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Description
This contribution describes the course “Discovering cosmic rays" for in-service high school
physics teachers, organized in the context of the Italian Plan for Resilience and Recovery
(PNRR) “CTA+” program.
Proposed as part of the OCRA (Outreach Cosmic Ray Activities) activity, the 3-day course was held at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) in Italy in December 2023. After introductory lessons to the physics and detection techniques of cosmic rays, the teachers built a compact and effective muon telescope in the laboratory, the Cosmic Ray Cube (CRC), designed by LNGS-INFN.
After a lesson on data analysis and measurement of atmospheric muon flux, the teachers developed original educational pathways, creating a concrete output ready to be implemented in the classroom. The feedback and analysis results from their classes will be the input for a future session of the course.
