Oriel Science

奥丽尔科学

• 批准号: ST/R005966/1
• 负责人: Christopher Allton
• 金额: $ 2.23万
• 依托单位: Swansea University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FR005966%2F1
• 关键词: Oriel; Science

Oriel Science's aim is: Showcasing Science in the Community.Oriel Science is a public-facing exhibition and outreach space showcasing the University's STEM research. Our vision is to host rolling, thematic, science-based exhibitions aimed at our two target audiences: school students and the wider public. Alongside the gallery, Oriel Science will house a workshop offering a schools programme in parallel with each exhibition. We create accessible, informative and interactive exhibitions focused on the work and collaborations of the University's STEM community. We take visitors on a visceral journey through a scientific theme, ignite their curiosity to explore that theme, and leave a lasting legacy in their imagination. We will encourage younger visitors to choose STEM subjects at school leading to STEM degrees in University and we further develop the scientific literacy of older visitors.Oriel Science launched on 10th September 2016 at the end of the British Science Festival which was hosted by Swansea University. Our venue was in a rent-free, empty commercial unit in the pedestrianised shopping mall in the Swansea city centre.We were open to the public every weekend and during school holidays until June 2017. Our school holiday programme had organised special events and workshops focussing on the STEM research designed for school-aged students. In all we welcomed 16,000 public visitors and have had significant media coverage. Our feedback is overwhelmingly positive, over 90% say that they have learnt more about science as a result of their visit and a similar percentage would recommend us to a friend.Alongside our public openings, we ran organised school visits where 900 students from 16 schools attended workshops targeted to their age-groups.Due to our city centre location, Oriel Science attracted a new audience to STFC science: 40% of our visitors have not set foot on a Swansea University campus. Crucially, a postcode analysis of our public visitors showed that our visitor demographic matched that of Swansea as a whole in terms of the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation. This proved that we built a science exhibition centre which was welcoming to all, including the "hard-to-reach" sections of the community.Our exhibitions will have linked, bilingual explanation board in Welsh and English, directly connecting us to audiences in Wales in the visitors' mother tongue.Our first, pop-up exhibition is based on the theme of "Time" and features 16 exhibits including the STFC LHC Roadshow, a range of particle physics detectors (a cloud chamber, Geiger counter, MX-10 detector and muon observatory). We have an audio visual animation of time dilation near black holes, an immersive experience showing a time lapse video of the southern stars with a sound track taken from the Voyager spacecraft. A 30 metre "time wall" has an animation of the history of the Universe from the Big Bang. The public is welcomed to the venue by a "Back to the Future" DeLorean and a Tardis "time machine" enticingly situated to be visible from the outside.We are now planning our second themed exhibition, "Image", to be launched when we open our permanent gallery space. This application seeks funding for a significant STFC footprint in this venture. In particular we are applying for funding for astronomically-themed exhibit utilising images from the Faulkes Telescope, mock-ups of earth observation satellites from ESA, costs for student ambassadors, and salary for our Curator. Our "Image" exhibition represents a fantastic opportunity to engage visitors with STFC Science so that their understanding and appreciation of this science and technology is developed

猎户座科学的目标是：在社区中展示科学。猎户座科学是一个面向公众的展览和扩展空间，展示大学的STEM研究。我们的愿景是举办滚动的、主题的、以科学为基础的展览，目标是我们的两个目标受众：学生和更广泛的公众。在画廊旁边，猎户座科学将举办一个研讨会，在每个展览的同时提供一个学校计划。我们创建了无障碍、信息丰富和互动的展览，重点关注大学STEM社区的工作和合作。我们通过科学主题带领参观者进行一次发自内心的旅行，点燃他们探索该主题的好奇心，并在他们的想象力中留下持久的遗产。我们将鼓励年轻游客在学校选择STEM科目，从而在大学获得STEM学位，我们还将进一步培养老年游客的科学素养。猎户科学于2016年9月10日在斯旺西大学主办的英国科学节结束时推出。我们的场地是在斯旺西市中心步行街购物中心的一个免租的空荡荡的商业单元里。我们每个周末和学校放假期间向公众开放，直到2017年6月。我们的学校假期计划组织了特别活动和工作坊，重点是为学龄儿童设计的STEM研究。我们总共接待了16,000名公众参观者，并得到了大量媒体的报道。我们的反馈是压倒性的积极的，超过90%的人说他们通过访问了解了更多的科学知识，还有类似比例的人会推荐我们给朋友。在我们的公开开放活动中，我们组织了学校参观，来自16所学校的900名学生参加了针对他们年龄段的研讨会。由于我们位于市中心，猎户座科学吸引了一批新的观众到STFC科学：40%的参观者没有踏上斯旺西大学的校园。至关重要的是，对我们的公众游客进行的邮政编码分析显示，就威尔士多重剥夺指数而言，我们的游客群体与整个斯旺西的游客数量相当。这证明了我们建立了一个科学展览中心，它欢迎所有人，包括社区中“难以到达”的部分。我们的展览将有威尔士语和英语的双语讲解板，用参观者的母语直接将我们与威尔士观众联系起来。首先，我们的弹出式展览以“时间”为主题，有16件展品，包括STFC大型强子对撞机路演、一系列粒子物理探测器(一个云室、盖革计数器、MX-10探测器和Muon天文台)。我们有一个黑洞附近时间膨胀的视听动画，这是一种身临其境的体验，展示了南方恒星的时间推移视频和从旅行者号航天器上拍摄的音轨。一面30米长的“时间墙”展示了宇宙大爆炸的历史。欢迎公众进入会场的是一辆“回到未来”的DeLorean和一台诱人的Tardis“时光机”，从外面可以看到。我们现在正在计划我们的第二个主题展览--“图像”，将在我们的永久画廊空间开放时推出。这项申请寻求为STFC在该合资企业中的重要足迹提供资金。特别是，我们正在申请资助以天文为主题的展览，使用的是福克斯望远镜的图像，欧空局的地球观测卫星模型，学生大使的费用，以及我们策展人的工资。我们的“影像”展览是吸引参观者接触STFC Science的绝佳机会，从而加深他们对这一科学和技术的理解和欣赏