Science Hands - Exploring antimatter with audible pendulums for school kids

科学之手 - 为小学生提供可听摆锤探索反物质

• 批准号: ST/N001990/1
• 负责人: Marco Gersabeck
• 金额: $ 0.29万
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2015 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FN001990%2F1
• 关键词: Science; Hands; Exploring; antimatter; audible

The mission of SCIENCE HANDS is to make physics research more approachable for children in the school years 10/11 deciding towards their A-level choices. In school visits, a dedicated table-top experiment, consisting of coupled double-pendulums, will spark their curiosity to explore its movements. This being the mechanical analogue of matter-antimatter oscillations will allow them to explore an aspect of particle physics in a playful way. The project's aim is to be maximally approachable for school children by working with a group of enthusiastic undergraduate students who have recently founded the Manchester Particle Physics Research Society.The results of a set of proposed measurements will be collected centrally to enable children from all schools visited within the project to compare their results and to contribute to a large collaboration. The publication of the construction guide and background information will allow anyone interested to participate as well and to contribute to this collaborative effort.Reaching out to children with physical impairments, who often dismiss scientific carriers as an option due to their conditions, is essential to help them fully experience science and live out their potential. Therefore, one of SCIENCE HANDS aims is to explore the possibility of including this audience through targeted additions to the outreach material, such as a device to transform mechanical movement into sound to aid the visually impaired. Gender equality will also be actively encouraged by having equal numbers of female and male student representatives at each school visit.

SCIENCE HANDS的使命是让10/11学年的孩子们更容易接受物理研究，因为他们正在决定A-level的选择。在学校参观中，一个专门的桌面实验，由耦合的双钟摆组成，将激发他们探索其运动的好奇心。这是物质-反物质振荡的机械模拟，将允许他们以一种有趣的方式探索粒子物理学的一个方面。该项目的目标是通过与一群最近成立了曼彻斯特粒子物理研究协会的热情的本科生合作，最大限度地让在校儿童接近。一组拟议测量的结果将被集中收集，以便项目中访问的所有学校的儿童能够比较他们的结果，并为大规模合作做出贡献。建设指南和背景信息的发布将允许任何有兴趣的人参与并为这一合作努力做出贡献。身体有缺陷的儿童由于自身状况往往不把科学载体作为一种选择，与他们接触对于帮助他们充分体验科学并发挥自己的潜力至关重要。因此，SCIENCE HANDS的目标之一是探索通过有针对性地添加外联材料来吸引这些受众的可能性，例如将机械运动转化为声音的设备来帮助视障人士。还将积极鼓励男女平等，在每次学校访问时让男女学生代表人数相等。