The MoEDAL experiment (Monopoles and Exotics Detector at the LHC) is the seventh major experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. It is designed to probe the LHC's particle collisions for signs of Paul Dirac's hypothesised magnetic monopole, as well as other highly ionising signs of new physics that the other LHC experiments cannot easily look for. The Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) is a full member of the MoEDAL Collaboration, and students associated with IRIS have access data from the MoEDAL experiment and are able to contribute to the MoEDAL Collaboration's research programme. This document aims to provide a brief guide to the history, theory, and physics of the MoEDAL experiment so that IRIS students and teachers can take full advantage of these opportunities.

This work was supported by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) via grant numbers ST/J000256/1 and ST/N00101X/1, as well as a Special Award from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.