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.

这是我们 6pg 支持案例的相关摘录：该项目满足 STFC 的所有五个公众参与目标。 1) 我们将通过开展与“大望远镜”和“黑暗天空”STFC 主题相关的公众参与活动来展示 STFC 科学和技术，将学校与 STFC 资助的研究直接联系起来。2) 我们将建立持久的合作伙伴关系，将爱丁堡议会（在我们的试验中负责管理住宅中心）、爱丁堡大学（负责领导和管理拨款）、爱丁堡皇家天文台游客中心联系起来 （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进行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，培训户外教育者和客座教师。该项目还提供了一个新的机会来动员苏格兰业余天文学界，他们对天文学充满热情，但发现与年轻群体正式建立联系具有挑战性。4) 我们将提高标准望远镜体验的覆盖面，让完整和多样化的受众受益，因为全校班级都可以参加这些住宿旅行，而且苏格兰的大多数学校都加入了住宿户外中心计划。虽然我们的项目是为高年级学生量身定制的，但一旦建立，居住中心也可以在放学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、青少年和成人团体，从普通聚会到通常不参与科学活动的艺术团体。 5) 我们将借鉴项目合作伙伴 ROE-VC 领导的林业委员会与苏格兰黑暗天空计划相关的成功和经验，提供高质量的体验。我们专注于进行专业的影响评估研究，也将使我们能够量化并与英国各地的其他望远镜体验项目分享我们的最佳实践结果。