
Students
Teachers
Virtual reality
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Summary:School visits to research laboratories or facilities represent a unique way to bring students closer to science and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) careers. However, such visits can be very expensive for students and teachers, in terms of both time and money. In this paper, we present a possible alternative to on-site visits consisting inan activity addressed to high school students that makes use of a VR application to make them enter into a particle physics experiment. This proposal can represent a valid way of guaranteeing a visit to a research centre for all schools, regardless of their social or geographical origin. We describe the tests we carried out with a focus group of teachers and their students, and the obtained results.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2301.01515