Outreach is one of the goals of the HotCores project. As part of those actions, we
- regularly host tours of our facilities for groups of visitors such as high school students or educators,
- hold presentations towards the broader community: students on campus, clubs in the Lille area, etc,
- organize activities with our experimental facilities, typically as 2 to 4 hours programs.
Below is a list of some actions held by the project members. If you are in the Lille area and are interested in one of those actions, please let us know.
Laboratory tours
2025
- February 2025: 12 high school teachers visit the high pressure lab. The curriculum in Earth sciences in high school does speak about the internal structure of the Earth and the effect of pressure on minerals. The lab visit was an opportunity to show the group of teachers how this is studied in real life.
- February 2025: Hélène Ginestet hosted women high school students in the the high pressure lab as part of the program For Girls in Science of the Fondation L'Oreal
2024
- April 2024: 2023-2024 is the Year of Physics for CNRS. Our hosting facility, the Chevreul Institute welcomed students from the Saint Dominique High School in Béthune on April 10th 2024. The HotCore project was part of the visit, with demonstrations in our High Pressure Laboratory and showing students how combined knowledge in Physics, Chemistry and Earth Science can be used to understand the inner workings of our planet.
- January 2024: 2023-2024 is the Year of Physics for CNRS. As part of the event, local high school teachers were visiting the lab on 24 January 2024.
Lectures and presentations
2025
- February 2025. Héléne Ginestet visits the local high school Lycée du Val de Lys in Estaires to advocate for the role of women in science and how today's women have opportunities and thrive in scientific careers.
- February 2025. Scientific introduction to the Earth's inner core and the HotCore project to the members of the Probus Club.
2024
- September 2024. Science for a Changing Planet is a Graduate Program at the Université de Lille, involving multiple master programs and students. H. Gineset and S. Merkel were asked to provide one of the inaugural lectures.
- March 2024: S. Merkel gave a presentation at the Bar des Sciences at the Université de Lille.
Laboratory practicals
2024
- June 2024. High school students visit. First year high school students have to perform a 2 weeks long internship this year. The Physics Departement at the Université de Lille organized a 2 weeks visit of the various research fields in Lille, from Atmospheric Sciences, to Laser and Optics, and Deep Earth Materials Experiments! We gave a 1/2 day lecture on deep Earth observations, both using geophysical observations and lab experiments, followed by 2 half-days practicals in our high pressure lab.