AstroMakers: Exploring astronomy through making

AstroMakers：通过制作探索天文学

• 批准号: ST/P006019/1
• 负责人: Hollie Smith-Charles
• 金额: $ 1.25万
• 依托单位: Cheltenham Festivals
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FP006019%2F1
• 关键词: AstroMakers; Exploring; astronomy; through; making

We are seeking STFC funding to help us enhance the range and impact of free activities in our MakeSpace, Cheltenham Science Festival's first interactive zone dedicated to the material world and the joy of making. Linked to this, it will also enable us to expand and improve our 'Around Town' programme of free making activities around the streets of Cheltenham. Our goal is to bring together scientists, artists and makers to engage the public in exploring the material world, while highlighting the role of engineering, technology, creativity and collaboration in exploring our universe. STFC funding will enable us to build on the success and popularity of our free 2016 SpaceZone, by embedding astronomy and astrophysics into these interactive activities and enabling us to train and work with early-career researchers within STFC-funded fields. We aim to inspire the next generation of scientists and makers by enabling children, young people and their families to meet and interact with scientists who are working in the fields of astronomy and astrophysics research. Both the MakeSpace and Around Town support Cheltenham Science Festival's strategic goal to expand and improve its provision of free, on-site interactive experiences and free activities in Cheltenham town centre. They will ensure we achieve our goal of reaching new audiences, both within the Festival grounds (Imperial Gardens) but also those who do not visit the Science Festival site. We were encouraged to see that the STFC aims to reach audiences with low 'science capital' and we believe this project complements this aim. Another aim is to support the development of early-career researchers' engagement and communication skills through training and ongoing support. Using our network of science communication experts, we will work with scientists in STFC-funded fields to upskill participating scientists, to make sure the delivery of activities is of the very high standard expected at Cheltenham. We want participating scientists to have a fantastic learning opportunity and a chance to improve their own confidence and skills. Equally, this process will ensure that we also learn from them: that their knowledge of contemporary research is thoroughly embedded in the development and delivery of the activities.The impacts of this project can therefore be summarised as:- Through participation and dialogue with 'real life' experts, Gloucestershire's children, young people and their families are inspired by astronomy and astrophysics and inspired to make, invent, hack or tinker in their own time - Audiences gain an understanding of the synergy between scientists, technologists, engineers, artists and makers in contemporary research into our material universe- Audiences gain a better understanding of science as a creative, fun and exciting discipline and profession - breaking down the barriers between the arts and science/engineering- Cheltenham Science Festival reaches new audiences, on site and throughout the town- Greater number of early-career scientists in the fields of astrophysics and astronomy are involved in developing and delivering interactives at Cheltenham Science Festival- Early-career scientists working in STFC-funded areas of research have improved communication skills and are confident talking about their fields of expertiseIn terms of a practical legacy, the workshops, activities and interactive demonstrations that are developed as part of this project will become a resource which can be used by participating scientists in schools, events and other festivals around the UK. The cohort of trained scientists (and engineers) with whom we work will be able to deliver high quality, interactive experiences in the future.

我们正在寻求STFC的资助，以帮助我们扩大MakeSpace中免费活动的范围和影响，MakeSpace是切尔滕纳姆科学节致力于物质世界和喜悦制造的第一个互动区域。与此相关的是，它还将使我们能够扩大和改进我们在切尔滕纳姆街头免费制作活动的“环绕城镇”计划。我们的目标是将科学家、艺术家和制造者聚集在一起，让公众参与探索物质世界，同时突出工程、技术、创造力和合作在探索我们的宇宙中的作用。STFC的资助将使我们能够通过将天文学和天体物理学嵌入到这些互动活动中，使我们能够在我们免费的2016 SpaceZone的成功和受欢迎的基础上再接再厉，并使我们能够在STFC资助的领域内培训和与职业生涯早期的研究人员合作。我们的目标是通过使儿童、年轻人及其家人能够与在天文学和天体物理研究领域工作的科学家见面和互动，来激励下一代科学家和制造者。MakeSpace和环城都支持切尔滕纳姆科学节的战略目标，即扩大和改善其在切尔滕纳姆市中心提供的免费现场互动体验和免费活动。他们将确保我们实现我们的目标，接触到新的观众，包括节日场地(帝国花园)内的观众，以及那些没有参观科学节现场的人。我们很受鼓舞地看到，STFC的目标是以较低的科学资本接触到受众，我们相信这个项目是对这一目标的补充。另一个目标是通过培训和持续支持，支持职业早期研究人员参与和沟通技能的发展。利用我们的科学传播专家网络，我们将与STFC资助领域的科学家合作，提高参与的科学家的技能，以确保活动的交付达到切尔滕纳姆预期的非常高的标准。我们希望参与的科学家有一个绝佳的学习机会，并有机会提高他们自己的信心和技能。同样，这一过程将确保我们也向他们学习：他们对当代研究的知识完全嵌入到活动的开发和交付中。因此，该项目的影响可以概括为：-通过参与和与“现实生活”专家的对话，格洛斯特郡的儿童、年轻人和他们的家庭受到天文学和天体物理学的启发，并受到启发，在他们自己的时代创作、发明、破解或修补-观众获得了对科学家、技术专家、工程师、艺术家和制造者在当代研究中对我们的物质世界的协同作用的理解-观众更好地理解了科学作为一种创造性的、有趣和令人兴奋的学科和专业-打破艺术和科学/工程之间的障碍-切尔滕纳姆科学节接触到新的受众，现场和整个城镇-更多的早期职业科学家在切尔滕纳姆科学节上参与开发和提供互动-早期职业科学家在STFC资助的研究领域工作的早期职业科学家提高了沟通技能，并有信心谈论他们的专业领域就实际遗产而言，作为该项目的一部分而开发的工作坊、活动和互动演示将成为一种资源，可供参与该项目的科学家在学校、活动和英国各地的其他节日中使用。与我们合作的训练有素的科学家(和工程师)将能够在未来提供高质量的互动体验。