PPE Awsome Athletes Goes National

《了不起的运动员》是一个完整的科学日套餐，主题是人、动物和机器运动。它带来了专业大学研究人员的专业知识，以一种小学教师可以接触到的形式打包，为孩子们带来了乐趣和兴奋。这个项目提供了举办这样一场活动的所有资源、材料和技术。它还包括一种机制，允许将这一天传播给更多的学校，而不是通过传统的大学研究人员访问学校的路线。这一天以一个多媒体、脚本化的集会开始，作为发现世界信息的一种方式，介绍研究科学的主题和概念。集会结束后，班主任可以“挑选和混合”一系列活动，每个活动都针对一个国家课程领域。这些活动涵盖了一系列主题(包括戏剧和扫盲)，但都有科学元素。所有的活动都建议你在一天之外的工作，以延长学习的机会，超越一天和学校的环境。在一天结束时，有一个全体会议，可以是班级的，也可以是全校的。这采取基于计算机的竞赛/问答的形式，其中孩子们使用遥控型手机回答问题。反馈和进一步的指导讨论可以很容易地融入到这次会议中。除了向诺丁汉和诺丁汉郡LEA地区的30所学校“面对面”传递这一天之外，Awese运动员团队还将举办4次研讨会，将这一天的传播扩大到全国200所小学的代表。这些研讨会将包括研究人员和一名小学班主任的演讲，介绍每天背后的原则，并演示如何获取资源。参加这些研讨会的学校(和当地学校)将成为一个“合作网络”的成员，在这个网络中可以讨论问题，解决问题，分享新的材料和实践。此外，还将为其他大学的社区外展组织举办类似的研讨会，以鼓励更广泛地传播以运动为主题的日，并建议将其作为其他初级科学参与活动的战略。

Awesome Athletes is a complete science day package on the theme of human, animal and machine movement. It brings the expertise of professional university researchers, packaged in a format that is accessible to primary school teachers and fun and exciting for children. This project provides all the resources, materials and know-how to put on such an event. It also includes a mechanism to allow the day to be disseminated to many more schools than would be possible through the conventional route of a researcher from the University visiting a school.The day begins with a multimedia, scripted, assembly to introduce both the subject and the concept of a research science as a way of discovering information about the world. Following the assembly, class teachers can 'pick and mix' a selection of activities, each targeted at a National Curriculum area. These activities cover a range of subjects (including drama and literacy) but all have a science element. All activities suggest work to do beyond the day to extend the learning opportunities beyond the day and also the school setting. At the end of the day there is a plenary session, which can be either class or whole school based. This takes the form of a computer based competition/quiz where the children answer questions using remote control type handsets. Feedback and further guided discussion can easily be incorporated in this session.In addition to delivering the day 'in person' to 30 schools in the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire LEA areas, the Awesome Athletes team will put on 4 seminar based workshops to widen the dissemination of the day to representatives of 200 primary schools nationally. These workshops will include presentations by the researchers and a primary head teacher to introduce the principles behind the day and demonstrate how the resources can be accessed. The schools participating in these workshops (and the local schools) will become members of a 'cooperative network' where issues can be discussed, problems solved and new material and practice shared. Additionally, similar seminar will be given for community outreach organisations from other universities to encourage wider dissemination of the movement themed day and to suggest that it be employed as a strategy for other primary science engagement activities.