BL4S Edition 2017

For the fourth edition of the Beamline for Schools competition 180 teams from 43 countries with almost 1500 students submitted a full proposal – 30 more than the year before, showing the competition’s success!

Two teams of high-school students, “Charging Cavaliers” from Canada and “TCO-ASA” from Italy, have been invited to CERN in September to carry out their own experiments together with support scientists. Check out the proposals, videos and media coverage of the two winning teams.

Team Charging Cavaliers (Canada, 2017)
Team TCO-ASA (Italy, 2017)

Below you can find the distribution of participant countries for BL4S 2017:

CountryCountry CodeNumber of participating teams or number of teams
TürkiyeTR26
ItalyIT20
United KingdomGB18
SpainES11
GreeceGR10
United StatesUS8
IndiaIN7
Iran, Islamic Republic ofIR6
NetherlandsNL6
BrazilBR5
GermanyDE5
PolandPL5
CanadaCA4
PortugalPT4
ArgentinaAR3
IsraelIL3
MexicoMX3
New ZealandNZ3
SlovakiaSK3
ChileCL2
ChinaCN2
PhilippinesPH2
Russian FederationRU2
South AfricaZA2
SwitzerlandCH2
American SamoaAS1
AustraliaAU1
AustriaAT1
BangladeshBD1
Bolivia, Plurinational State ofBO1
BulgariaBG1
CzechiaCZ1
EgyptEG1
EstoniaEE1
FranceFR1
GeorgiaGE1
Hong KongHK1
JapanJP1
Korea, Republic ofKR1
RomaniaRO1
SerbiaRS1
SingaporeSG1
Timor-LesteTL1