UKCA-NASA Astrobiology Summer Academy 2014

英国天体生物学中心(UKCA)-NASA天体生物学暑期学校于2014年7月开办，旨在让教师和高中生有机会体验研究，与科学家互动，并研究当今一些最令人兴奋的前沿科学问题，例如：生命是如何在地球上起源的？其他地方有生命吗？该学院建立在我们2013年非常成功的试点计划的基础上。暑期课程分成两周。一周给老师，一周给学生。在向STFC提出的这项建议中，我们只为学院的教师部分寻求资金。本周学院的目标是：让教师接触到研究人员和参与真实科学的兴奋。给教师提供天体生物学和跨学科科学方面的想法，这些想法可以纳入教案和国家课程。&gt；制定有针对性的、完全整合的教案，可以直接从学院移植到学校环境中，从而实现全国影响。建立一支未来可以与我们合作推进英国天体生物学教学的天体生物学教师队伍。该项目的遗产将是生成新的教案，帮助提供国家课程，特别是使用天体生物学跨学科边界教授信息，这是世界上一些主要问题和挑战所在(例如，气候变化、资源限制)。我们认为，天体生物学是一种通过教师传授更广泛的科学思想、交流和合作的工具。

The UK Centre for Astrobiology (UKCA)-NASA Astrobiology Summer Academy is a summer school run in July 2014 designed to give teachers and high school students the opportunity to experience research, engage with scientists and work at the interface of some of the most exciting cutting edge questions in science today such as: How did life originate on the Earth? Is there life elsewhere? The academy builds on our highly successful 2013 pilot scheme.The summer school is split into two weeks. One week is for teachers and one week is for students. In this proposal to STFC, we seek funding for just the teacher segment of the academy. The aims of the academy during this week are as follows:> Expose teachers to researchers and the excitement of taking part in real science.> Give teachers ideas in astrobiology and interdisciplinary science that can be incorporated into lesson plans and the national curriculum.> Develop focused, fully integrated lesson plans that can be transplanted directly from the academy to the school environment, thus achieving national impact.> Building a cadre of astrobiology teachers that can work with us in the future in advancing astrobiology teaching in the UK.The legacy of this project will be to generate new lesson plans that will aid in delivering national curriculum, specifically using astrobiology to teach information across interdisciplinary boundaries, where some of the world's major questions and challenges lie (e.g. climate change, resource limitation). We see astrobiology as a vehicle for teaching wider ideas in science, communication and collaborative working through teachers.