Astronomer Royal Telescopes in Scotland's Outdoor Residential Centres

苏格兰户外住宅中心的天文学家皇家望远镜

• 批准号: ST/W005875/1
• 负责人: Catherine Heymans
• 金额: $ 1.86万
• 依托单位: University of Edinburgh
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FW005875%2F1
• 关键词: Astronomer; Royal; Telescopes; Scotland; Outdoor

This is the relevant excerpt from our 6pg case for support:The project meets all five of STFC's aims for public engagement. 1) We will showcase STFC science and technology by delivering an accessible public engagement activity connected to both the "Big Telescopes" and "Dark Sky" STFC themes, linking schools directly with STFC-funded research.2) We will build an enduring partnership that connects Edinburgh Council, who run the residential centres in our trial, the University of Edinburgh who will lead and manage the grant, the Royal Observatory Edinburgh Visitor Centre (ROE-VC) who will support the impact assessment and follow-up programme, and the Astronomical Society of Edinburgh (ASE) whose volunteers will help to train the centre staff in amateur astronomy and join in with the live events. 3) We will develop and support STEM influencers, training outdoor educators and the visiting teachers. The project also presents a new opportunity to mobilise the Scottish amateur astronomy sector who are deeply passionate about astronomy, but can find it challenging to formally connect with a younger age group.4) We will improve the reach of the standard telescope experience to a complete and diverse audience, as the full school class is able to attend these residential trips, and the majority of schools in Scotland join a residential outdoor centre scheme. Whilst our project is tailored for late-primary school children, once established the residential centres can also use their telescope experience with other visitors in the out-of-school season. This extends the reach to family, youth and adult groups ranging from hen parties to art collectives who may not normally interact with a science event. 5) We will deliver a high-quality experience by building from the success and experiences of the related Dark Sky Scotland programme with the Forestry Commission, led by our project partner the ROE-VC. Our focus on conducting a professional impact assessment study will also allow us to quantify and share our best practice findings with other telescope experience projects across the UK.

以下是我们6pg支持案例的相关摘录：该项目符合STFC公众参与的所有五个目标。1)我们将通过提供与“大望远镜”和“黑暗天空”主题相关的公众参与活动来展示STFC的科学和技术，将学校与STFC资助的研究直接联系起来。2)我们将建立一个持久的合作伙伴关系，包括爱丁堡议会，他们将在我们的试验中运营住宿中心，爱丁堡大学将领导和管理拨款，爱丁堡皇家天文台游客中心（ROE-VC）将支持影响评估和后续计划，爱丁堡天文学会（ASE）的志愿者将帮助培训中心工作人员业余天文学并参加现场活动。3)我们将培养和支持STEM影响者，培训户外教育者和访问教师。该项目也为苏格兰业余天文爱好者提供了一个新的机会，他们对天文学充满热情，但却很难与更年轻的群体建立正式的联系。4)我们将提高标准望远镜体验的覆盖范围，使其更全面、更多样化，因为整个学校班级都能参加这些住宿旅行，苏格兰的大多数学校都参加了住宿户外中心计划。虽然我们的项目是为小学高年级的孩子量身定制的，但一旦建立了住宿中心，他们也可以在校外季节与其他游客一起使用望远镜体验。这将影响范围扩大到家庭、青年和成人群体，从单身派对到艺术团体，这些群体通常可能不会与科学活动互动。5)我们将通过与林业委员会（由我们的项目合作伙伴ROE-VC领导）合作的相关Dark Sky Scotland项目的成功和经验，提供高质量的体验。我们专注于进行专业的影响评估研究，这也将使我们能够量化并与英国其他望远镜体验项目分享我们的最佳实践发现。