Teachers from the Paris and Versailles Academies taking a course at SOLEIL

The new focus of the high school syllabus is leading science teachers to incorporate activities with a direct connection to the latest developments in science, as well as the history of science, into their teaching. The course proposed by SOLEIL allows this teacher to gather the knowledge needed for organizing such activities in their classes. This year, 24 teachers (mainly from Physics and Chemistry Sciences, but also from biotechnology) followed this training.

During those two days, a historical approach to synchrotron radiation will allow its discovery and use to be situated in the context of large particle accelerators. Through an alternation of lectures, tours, and discussions with some of the leading research scientists and engineers in the field, the teachers will be able to grasp the basics of how a synchrotron operates and its many applications in fields as varied as physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, geophysics, new materials, the study of heritage artefacts, etc. All the attendees enjoyed they stay at SOLEIL and were really enthusiastic about this course. They now have to transmit those knowledges to their students.