Cosmology Exhibition at the National Eisteddfod of Wales 2014

威尔士国家艺术节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月初在威尔士的不同地点举行，2012年在格拉摩根谷（Llandow）， 2013年在登高。2014年全国音乐节将在拉内利举行。每次音乐节的总出席人数通常超过16万人。该场地包括一个可容纳3500人的主馆，以及大约10个较小的附属馆，包括科技馆，所有这些馆都被大约300个商业和其他展台所包围。在2011年、2012年和2013年的展馆中，分配给科学馆的总空间为：展馆和其他建筑（600平方米）以及外部展览（400平方米）。在过去的三年里，科学展览的参观人数连续8天超过27,000人。eistedfood Science and Technology项目的主要目标是：促进公众对科学的认识-为参观者提供创新的机会，让他们更了解科学及科技（STEM）学科的各个方面。2. 为威尔士大学等“科学生产”机构提供机会，展示他们在本地、区域和全球的成就。3. 激发学生对STEM科目的兴趣和兴趣，从而提高理科KS3、KS4和KS5的成绩，并激励学生。4. 鼓励年轻人考虑从事STEM学科的职业。这个项目的目的通过威尔士语和英语促进和提高对天体物理学和宇宙学的兴趣和兴奋。2 .鼓励年轻人（11-16岁）接受STEM学科的机会，并考虑从事空间科学方面的职业。让公众以一种新颖、令人兴奋和容易接近的方式了解普朗克望远镜和赫歇尔空间天文台的成果。为科技资助基金资助的院校提供一个平台，向各界人士介绍他们的研究成果；专家、儿童和公众。激发对天体物理学和宇宙学的思考并促进与公众的对话（STFC关键科学问题）为stfc资助的S+S计划（“赫歇尔：揭开隐藏的宇宙”、“回归地球”、FT及相关教育计划）提供另一个主要渠道，并提高学校对机会的认识7。使威尔士贫困和偏远地区的学生能够接触到科学。间接地和长期地增加在A-level和大学学习STEM科目的人数（威尔士在A-level学习STEM的学生比例明显低于英国其他地区）9。通过提高学生在科学方面的抱负和成就，支持威尔士政府的“威尔士科学”战略，并在全国范围内为改善PISA成绩做出贡献，目前威尔士已经远远落后于英格兰、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