Explore one of the world’s leading science research centers with this engaging CERN reading comprehension resource.

Students will learn where CERN is located and discover how scientists use enormous particle accelerators to investigate the smallest building blocks of matter. The passages introduce the Large Hadron Collider, a 27-kilometre underground accelerator where particles travel close to the speed of light before colliding.

Students will also explore CERN’s role in the discovery of the Higgs boson and learn how international teams work together on major scientific experiments.

The resource also introduces one of CERN’s most surprising achievements: the invention of the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989.

What’s included:

• Informational reading passages
• CERN history and research
• Large Hadron Collider
• Particle accelerators and collisions
• Particle physics
• Higgs boson discovery
• International scientific cooperation
• World Wide Web history
• Reading comprehension questions
• Written response activities

Perfect for physics, STEM, forces and matter, technology, scientific discoveries, space and particle science, reading comprehension and homeschool learning.

File type: Printable PDF
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