Space Made Simple

太空简化（SpMS）的建立将扩展一个非常成功的天文学/空间推广计划，目前只资助在威尔士（AstroCymru）交付，并开始扩展整个英国的项目。它还将为（目前没有资金支持的）福克斯望远镜项目（FTP）提供一些必要的支持，并帮助发展一个支持盖亚太空任务的教育计划。为了扩大项目的地理覆盖范围，以及开发项目的关键方面，如教师持续专业进修讲习班和新的在线资源，以支持学校参与STFC资助的项目，如Gaia， STFC的资金至关重要。它由一个备受尊敬且经验丰富的天文学和STEM教育团队领导。在这里，我们概述了我们对参与各种教育项目的主要工作人员的部分支持，这些项目构成了我们的主要成果，以及T&S资助，以便在威尔士以外的地方举办讲习班。大量的配对资金可用于支持任何STFC基金。AstroCymru项目目前由威尔士议会的国家科学院（NSA）资助，针对地理上孤立和社会经济贫困的威尔士地区提供创新的高科技STEM教育方案。在最初的12个月非常成功的运作之后，AstroCymru已经与58所学校（47所小学，11所中学和10所特殊教育单位/学校）的约26,700名参与者进行了接触，其中近12,000名幼儿园2-5名儿童，许多学校被多次访问；14,700名公众参加了59场活动，并在威尔士各地的10场活动中与273名教师合作，其中包括113场全天CPD讲习班。该项目最近被选定为另一个3年的NSA资助项目（2015年4月1日至2018年3月31日），这表明它在目标领域已经产生了影响。该项目的核心将是获得最先进的设施，如便携式3D投影系统、在线模拟和教育资源，以及在全球范围内使用研究级远程控制望远镜（FTP）。这些将用于为各种观众提供令人兴奋和鼓舞人心的研讨会，讲座和表演。这种结合强化了每个项目的学习目标，并将允许提供涵盖广泛STEM主题的教育节目。高科技的视觉冲击力和引人入胜的主题确保了它能吸引所有年龄和能力的学习者的注意力。SpMS将包括学校和公共活动、讲座和研讨会，以及基于天文学和空间科学的在线资源和设施。该项目将在2年的时间内直接接触15,000名学生/公众（通过在线资源间接接触更多），最初的重点是将项目扩展到英格兰，社会经济贫困和地理上孤立的地区。它将利用当前令人兴奋的ESA任务，如罗塞塔号、盖亚号和ExoMars号，以及NASA的黎明号、冥王星快车号和JWST号任务，同时也瞄准载人航天飞行和国际空间站（例如蒂姆·皮克2015年11月的“原理”号飞行）。一系列教育资源将免费提供给全英国的所有学校，目标是8-19岁的学生，让他们参与盖亚任务，并使用机器人望远镜对新发现的目标进行后续观察。SpMS代表了物超所值，它将我们成功的、久经考验的以天文学为基础的STEM教育项目集中在一个组织下，将我们的外展项目的覆盖范围扩大到更广泛的地理区域，并与新的研究项目联系起来。

The establishment of Space Made Simple (SpMS) will extend a highly successful astronomy/space outreach programme currently only funded for delivery across Wales (AstroCymru), and start to extend the project across the UK. It will also provide some essential support for the (currently unfunded) Faulkes Telescope Project (FTP), and help with the development of an education programme to support the Gaia space mission. STFC funding is essential to allow this extension of the geographical reach of the programme, and the development of crucial aspects of the project such as teacher CPD workshops and new online resources to support schools engagement in STFC-funded projects such as Gaia. It is led by a highly respected and experienced team of astronomy and STEM educators. Here we outline our case for partial support of the key staff members involved in the various educational projects that form our main deliverables, and T&S funding to allow the delivery of workshops outside Wales. Substantial match-funding is available to support any STFC funds awarded.The AstroCymru project currently provides innovative, high-tech STEM education programmes targeting geographically isolated and socio-economically deprived areas of Wales, funded by the National Science Academy (NSA) of the Welsh Assembly. Following an extremely successful initial 12 months of operations, AstroCymru has engaged with ~26,700 participants - almost 12,000 KS 2-5 children in 58 schools (47 primary, 11 secondary plus 10 SEN units/schools), many schools being visited several times; 14,700 general public in 59 events, and worked with 273 teachers over 10 events across Wales, including 113 in full-day CPD workshops. The project was recently selected for another 3 years of NSA funding (01/04/15 to 31/03/18), demonstrating the impact it has already had in the target area. Central to the programme will be access to state-of-the-art facilities such as a portable 3D projection system, online simulations and educational resources, and use of research-grade, remotely-controlled telescopes around the globe (FTP). These will be used to deliver exciting and inspirational workshops, talks and shows to a variety of audiences. This combination reinforces the learning objectives of each programme, and will allow delivery of educational shows covering a broad range of STEM topics. The visual impact of high-tech delivery and the engaging subject matter ensures that it captures the attention of learners of all ages and abilities. SpMS will include school and public events, lectures and workshops, and online resources and facilities based around astronomy and space science. It will directly reach 15,000 students/public over a 2 year period (with even more indirectly via online resources), with a particular initial focus on an expansion of the project into England, to socio-economically deprived and geographically isolated areas. It will tap into current excitement around ESA missions such as Rosetta, Gaia and ExoMars, and NASA missions such as Dawn, Pluto Express and JWST, whilst also targeting manned space flight and the ISS (e.g. Tim Peake's Nov. 2015 Principia flight). A range of educational resources will be produced that will be freely available to all schools across the UK, targeting ages 8-19, engaging them with e.g. the Gaia mission and carrying out follow-up observations of newly-discovered targets using robotic telescopes.SpMS represents excellent value for money, bringing together our successful, tried-and-tested astronomy-based STEM education programmes under a single organisation, extending the reach of our outreach programmes to cover a wider geographical area, and linking with new research projects.