Engaging Year 10 students through Particle Physics Workshop Activities

通过粒子物理研讨会活动吸引 10 年级学生

• 批准号: ST/X005712/1
• 负责人: Jeanne Wilson
• 金额: $ 1.91万
• 依托单位: King's College London
• 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%2FX005712%2F1
• 关键词: Engaging; Year; 10; students; through

The aim of this project is to inspire GCSE-level students, especially those from under-represented groups, to pursue A-level choices and potentially careers in physics. We will develop hands-on workshop activities and live demonstrations showcasing aspects of our STFC funded experimental neutrino physics research. A large focus will be on the accessibility and availability of the resources to allow us to extend the reach and long-term usability of these materials and build up a strong network of engaged schools. We will develop a public website that will serve as the main platform for sharing and marketing the materials, and we will work closely with existing partner, King's Maths School (KCLMS) to improve guidance and resources for teachers, including teacher training workshops to empower teachers to deliver our workshop activities independently. We will use existing networks and contacts and targeted advertising to extend the reach of the workshop resources, offering visits from our research group members across the London area. Our existing collaboration with KCLMS already provides a framework to engage with a large audience of year 10 girls (~180 per year), through their annual summer school programme. Furthermore, we aim to quantify impact, and identify aspects of best practise, through their follow up surveys and recruitment programme. The main impact performance indicators will be the number of school pupils and teachers engaging with our resources and a reported increase in enthusiasm for studying physics and maths beyond GCSE from surveys of pupils attending the activities.

这个项目的目的是激励GCSE水平的学生，特别是那些来自代表性不足的群体，追求A级的选择和潜在的职业生涯在物理学。我们将开发实践研讨会活动和现场演示展示我们的STFC资助的实验中微子物理研究方面。一个很大的重点将是资源的可访问性和可用性，使我们能够扩大这些材料的覆盖面和长期可用性，并建立一个强大的参与学校网络。我们将开发一个公共网站，作为分享和营销材料的主要平台，我们将与现有的合作伙伴，国王数学学校（KCLMS）密切合作，以改善教师的指导和资源，包括教师培训研讨会，使教师能够独立开展我们的研讨会活动。我们将利用现有的网络和联系人以及有针对性的广告来扩大研讨会资源的覆盖范围，提供来自伦敦地区的研究小组成员的访问。我们与KCLMS现有的合作已经提供了一个框架，通过他们的年度暑期学校计划，与10年级的大量女孩（每年约180人）进行接触。此外，我们的目标是量化的影响，并确定最佳做法的方面，通过他们的后续调查和招聘计划。主要的影响绩效指标将是学校的学生和教师与我们的资源和参与的学生参加活动的调查，在学习物理和数学超越GCSE的热情增加报告的数量。