The trip to Switzerland is an incredible experience that combines with diverse activities and enriching, experiential learning.
Before traveling to Geneva to visit the particle accelerator, we took part in five days of preparation with different professors from universities across Israel. It was interesting, in-depth learning.
When we arrived in Switzerland, we also had some fun, enjoying a leisurely ride on Lake Geneva and going on a scavenger hunt.
During the visit to the particle accelerator, we were able to see how our five days of preparation, in addition to all of our previous learning, manifested itself and came together in this one place.
Our studies in Switzerland are both challenging and incredibly interesting. We are listening to lectures from senior researchers and researchers from the top echelons of the CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. They have not only contributed their time to our education, but they have also enriched us with their knowledge.
This is an amazing, wild experience, and I encourage anyone who is interested in the field to go for it as well!
Yehudit Whitefield, 11th-grader at AMIT Renanim in Ra’anana
