A Stargazing Opportunity for Half of England's Pupils

一半英格兰学生的观星机会

• 批准号: ST/M001857/1
• 负责人: Marc Sarzi
• 金额: $ 12.36万
• 依托单位: University of Hertfordshire
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FM001857%2F1
• 关键词: Stargazing; Opportunity; Half; England; Pupils

When it comes to enthusing young people into science, intuitive hands-on activities can be extremely effective. In this respect, the beauty of celestial objects has always contributed to make Astronomy particularly attractive, which would also explain the attention it generally receives from the media.Yet, Astronomy has only a limited space in the national curriculum and in practice pupils are not provided with many chances to approach this subject, let alone to engage in first-hand experiments such as looking through the eyepiece of telescope. The goal of this programme is to bring such a stargazing experience to as many pupils as possible over the course of three years, whilst boosting their teachers` in delivering this and other scientific subjects of the curriculum. To achieve these goals, I will draw from my own 5-years-long experience as event organiser at the Bayfordbury observatory of the University of Hertordshire and tap into the capillary network of the Science Learning Centre Consortium (SLCC) for London, South-East and Central England, the head-quarters of which are also based at Bayfordbury, to mount nearly 40 stargazing events across an area that covers 47% of England's state schools. In order to man such a large number of events, which will feature also talks, planetarium shows, laboratory experiments and computer activities, I will seek out and involve keen teachers in each of the regional areas that I will visit, liaising also with local amateur astronomy groups to assist with the stargazing element of the event. To ensure the success of these events and - most important - provide a lasting resource for teachers, I will assemble into a single Deployable Open Evening package all the explanations for setting up and running all the activities that will take place at these events, which will also link to the curriculum and in particular to the subject of the GCSE qualification in Astronomy. Such a package - most likely to be in the form of a tablet application - will be the real legacy of this programme, helping teachers to further carry on enthusing their students into Astronomy, either in class or by organising their own stargazing event, possibly also in collaboration with amateur astronomers in their communities.If fact, I will judge the success of my programme not only on the level of enthusiasm that will be generated by my events, but mostly on the lasting use of my Deployable Open Evening package by teachers and monitoring the number of pupils that during my fellowship will choose, or show interest in opting for a GCSE in Astronomy.

当谈到让年轻人热衷于科学时，直观的动手活动可能会非常有效。在这方面，天体的美丽一直是天文学特别吸引人的原因，这也解释了它通常会受到媒体的关注。然而，天文学在国家课程中的空间有限，在实践中，学生没有太多机会接触这门学科，更不用说通过望远镜的目镜进行第一手实验了。该项目的目标是在三年的时间里给尽可能多的学生带来这样的观星体验，同时提高他们的老师在教授这门课程和其他科学课程方面的能力。为了实现这些目标，我将利用自己在赫特郡大学贝福德伯里天文台担任活动组织者的5年经验，利用伦敦、英格兰东南部和英格兰中部的科学学习中心联盟(SLCC)的毛细血管网络，在覆盖英国47%的公立学校的区域内举办近40场观星活动。为了安排如此多的活动，包括演讲、天文馆表演、实验室实验和计算机活动，我将在我将访问的每个地区寻找并邀请热心的教师，并与当地的业余天文团体联系，以协助活动的观星元素。为了确保这些活动的成功，最重要的是为教师提供持久的资源，我将把所有关于设置和运行这些活动的解释整合到一个可部署的开放式晚间活动包中，这些解释也将与课程，特别是天文学GCSE资格考试的主题相联系。这样的程序包--很可能是以平板电脑应用程序的形式--将是这项计划的真正遗产，帮助老师们进一步激发学生对天文学的热情，无论是在课堂上，还是通过组织他们自己的观星活动，也可能是与他们社区的业余天文学家合作。事实上，我不仅会根据我的活动将产生的热情程度来判断我的计划的成功，而且主要是根据教师对我的可部署开放晚上程序包的持久使用情况，以及监测在我的奖学金期间选择或表现出有兴趣选择GCSE天文学的学生的数量。

项目成果

The ATLAS3D Project - XXVIII. Dynamically driven star formation suppression in early-type galaxies

ATLAS3D 项目 - XXVIII。

• DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu570
• 发表时间: 2014
• 期刊: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• 影响因子: 4.8
• 作者: Davis T

CONNECTION BETWEEN DYNAMICALLY DERIVED INITIAL MASS FUNCTION NORMALIZATION AND STELLAR POPULATION PARAMETERS

• DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/792/2/l37
• 发表时间: 2014-08
• 期刊: The Astrophysical Journal Letters
• 作者: R. McDermid;M. Cappellari;K. Alatalo;E. Bayet;L. Blitz;M. Bois;F. Bournaud;M. Bureau;A. Crocker;R. Davies;T. Davis;P. T. de Zeeuw;P. Duc;E. Emsellem;S. Khochfar;D. Krajnović;H. Kuntschner;R. Morganti;T. Naab;T. Oosterloo;M. Sarzi;N. Scott;P. Serra;A. Weijmans;L. Young

The ATLAS3D project - XXV. Two-dimensional kinematic analysis of simulated galaxies and the cosmological origin of fast and slow rotators

• DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stt1919
• 发表时间: 2014-11-11
• 期刊: MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
• 影响因子: 4.8
• 作者: Naab, Thorsten;Oser, L.;Young, L. M.
• 通讯作者: Young, L. M.

The ATLAS3D project - XXIX. The new look of early-type galaxies and surrounding fields disclosed by extremely deep optical images

• DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu2019
• 发表时间: 2014-10
• 期刊: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• 影响因子: 4.8
• 作者: P. Duc;J. Cuillandre;Emin Karabal;M. Cappellari;K. Alatalo;L. Blitz;F. Bournaud;M. Bureau;A. Croc

Cold-gas outflows in typical low-redshift galaxies are driven by star formation, not AGN

典型的低红移星系中的冷气体流出是由恒星形成驱动的，而不是活动星系核

• DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slv165
• 发表时间: 2015
• 期刊: Letters
• 作者: Sarzi M