Real Science Pulsar Workshop at Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre

曼彻斯特大学的Jodrell银行发现中心(JBDC)是为了满足公众对Jodrell银行天文台(JBO)遗址的访问需求而建立的。它现在是一个非常著名的科学推广和公众参与设施，每年吸引15万游客。自2011年开业以来，它已经获得了多个奖项http://www.jodrellbank.net/about/our-vision/our-awards-funders/).JBDC有一个广受好评的教育方案，每年接待2.1万名小学生(3-18岁)。它运营着一系列广泛的研讨会，旨在激励涵盖早年、关键阶段1到4和16岁后的下一代科学家和工程师。JBDC目前已满负荷(目前已在2016年4月底预订9月份新学年的学校，因为本学年已没有剩余空间)。为了解决这个问题，JBO正在致力于一个雄心勃勃的项目，以创造更多的空间，最近从遗产彩票基金中获得了1200万英镑的资金用于这项工作。JBO是Lovell望远镜的所在地，Lovell望远镜是世界上第三大全定向射电望远镜，是一种标志性的活跃研究仪器。JBO是曼彻斯特大学物理和天文学院Jodrell银行天体物理中心的一部分，在各个天文领域进行世界领先的研究。其中一个领域是脉冲星天文学，它涉及脉冲星的高精度计时，以测试广义相对论理论，并作为计时网络的一部分，以探测引力波。自从1967年Jocelyn Bell-Burnell首次发现Jbo以来，Jbo在脉冲星天文学中扮演着重要的、国际领先的角色。STFC公众参与战略计划概述了学生收集自己的数据并进行分析，以获得科学结果的重要性，并“强调实践真实科学的经验”。这方面的一个很好的例子是由Becky Parker博士建立的学校研究研究所，该研究所为学生提供机会进行真正的新研究，包括CERN@School项目。这个项目的灵感来自于这项工作，以及JBDC为A级小组处理真实数据的早期经验。我们的目标是设计和试验一个研讨会，让学习A级物理的学生体验和执行来自Lovell望远镜的脉冲星数据的真正科学。工作坊将符合A-Level课程的要求，具有趣味性、知识性和启发性。该体验将向学生介绍如何进行真实的和世界领先的研究，并让他们第一手体验作为科学研究一部分的发现元素。研讨会将鼓励物理学和天文学的研究进入继续教育，并强调科学研究是一种职业选择。萨莉(见下文)也将是一个很好的女性榜样，事实证明，这会鼓励年轻女性决定在STEM学科追求职业生涯。该项目将符合‘大望远镜’的主题，展示当前和领先的脉冲星研究，包括重要的脉冲星发现和引力波研究。我们的目标是让A-Level的学生和教师参与研究过程和社区，并通过生产有价值的科学来帮助研究人员。这符合JBDC激励未来科学家的愿景，与STFC公众参与战略计划保持一致，并为政府的科学和创新战略以及国家STEM技能议程提供支持。

The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre (JBDC) has been created in order to meet public demand for access to the Jodrell Bank Observatory (JBO) site. It is now a highly renowned science outreach and public engagement facility attracting 150,000 visitors a year. Since opening in 2011, it has received a number of Awards http://www.jodrellbank.net/about/our-vision/our-awards-funders/). JBDC has a widely-acclaimed Education Programme that welcomes 21,000 school pupils (aged 3-18) per year. It operates an extensive set of workshops aimed at inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers that cover Early years, Key Stage 1 through to 4 and Post-16. JBDC is currently at capacity (it is now, at the end of April 2016, booking schools for the new academic year in September as it has no space left in this academic year). In order to address this, it is working on an ambitious project to create more space and has recently been awarded £12million from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards this work.JBO is home to the Lovell Telescope, the third-largest fully steerable radio telescope in the World, an iconic and active research instrument. JBO, which is part of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics in the University of Manchester's School of Physics and Astronomy, produces world-leading research in various astronomical domains. One of these areas is pulsar astronomy, which involves the high precision timing of pulsars to test theories of general relativity and as part of a timing network to detect gravitational waves. Since they were first discovered in 1967 by Jocelyn Bell-Burnell, JBO has played an important, internationally-leading, role in pulsar astronomy. The STFC Public Engagement Strategic Plan outlines the importance of students collecting their own data and performing analysis to achieve a scientific result with "emphasis on experience with hands-on real-science". A good example of this is the Institute for Research In Schools, set up by Dr. Becky Parker to provide the opportunity for students to undertake authentic new research including the CERN@school project. This project is informed by this work, and by early experience at JBDC of working with real data for 'A' level groups.We aim to design and trial a workshop that will allow students studying A-level physics to experience and perform 'real science' with pulsar data from the Lovell Telescope. The workshop will fit within the A-level curriculum and be enjoyable, informative and inspiring. The experience will be designed to introduce students to how real and world-leading research is performed and for them to experience first hand the element of discovery that is part of scientific research. The workshop will encourage the study of physics and astronomy into further education and also highlight science research as a career option. Sally (see below) will also be a good female role model, something that is proven to encourage younger women to decide to pursue a career in STEM subjects.The project will fit within the theme of 'Big Telescopes' and showcase current and leading pulsar research including important pulsar discoveries and gravitational wave research. We aim to include A-level students and teachers in the research process and community as well as aiding researchers by producing worthwhile science. This fits within the JBDC Vision to inspire scientists of the future, aligns with the STFC Public Engagement Strategic Plan, and provides support for the Government's Science and Innovation Strategy and to the national STEM skills agenda.