This is a community by Greek primary school teachers of the Playing with Protons programme at CERN. Here you will find learning resources such as educational scenarios and lesson plans but also school initiatives and more on primary science education. All this has been developed by the CREATIONS project and is being further enriched in the context of the Open Schools for Open Societies initiative. Most importantly, it is led by the teachers themselves who, together with you, constitute an ever-growing community of passionate, innovative and creative primary science educators.

You are also encouraged to get involved with our parent CREATIONS community in which you can discover creative approaches based on the arts for an engaging science classroom that have been developed by 16 partners from 11 European countries.

Playing with Protons

Playing with Protons is an education initiative led by the CMS Experiment at CERN that brings together primary school teachers, science education specialists and CERN researchers to develop creative approaches to helping primary students engage effectively in physics, discovery and innovation. Stay tuned for news and updates on Facebook and Twitter. 

CPD Courses

2020

The 5th CPD course for primary school teachers from Greece will take place at CERN from 24 to 28 August 2020. The course will include lectures by CERN and other scientists, hands-on workshops, visits to experimental facilities, study groups and Q&A sessions. Detailed info on the course and T&Cs is available here. Applications are now closed. Results will be published in late March 2020. Good luck to all the applicants!

2019

The 4th CPD course for primary school teachers from Greece will take place at CERN from 26 to 30 August 2019. The course will include lectures by CERN and other scientists, hands-on workshops, visits to experimental facilities, study groups and Q&A sessions. The names and schools of the ten primary teachers who have been selected to take part in this year's CPD course are (in Greek):

2018

The 3rd CPD course for primary school teachers from Greece will take place at CERN from 26 to 30 August 2018. The course will include lectures by CERN and other scientists, hands-on workshops, visits to experimental facilities, study groups and Q&A sessions. The agenda of the course can be found here. 

2017

The 2nd CPD course for primary school teachers from Greece took place at CERN from 26 to 30 August 2017. The course included lectures by CERN and other scientists, hands-on workshops, visits to experimental facilities, study groups and Q&A sessions. The agenda of the course can be found here. 

Image credit: Sophia Bennett/CERN © CERN

Image credit: Sophia Bennett/CERN © CERN

2016

The 1st CPD course for primary school teachers from Greece tοοκ place at CERN from 17 to 22 August 2016. The course included lectures by CERN and other scientists, hands-on workshops, visits to experimental facilities, study groups and Q&A sessions. More info on the course can be found here.