Expanding the Reach of Harwell Open Week: Virus Factory in Schools

哈威尔开放周将于2024年7月2日至6日举行，预计将有10,000名公众在整个活动期间参观该地点，其中约2,000人将参加两个学校开放日的活动。从历史上看，学校开放日一直被超额认购，这意味着一些学校因空间和后勤限制而被拒之门外，在某些情况下，学校因资金限制而无法入学。该项目将解决无法参加哈威尔开放周的小学的未得到满足的需求，并加深与参加活动的小学的联系。为此，我们将围绕STFC支持的公民科学项目(“学校中的病毒工厂”)为每个班级提供经过验证和测试的教育资源，主办学校和研究人员之间的在线问答，并为那些不能参加开放周的学校提供在哈威尔校区的替代面对面互动。通过这样做，该项目将扩大STFC的覆盖面，使其超出主校园活动的能力范围，突出STFC支持的研究和人为本的研究，并让所有学生直接接触在哈威尔校区工作的研究人员。

Harwell Open Week will take place from 2nd to 6th July 2024, with an anticipated 10,000 members of the public expected to visit the site over the full event, of which approximately 2,000 will attend activities as part of two school open days. Historically, the school open days have been oversubscribed, meaning some schools are turned away due to space and logistics constraints, and in some cases, schools have been unable to attend due to financial constraints. This project will address the unmet needs of primary schools unable to attend Harwell Open Week and deepen connections with those who do attend. To do this, we will supply every class with a tried and tested educational resource built around a STFC-enabled citizen science project ("Virus Factory in Schools"), host online Q&As between schools and researchers, and provide those schools who could not attend the open week with alternative in-person engagement at Harwell Campus. In doing so, this project will widen STFC reach beyond the capacity of the main campus event, highlight STFC-enabled and people-powered research, and give all students direct contact with researchers working at Harwell Campus.