The Outreach Cosmic Ray Activities (OCRA) project offers a platform for all outreach activities focusing on cosmic rays within the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN). Created in 2018, OCRA now counts 21 of the institute's divisions all over Italy as members. The project's core activity is the participation of all its members in the International Cosmic Day, organized by DESY, and inviting high school students to carry out hands-on measurements of the cosmic ray flux and learn about the related physics background. Two students from each division are then selected to participate in the annual OCRA science camp, a three-day full immersion into the life of a physicist. The national activities are complemented by local initiatives of the OCRA member groups: workshops and tutorship programs, science competitions and the development of new detectors for outreach activities offer a multitude of possibilities for students to engage with our researchers and to explore the world of cosmic rays. Since spring of 2020 OCRA also offers a series of online laboratories on its website https://web.infn.it/OCRA/, designed not only to be used by students individually but also to be used in the classroom by teachers. Here we will give an overview on all activities offered by OCRA with a particular focus on the 2020 online event organized in occasion of the International Cosmic Day, that saw the participation of more than 3000 students.

Hemmer, S., Aramo, C., Bissaldi, E., Bocci, V., Bottino, B., Buscemi, M., et al. (2022). Discovering cosmic rays with OCRA: outreach activities for students and teachers. Intervento presentato a: 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC) - JUL 12-23, 2021, Berlin, Germany - Virtual.

Discovering cosmic rays with OCRA: outreach activities for students and teachers

La Vacca G.;Rozza D.;Gervasi M.;Grandi D.;
2022

Abstract

The Outreach Cosmic Ray Activities (OCRA) project offers a platform for all outreach activities focusing on cosmic rays within the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN). Created in 2018, OCRA now counts 21 of the institute's divisions all over Italy as members. The project's core activity is the participation of all its members in the International Cosmic Day, organized by DESY, and inviting high school students to carry out hands-on measurements of the cosmic ray flux and learn about the related physics background. Two students from each division are then selected to participate in the annual OCRA science camp, a three-day full immersion into the life of a physicist. The national activities are complemented by local initiatives of the OCRA member groups: workshops and tutorship programs, science competitions and the development of new detectors for outreach activities offer a multitude of possibilities for students to engage with our researchers and to explore the world of cosmic rays. Since spring of 2020 OCRA also offers a series of online laboratories on its website https://web.infn.it/OCRA/, designed not only to be used by students individually but also to be used in the classroom by teachers. Here we will give an overview on all activities offered by OCRA with a particular focus on the 2020 online event organized in occasion of the International Cosmic Day, that saw the participation of more than 3000 students.
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cosmic rays
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37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC) - JUL 12-23, 2021
2021
2022
395
18 March 2022
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https://pos.sissa.it/395/1375/pdf
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Hemmer, S., Aramo, C., Bissaldi, E., Bocci, V., Bottino, B., Buscemi, M., et al. (2022). Discovering cosmic rays with OCRA: outreach activities for students and teachers. Intervento presentato a: 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC) - JUL 12-23, 2021, Berlin, Germany - Virtual.
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