UKCA-NASA Astrobiology Summer Academy 2014

英国天体生物学中心（UKCA）-美国宇航局天体生物学暑期学院是2014年7月举办的暑期学校，旨在让教师和高中学生有机会体验研究，与科学家接触，并在当今科学中一些最令人兴奋的前沿问题的界面上工作，例如：生命是如何在地球上起源的？其他地方有生命吗？该学院建立在我们非常成功的2013年试点计划的基础上。暑期学校分为两周。一周是教师，一周是学生。在向STFC提交的这份提案中，我们只为学院的教师部分寻求资金。学院在这一周的目标如下：>让教师接触研究人员和参与真实的科学的兴奋。>为教师提供天体生物学和跨学科科学方面的想法，这些想法可以纳入课程计划和国家课程。制定重点突出，完全整合的课程计划，可以直接从学院移植到学校环境，从而实现全国性的影响。建立一个天体生物学教师的骨干队伍，可以在未来与我们合作，在英国推进天体生物学教学。这个项目的遗产将是产生新的课程计划，这将有助于提供国家课程，特别是使用天体生物学跨学科的界限，在世界上一些主要的问题和挑战所在（例如气候变化，资源限制）的信息。我们将天体生物学视为通过教师教授更广泛的科学思想，沟通和协作的工具。

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.