In March of 2020, teacher Erin Treder was selected as 1 of 48 teachers from 34 different countries to participate in the International High School Teacher Program at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research and operates the largest particle physics lab in the world. It houses the equipment and infrastructure to offer high-energy physics research – something that is so intriguing to a teacher of mathematics looking for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) connections!

After two years of postponements due to COVID, the progr...