Higgs Boson Dominoes as a Classroom Puzzle Activity

This project aims to:
1. Widen the conversation around particle physics among Year 10 students, in terms of:
* Numbers of students able to engage in activities (500+ students in up to 100 UK classrooms)
* Broader range of backgrounds, including students from deprived areas
* Connections between different ways of viewing visual representations of physics, for example from a mathematical or from an artistic perspective
2. Build iteratively on both the quantative evaluation and qualitative feedback collected over the course of the project, providing new activities and expanding the most effective ones.
3. Provide a permanent resource for teachers and classrooms: the dominoes themselves and a library of activities and games they can be used with
4. Provide training opportunities and experience to undergraduates and PhD students keen to pursue public engagement

Dissemination is integrated into this project at a fundamental level, starting with the distribution of the Higgs Boson Dominoes and background information to a broad range of schools. This will provide a permanent resource that can be used for teaching about particle physics, using activities devised as part of this programme as well as those developed by others. The 36-month length of the programme will allow for new activities to be developed in response to the needs and ideas expressed by teachers and students.

The results of the programme will also be made available upon request to interested schools and university staff engaged in public engagement, and presented at appropriate meetings discussing public engagement in STEM. Deliverables potentially of interest would include:
* Details required to produce further pieces
* Full collection of activities developed, with notes on their evaluation and success
* Overall evaluation of the programme, both after the first iteration and the final report
We will also facilitate the submission of further activities and game ideas from students, teachers, and researchers into a repository. The relatively lightweight requirement for this collection of PDFs and word documents means that it can be maintained by Queen Mary and made available upon request indefinitely.

Results will be reported at appropriate events for sharing the results of STEM public engagement, for example the STFC-sponsored INTERACT symposium or similar. Other particle physicists working in outreach will be able to benefit from the long-term availability of Higgs Boson Dominoes pieces in classrooms.