Deep Space High - Space Camp

深空高中 - 太空营

• 批准号: ST/K005766/1
• 负责人: Gregory Watson
• 金额: $ 1.19万
• 依托单位: Folder Media
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FK005766%2F1
• 关键词: Deep; Space; Camp

In 2011, the STFC awarded Fun Kids a Small Engagement grant to help increase understanding of space amongst children and their families through a series of speech features, entitled 'Deep Space High'. Our aim for Deep Space High was to engage with children, introduce and highlight the fun side of space, and inspire children and parents to find out more, either through organised education or as a recreational interest.To assist production and maximise awareness with children, we split the series into 2 mini series of 10 features each, called 'Marvellous Missions' (with the focus on missions from Pioneer and Skylab, to ISS and SETI) and 'Universe Handbook' (looking at a broader range of topics relating to space exploration including varieties of space telescopes, observing the universe, effects of space on human bodies, measuring space, superfuels and (theoretical) shortcuts). The series have been broadcast on Fun Kids since July 2012, are available to listen again on the Fun Kids website and iPad app, and as free downloads on iTunes. We also created a dedicated micro-site on the Fun Kids website, with users able to find additional information, images, videos, downloads and careers information, plus links to find out more at the STFC and other agreed websites.Reaction to these series has been significant. Since launch, the series has been heard by 199,100 children aged 6 to 12, and 77,300 adults. In addition, there have been 2,510 downloads of the audio through iTunes, with a growing level of weekly downloads. But with a substantial amount of space for Deep Space High still to explore, through "Space Camp" we propose 3 further mini series to look at more detailed aspects of space exploration and Britain's involvement in these. The new series will follow the Deep Space High teachers and pupils as they embark on field trips to explore the Earth and the Sun, as well as the UK's involvement in space exploration. The informative and inspirational features will be written for a core child audience aged 9 to 12 year olds, although from experience we know that both younger and older children will also listen to the features, as well as parents and carers. A secondary benefit is therefore encouraging parents and older siblings to also discover, and perhaps develop a family plan to learn more.We will promote the series on-air, with online pages and banners on our website, editorial in our weekly newsletter and associated press activity. We will also communicate with schools to make them aware of the series. The series will benefit and build upon the existing Deep Space High brand, providing added value to that work. To further help build awareness of the series amongst listeners, we will run a number of week long competitions during the project period. These will be in the form of simple Q&A competitions with opportunities for children to win books (we can assist with sourcing) and possibly other suitable prizes (which we can discuss). Towards the end of the project period, we propose to run a short story writing competition on a space theme, with the best stories recorded and broadcast on Fun Kids and available for download. We find that such competitions help inspire children and families to find out more about space, and think around the topics. We will measure success through listener reaction to the features, download numbers, online visits as well as direct research with our parent panel, entries to the competitions and by the level of click thrus to third party websites. We will also review reaction to the supporting online material through Google Analytics.The overall impact that we aim to achieve is to help further increase children's general understanding of space and the UK's involvement, and to inspire children and their families to find out more, with perhaps a few children taking up science at school and as possible future career

2011年，STFC授予Fun Kids一笔小额参与补助金，以帮助通过一系列名为“深空高”的演讲功能提高儿童及其家庭对太空的理解。我们的目标是让孩子们参与到深空高中的活动中来，介绍和突出太空的有趣一面，并通过有组织的教育或娱乐兴趣来激发孩子们和家长们了解更多。为了帮助制作并最大限度地提高孩子们的意识，我们将该系列分为两个迷你系列，每个系列有10个功能，称为“奇妙的任务”。（重点是从先锋和天空实验室到国际空间站和SETI的任务）和“宇宙手册”（着眼于与空间探索有关的更广泛的主题，包括各种空间望远镜，观察宇宙，空间对人体的影响，测量空间，超级燃料和（理论）捷径）。该系列自2012年7月起在Fun Kids上播出，可在Fun Kids网站和iPad应用程序上再次收听，并可在iTunes上免费下载。我们还在Fun Kids网站上创建了一个专门的微型网站，用户可以找到更多信息、图片、视频、下载和职业信息，以及在STFC和其他商定网站上了解更多信息的链接。自推出以来，该系列已被199，100名6至12岁的儿童和77，300名成年人听到。此外，通过iTunes下载的音频有2 510次，每周下载量不断增加。但是，随着大量的空间深空高仍然探索，通过“太空营”，我们提出了3个进一步的迷你系列，看看更详细的方面，太空探索和英国的参与这些。新的系列将跟随深空高中的教师和学生，因为他们开始实地考察，探索地球和太阳，以及英国参与太空探索。内容丰富和鼓舞人心的功能将为9至12奥尔兹的核心儿童观众编写，尽管根据经验，我们知道年幼和年长的儿童也会听取功能，以及父母和照顾者。因此，第二个好处是鼓励父母和年长的兄弟姐妹也发现，也许制定一个家庭计划，以了解更多.我们将促进该系列的空气，与在线网页和横幅在我们的网站上，在我们的每周时事通讯和美联社活动社论.我们也会与学校沟通，让他们了解这个系列。该系列将受益于并建立在现有的深空高品牌，为这项工作提供附加值。为了进一步帮助听众建立对该系列的认识，我们将在项目期间举办一些为期一周的比赛。这些将以简单的问答比赛的形式进行，孩子们有机会赢得书籍（我们可以协助采购）和其他合适的奖品（我们可以讨论）。在项目期快结束时，我们建议举办一个以太空为主题的短篇小说创作比赛，最佳故事将在Fun Kids上录制和播放，并可供下载。我们发现，这样的比赛有助于激发孩子和家庭更多地了解空间，并围绕这些主题进行思考。我们将通过听众对功能的反应，下载数量，在线访问以及与我们的父母小组的直接研究，比赛参赛作品以及第三方网站的点击率来衡量成功。我们还将通过Google Analytics（谷歌分析）审查对支持在线材料的反应。我们旨在实现的总体影响是帮助进一步提高儿童对太空和英国参与的总体了解，并激励儿童及其家人了解更多，也许有一些儿童在学校学习科学，并尽可能在未来的职业生涯中学习科学