On Thursday 29th November 2018 the seventh edition of International Cosmic Day, annually organized by the DESY Research Center has taken place. For the second time the Centro Fermi participated this year to the initiative, replicating the success of the past edition: 680 students of Extreme Energy Events Project, coming from 58 Italian High schools, have analyzed millions of cosmic tracks. The EEE students have joined the nearest Universities, Research Centres or High Schools, where they spent the day by discussing about cosmic rays, by analyzing the data collected by means of the EEE telescopes, and by sharing their results with other students from all around the world. By using the videoconference tools used by the scientific community, the students have been initially introduced by the EEE researcher to cosmic rays and to the analysis to be performed. Afterwards, guided by researchers working in this field, they analyzed the data collected by means of the EEE telescopes, with the aim to extract the angular distribution of secondary cosmic rays. Finally they discussed the obtained results with other schools participating to the ICD. The President of the Centro Fermi, Prof. L. Cifarelli, during a welcome message given to the students, encouraged them to study cosmic rays properties and to be proud to participate to such a initiative (https://icd.desy.de/).
The 58 Italian High Schools that participated to this edition of the International Cosmic Day are listed below:
Liceo Amaldi (Bitetto BA)
Liceo Cagnazzi (Altamura BA)
Liceo Scientifico Scacchi (Bari)
IISS Staffa (Trinitapoli BA)
Liceo Scientifico Fermi (Bologna)
Liceo Classico Galvani (Bologna)
IIS Nobili (Reggio Emilia)
Liceo Scientifico Respighi (Piacenza)
Liceo Classico Rinaldini (Ancona)
Liceo Scientifico Galilei (Ancona)
IISIT Marconi (Catania)
Liceo Croce (Palermo)
Liceo Scientifico Fermi (Paternò CT)
Liceo Scientifico Volta (Caltanissetta)
IS Majorana – Cascino (Piazza Armerina)
Liceo Scientifico Banzi Bazoli (Lecce)
Liceo Classico Palmieri (Lecce)
ITIS Fermi (Lecce)
Liceo Scientifico Da Vinci (Maglie LE)
IIS Cesari (Casalpusterlengo)
IIS Casiraghi (Cinisello Balsamo)
Liceo Scientifico Gandini (Lodi)
IIS Beretta (Gardone V.T. BS)
Liceo Scientifico Cavalleri (Parabiago MI)
ITIS Volta (Lodi)
Liceo Statale Novello (Codogno LO)
IIS Antonietti (Iseo BS)
Liceo Vittorio Veneto (Milano)
Liceo Scientifico Alberti (Cagliari)
Liceo Scientifico Michelangelo (Cagliari)
Liceo Scientifico Pacinotti (Cagliari)
IIS Primo Levi (Quartu S.Elena)
IISS Brotzu (Quartu S.Elena)
Liceo Volta (Reggio Calabria)
Liceo Patrizi (Cariati)
Liceo Valentini (Castrolibero)
Liceo Fermi (Catanzaro)
Liceo Scientifico Galilei (Lanciano)
Liceo Scientifico Mancini (Avellino)
Liceo Statale Regina Margherita (Salerno)
IIS Pacioli (Sant’Anastasia)
Liceo Calasanzio (Carcare)
Liceo Chiabrera Martini (Savona)
Liceo Grassi (Savona)
Liceo Scientifico OSA Maserati (Voghera PV)
ITIS Ferraris Pancaldo (Savona)
IIS Giovanni da Vigo (Recco)
Liceo Giolitti Gandino (Bra CN)
Liceo Classico D’Azeglio (Torino)
Liceo Ferraris (Torino)
Liceo Bruno (Torino)
IIS Avogadro (Torino)
Liceo Gobetti Segrè (Torino)
Liceo da Vinci (Trento)
Liceo Duca degli Abruzzi (Treviso)
Liceo Corradini (Thiene)
Liceo Quadri (Vicenza)
ISIS Malignani (Udine)
All the other Italian schools involved in the Extreme Energy Events project have followed the activities organized by the Centro Fermi in video conference by their own locations.