Research Physicists Encouraging Outreach into Primary Schools

申请人是一个由杰出的凝聚态物理学家和天体物理学家组成的团队，他们创建了一个由物理研究所主办的网站，其中包含小学演讲的材料。本教材针对的是那些热衷于让小学生参与物理相关外展活动，但又不确定如何开始的在职物理学家。演讲涉及整个班级的活动。该网站受到了已经有进入小学经验的人的广泛欢迎。然而，这些演讲与工作物理学家所熟悉的演讲形式有很大的不同，因此需要进一步的支持来帮助那些第一次这样做的人。这个应用程序解决了这一需求，使我们以前的外展项目中正在开发的材料能够对更广泛的受众有用和可访问。正在为三种类型的额外用户支持寻求资金：（1）将添加到网站上的课堂演示视频剪辑，（2）为科学和工程大使和物理研究所感兴趣的成员提供培训课程，以及（3）为网站用户提供多对多的电子邮件网络。该网站将根据收到的意见进行更新。

The applicants are a team of distinguished condensed matter physicists and astrophysicists who have created a web site hosted by the Institute of Physics that contains material for presentations in primary schools. This material is aimed at working physicists who are keen to engage primary school children in physics-related outreach, but are unsure how to get started on this.The presentations involve the whole class in activities. The site has been widely welcomed by people who already have experience of going into primary schools. However, the presentations are sufficiently different from the lecture format with which working physicists are familiar that further support will be needed to assist those who will be doing this for the first time.This application addresses that need, allowing the material that is being developed in our previous outreach project to be made useful and accessible to a much wider audience. Funding is sought for three types of additional user support: (1) video clips of the presentations being given to a class which will be added to the web site, (2) training sessions for Science and Engineering Ambassadors (SEAs) and interested members of the Institute of Physics, and (3) an email many-to-many network for users of the site. The site will be updated in view of comments received.