SunSpaceArt - Building on Success

SunSpaceArt， SSA项目是一个由艺术家、科学家和教育工作者组成的多元化团队，由Helen Mason博士领导，她在过去的6年里一直在学校和教师持续专业发展（CPD）中举办STEAM （STEM + Arts）研讨会。我们的目标是7-12岁（KS2/3）。该项目的目的是利用太阳、太阳系、天文学和空间科学的背景来教育和激励孩子们。SSA项目由科技资助基金资助。我们的重点是来自不同背景的学生，最需要科学丰富（在多重剥夺指数高的地区，在学生溢价，PP，百分比高的学校，bb0 30%），也包括SEND和BAME儿童。此外，我们还在英国各地的科学节上举办了许多家庭“顺便”活动。在2020/21年度，SSA团队直接接触了50多所学校，2300名儿童和400名教师，并间接接触了数千人。老师和孩子们的反馈都很好。例如：“孩子们对研讨会的科学和艺术部分都非常投入，在这两个部分都提出了很好的问题，并且充满了热情……你所做的一切给我留下了深刻的印象，让我很高兴。”(老师)。“我喜欢用自己的艺术方式创造空间。”“我喜欢看行星和星星有多大。”“我学到了望远镜能看到什么，以及它有多神奇”（孩子们）。继STFC火花奖（2001年9月21日至2003年3月30日）之后，这个STFC遗产应用程序将使SSA团队能够在他们最近的成功基础上更进一步，继续关注最需要支持的学校。该团队计划继续与伦敦、威尔士和东北大曼彻斯特（PP bbbb30 %）的学校合作，但也渴望扩大其在埃塞克斯（与Kulvinder Johal，初级科学教学信托基金，PSTT，导师）和东安格利亚（与Matt Bothwell博士，剑桥大学天文学研究所）的影响范围。可悲的是，新冠肺炎疫情扩大了英国的经济和教育不平等，这对一些在校儿童产生了严重影响。Emma Wride （AstroCymru）在INTERACT22上做了一个鼓舞人心的全体演讲。她说：“提高志向，为贫困儿童提供必要的资源，是打破几代非工作家庭恶性循环的根本。”新的团队成员丰富了SSA项目，带来了更多的技能和更大的多样性。我们渴望在与Rebecca Chuks合作的工作坊中培养一种“识字”元素。我们欢迎艺术家玛丽亚·梅里登和太阳科学家斯蒂芬·亚德利博士和拉维·德赛。我们计划继续吸收和培训年轻的研究人员。我们的网站（sunspaceart.org）提供来自SSA工作坊的博客和反馈，以及可下载的活动工作表和视频（科学和艺术）。新的博客和资源将被提供和上传。将为教师举办更多的持续专业发展课程（在线和“面对面”），从而在与科学教育者协会、PSTT和奥格登信托基金会的合作基础上，将SSA项目牢牢地嵌入教育领域。该团队热衷于在科学节上举办更多的家庭“旁听”活动，包括“太阳”装置（罗伯特·沃尔什教授）和其他节日（剑桥切尔滕纳姆）。我们得到了个人和组织的支持，这使我们能够大大扩大我们的范围和影响。Helen Mason博士是剑桥大学太阳物理学荣誉读者，是国际知名的太阳科学家。2014年，她被授予大英帝国勋章，以表彰她对高等教育和女性在科学、工程和技术领域的贡献。2018年，她被授予皇家天文学会的安妮·蒙德奖章。SunSpaceArt团队荣幸地获得了2020年阿瑟克拉克爵士太空教育和推广成就团队奖。我们的目标是在这一成功的基础上再接再厉，为我们的项目和工作留下持久的遗产。

The SunSpaceArt, SSA, project is a diverse team of artists, scientists and educators, led by Dr Helen Mason OBE, who have been running STEAM (STEM + Arts) workshops in schools and Continued Professional Development, CPD, for teachers for the past 6 years. We target the 7-12 age range (KS2/3). The aim of the project is to educate and inspire children using the context of the Sun, Solar System, astronomy and space science. The SSA project is funded by STFC.Our focus is on school children from diverse backgrounds, most in need of science enrichment (in areas with a high Index of Multiple Deprivation, IMD, at schools with a high Pupil Premium, PP, percentage, >30%), also including SEND and BAME children. In addition, we have run many family 'drop-in' activities at science festivals across the UK. In 2020/21, the SSA team directly reached over 50 schools, 2300 children and 400 teachers and indirectly reached many thousands more. The feedback form both teachers and children is excellent. For example: 'The children were very engaged with both the scientific and artistic parts of the workshop, asking good questions in both and having lots of enthusiasm...I continue to be so impressed and delighted by what you do.' (teacher). 'I enjoyed making space our own way with art'. 'I liked seeing how big the planets and the stars are'. 'I learnt what telescopes can see and how amazing it is' (children). This STFC Legacy application, following on from an STFC SPARKS Award (01/09/21-30/03/23), would enable the SSA team to build on their recent success, reaching further, continuing to focus on schools most in need of support. The team plans to continue working with schools in London, Wales and Greater Manchester, the NE (PP > 30%), but is also keen to extend its reach, in Essex (with Kulvinder Johal, Primary Science Teaching Trust, PSTT, mentor) and in East Anglia (with Dr Matt Bothwell, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University). Sadly, the COVID19 pandemic has widened the UK's economic and educational inequalities, which has had a serious impact on some school children. Emma Wride (AstroCymru) gave an inspirational plenary address at INTERACT22. She says 'Raising aspirations and providing essential resources to pupils exposed to child poverty is fundamental in breaking the cycle of multiple generations of non-working families.' New team members have enriched the SSA project, bringing more skills and greater diversity. We are keen to develop a 'literacy' element in our workshops with Rebecca Chuks. We welcome artist, Maria Merridon, and solar scientists, Drs Steph Yardley and Ravi Desai. We plan to continue including and training young researchers.Our website (sunspaceart.org) provides blogs and feedback from SSA workshops, together with downloadable activity worksheets and videos (science and arts). New blogs and resources will be provided and uploaded. Further CPD sessions for teachers will be run (online and 'in person'), thus embedding the SSA project firmly in the educational landscape, building on collaborations with the Association of Science Educators, PSTT and Ogden Trust. The team are keen to run more family 'drop-in' activities at science festivals, with 'the Sun' installation (Prof Robert Walsh) and other festivals (Cheltenham, Cambridge). We are supported by individuals and organistations, which enables us to considerably extend our reach and impact.Dr Helen Mason, Emeritus Reader in Solar Physics, is an internationally renowned solar scientist at the University of Cambridge. In 2014, she was awarded an OBE for her Services to Higher Education and to Women in Science, Engineering and Technology. In 2018, she was awarded the Royal Astronomical Society's Annie Maunder Medal for Outreach. The SunSpaceArt team were the proud recipients of the 2020 Sir Arthur Clarke Team Award for Space Achievement in Education and Outreach. We aim to build on this success, leaving a lasting legacy of our project and our work.