Finally, the ATLAS LEGO model world has also started Run 3 with the ATLAS Run-3 model. Nathan Readioff designed a very nice upgraded version of the original ATLAS LEGO model. New sub-detectors, more details, more stability and quite a few more pieces .. find all the details, the manual, parts lists and 3D model files on the model page.
Together with their physics teacher Mr Wolf, the advanced physics course of the Kopernikus-Gymnasium in Duisburg built the ATLAS model designed by Sascha Mehlhase.
Over a period of 25 weeks, 14 dedicated students met with their teacher in their free time to bring the model to life, brick by brick. What started as a crazy idea developed into a meticulous and successful project that takes the passion for science and research at this school to a whole new level. The project was funded by the school’s booster club (Förderverein). Students and teachers are proud that Kopernikus-Gymnasium is one of the first schools in the world to successfully realise this fascinating project on its own. The model will be available to future generations of pupils to teach them about the fascination of particle physics.
Together with two physics-enthusiastic teachers, students of the Gustav-Heinemann-Oberschule in Berlin built the ALICE model with almost 18,000 pieces. As part of a project week on the topic of particle physics, about 15 students explored the ALICE Experiment, how it works, and the physical questions posed by the experiment located at CERN. The students also gained further insights into life and work at CERN in a video conference with particle physicist Sascha Mehlhase.
Here are a few shots of the construction and the presentation:
After last year’s Valencia premier, on 6 May 2023 there’ll be the second edition of BYOPD at the EXPOCIÈNCIA 2023.
See the event page here.
Recently the University of Science and Technology of China in Shanghai received and built the 66th large ATLAS model worldwide (see complete list here).
Along the new model there are now also matching labels in simplified Chinese.