Origins of the Universe

目标：创建一张以STEM为主题的音乐专辑和辅助材料，可以用来解释“宇宙的起源”。目标人群将是贫困地区学校的高中生、高中BAME学生和普通民众。这张音乐专辑将由7首以物理为主题的说唱曲目组成，这些曲目是由流行的专业英国音乐家创作的。这些轨道是在与贫困地区的中学科学教师联系后创建的，并确定了他们在课堂上吸引学生参与的一些核心问题。此外，还将与来自世界各地顶尖科研院所的STEM带头人一起进行研究。歌词和辅助教育工作表的数字副本将免费向公众开放。将为该项目制作两个音乐视频，并将进行简短的视频采访，以帮助理解在21世纪在STEM工作意味着什么。最后，科学说唱专辑将有两次免费的公共活动。一个将专注于现场表演和解释该项目，第二个将涉及与STEM的主要影响力人士、艺术家和普通公众的演讲和问答讨论。将歌词与流行的城市流派音乐结合将提供一种新的方法，让低科学资本的观众接触到天体物理和粒子物理中的现代STEM概念。这张专辑的内容将有助于解释新的科学发现，并交流我们对宇宙运行方式的理解。通过利用与世界领先的物理学家在公共参与方面的伙伴关系，可以整理和转换相关的科学研究和数据。利用他们的科学机构和网络(例如欧洲核子研究中心、费米实验室、LIGO、NASA等)此外，利用他们的专业知识，可以生产高质量的STEM材料，同时增加对公众可获得性的保证。通过与英国流行音乐家合作并创作高质量的音乐，该项目中突出的STEM主题将轻松接触到全国10万人。这包括国家广播电台、流媒体网站和在线出版商，它们迎合了包括低科学资本受众在内的各种人口结构。访谈和辅助工作表将揭示科学实际上是如何完成的，以及科学思维在现代技术中的力量。通过与STEM学习和科学教师网络的合作，支持工作表可以根据英国教育系统的要求进行定制。这将有助于现有的STEM影响者接触到参与度较低的学生，从而有助于缩小成绩差距。在最初的研究阶段之后和期间，可以在与教师联系的同时收集评估数据。最后，将有两个不同的直接活动向公众开放。有了这一点，参与者可以通过与英国STEM影响人士的问答来获得高质量的STEM参与。通过这些额外的活动，将把重点放在为评估目的收集数据上。通过探索上述多种参与途径，人们可以预期目标人口的科学资本会有合理的增长。

Aims: To create a STEM themed music album and supporting materials that can be used to explain the 'Origins of the Universe'. Target demographics will be the upper secondary students from schools in deprived areas, upper secondary BAME students and the general public. The music album will consist of 7 physics themed rap tracks created with popular professional UK musicians. The tracks will be created after liaising with secondary school science teachers in deprived areas and establishing some core issues they face engaging their students in the classroom. In addition research will take place with leading STEM influencers from top science institutes around the world. Digital copies of lyrics and supporting educational worksheets will be made publicly accessible for free. There will be 2 music videos created to accompany the project and also short video interviews will be taken to help give an understanding of what it means to work in STEM in the 21st century. Finally there will be 2 free public engagements of the science rap album. One will focus on live performance and explaining the project, the second will involve talks and a Q&A discussion with leading STEM influencers, artists and the general public.Marrying the lyrics to popular urban genres of music will provide a novel approach to expose low science capital audiences to modern STEM concepts in astrophysics and particle physics. The content of the album will help to explain new scientific discoveries and communicate our understanding of how the universe works. By leveraging partnerships with world leading physicists in public engagement, relevant scientific research and data can be collated and transformed. Utilising their scientific institutes and networks (e.g. CERN, Fermilab, LIGO, NASA etc.) and also using their expertise, high quality STEM materials can be produced with increased assurance of public accessibility. By working with popular UK musicians and creating high quality music, STEM topics highlighted in the project will easily reach 100,000s of people across the country. This includes national radio, streaming sites and online publishers that cater to a variety of demographics including low science capital audiences.Interviews and supporting worksheets will unveil how science is actually done and the power of scientific thinking in modern technology. By collaborating with STEM Learning and a network of science teachers, the supporting worksheets can be tailored to fit requirements from the UK education system. This will aid existing STEM influencers in reaching students who are less engaged and therefore help to close the attainment gap. Both after and during the initial research phase, evaluation data can be collected whilst liaising with the teachers. Finally, there will be two different direct events open to the public. With this participants can receive high quality STEM engagement via Q&A with leading UK STEM influencers. Through these additional engagements, there will be a big focus on data collection for evaluation purposes. By exploring the multiple avenues of engagement above, one can expect to see a reasonable increase in the science capital of the target demographics.