Cosmology Exhibition at the National Eisteddfod of Wales 2014

背景国家Eisteddfod是威尔士最重要的文化节，主要在威尔士举行。这是一个为期8天的节日，每年8月初在威尔士不同的地点举行，2012年在格拉摩根河谷(Llandow)，2013年在登比。全国Eisteddfod将于2014年在Llanelli举行。每个电影节的总参观者通常超过16万人。场馆包括一个可容纳3500人的主展馆，以及大约10个较小的卫星展馆，包括科技馆，所有展馆周围都有大约300个商业和其他展位。在2011年、2012年和2013年的科学展览上，分配给科学的总空间是：展馆和其他建筑(600平方米)和外部展览(400平方米)。在过去3年的8天里，科学展览的参观人数一直保持在27,000人以上。Eisteddfod科学和技术计划的主要目标是：1.促进公众对科学的理解--为参观者提供创新的机会，让他们更好地了解科学和技术(STEM)的各个方面。2.为威尔士大学等“科学生产”机构提供机会，在当地、区域和全球范围内展示其成就。3.激发学生对STEM科目的兴趣和兴趣，从而提高学生在科学KS3、KS4和KS5方面的成绩，并激发学生的积极性。4.鼓励年轻人考虑从事STEM科目。这个项目的目的1。以威尔士语和英语为媒介，促进和提高学生对天体物理学和宇宙学的兴趣和兴趣。鼓励年轻人(11-16岁)抓住STEM科目的机会，并考虑从事空间科学事业。以一种新颖、令人兴奋和易于理解的方式让公众了解普朗克望远镜和赫歇尔太空天文台的结果。为STFC资助的机构提供一个舞台，让他们向广泛的受众、专家、儿童和普通公众交流他们的研究成果。激发思考并促进与公众就天体物理学和宇宙学(STFC关键科学问题)进行对话6.为STFC资助的S和S项目(《赫歇尔：揭开隐藏的宇宙》、《回到地球》、FT和相关教育项目)提供额外的主要渠道，并提高对学校机会的认识7。使威尔士贫困和偏远地区的学生能够接触到科学。间接和长期提高A-Level和大学的STEM科目的入学率(威尔士学生在A-Level学习STEM的比例明显低于英国其他地区)9.通过提高对科学的抱负和成就来支持威尔士政府的“科学为威尔士”战略，并在全国范围内促进PISA成绩的改善，目前威尔士已明显落后于英格兰、苏格兰和北爱尔兰

BackgroundThe National Eisteddfod is the premier cultural festival of Wales, held mainly in Welsh. It is an 8 day festival held annually during early August at different locations within Wales, Vale of Glamorgan (Llandow) in 2012, Denbigh in 2013. The National Eisteddfod will be held in Llanelli in 2014. Total attendance at each festival usually exceeds 160,000. The site includes a main pavilion of capacity 3,500, with approximately 10 smaller satellite pavilions, including the Science & Technology pavilion, all surrounded by some 300 commercial and other stands. At each of the 2011, 2012 and 2013 Eisteddfodau, the total space allocated to Science was: pavilion and other buildings (600sqm) and external exhibitions (400 sqm).Attendance at the Science Exhibition has consistently been in excess of 27,000 over 8 days for each of the past 3 years.The primary objectives of the Eisteddfod Science and Technology programme are to:1. Promote the Public Understanding of Science - To provide innovative opportunities for visitors to become better informed about various aspects of Science and Technology (STEM) subjects. 2. To provide Welsh "science-producing" bodies such as Universities with an opportunity to showcase their achievements locally, regionally and globally. 3. Create interest and excitement in STEM subjects leading to improved attainment in Science KS3, KS4 and KS5 and to motivate students. 4. To stimulate young people to consider careers in STEM subjects. Aims of this project1. To promote and raise interest and excitement in Astrophysics and Cosmology through the medium of Welsh and English.2. Inspire young people (11-16) to take up opportunities in STEM subjects and to consider a career in Space Science.3. To engage the public with the results of the Planck telescope and Herschel Space Observatory in a way that is novel, exciting and accessible4. To provide a stage for STFC funded Institutions to communicate their research to a wide ranging audience; specialist, children and the general public.5. To stimulate thinking and to promote a dialogue with the public on Astrophysics and Cosmology (STFC Key Science Questions) 6. Provide an additional major outlet for STFC-funded S+S programmes ("Herschel: Unveiling the hidden Universe", "Back Down to Earth", FT and related educational programmes) and to raise awareness of the opportunities for schools7. To make science accessible to pupils in underprivileged and remote areas in Wales.8. Indirectly and in the long term increase the take-up in STEM subjects at A-level and University (the proportion of students in Wales taking up STEM at A level is significantly lower than the rest of the UK)9. To support the Welsh Government's 'Science for Wales' strategy by raising aspirations and attainment in Science and to contribute nationally to an improvement in PISA results where currently Wales have fallen significantly behind England, Scotland and Northern Ireland