A group of students is travelling to Switzerland to know more about how the universe was formed. The students from Mexborough School will go to Switzerland to visit CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. At CERN they will learn more about the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

They will be spending all weekend at the facility. They will learn how scientists are making use of the LHC to find out more regarding formation of Universe. The students will go for underground tour of the LHC. It is a tunnel-like formation and it runs for 17 miles nearly 500 feet under the surface. They will also get opportunity to see two exhibitions which tell more about main missions of CERN and explore the mysteries of the Universe.

According to Karl Harrer, a science teacher at the school who is leading the trip, the visit has been arranged so that pupils learn more about the world of particle physics and in an attempt to increase students' interest in addition to showing that the science industry is a good career for many aspiring young scientists.

Harrer said that apparently students see science as only a lesson, which they need to attend. Harrer added that students think that when they think about science as a career they just think about an old man in a lab working with chemicals, whereas one needs to be creative and dynamic for this field.

According to Harrer, "This trip will show these people at work so hopefully inspire some of them to have a career in science. The whole trip fits in with the curriculum because students will be taught the fundamentals of particle physics including their properties".