SBIR Phase I: Curriculum Driven Gamification of Space Exploration

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力通过共同探索宇宙将社会联系起来。该产品将在商业上有用，有助于提高K-12教室、大学天文学实验室和全球互联网游戏玩家对天文学的科学和技术理解，为学术界、工业界和公众之间的伙伴关系增加价值。由于这个项目和更大的天文社区的国际主义，这个项目将在参与者之间发展多样化和全球活跃的同志情谊，促进跨地域和经济边界的合作和社会化，以追求太空教育。拟议的项目通过机器人望远镜的使用将太空探索游戏化，解决了相关天文学教育的需求。该项目旨在通过使用游戏化、精心策划的天文学课程，将真实的远程观测实践带入课堂和任何有互联网接入的个人平台，从而推进天文学的科学知识。该项目将带领用户通过一系列的任务来探索夜空的区域，以及由国际天文学联合会认可的88个星座定义的物体。将对成功观测任务的“重力点”系统授予探险家徽章，鼓励实践真实的天文观测，数据处理和图像处理实践，以及综合内容研究。成功实施的方法包括研究游戏设计，建立合作伙伴以支持在教室中分发学习材料，以及开发网络/移动应用程序。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project connects society through communal exploration of the universe. This product will be commercially useful to enhance scientific and technological understanding of astronomy in the K-12 classroom, the college astronomy laboratory, and in the hands of internet gamers around the globe, adding value to the partnerships between academia, industry, and the public. Due to the internationalism of both this project and the greater astronomy community, this project will develop a diverse and globally active camaraderie among players that fosters collaboration and socialization across geographic and economic borders in pursuit of space education.The proposed project addresses the need for relatable astronomy education by gamifying space exploration through robotic telescope use. The project aims to advance scientific knowledge of astronomy through the use of gamified, curated astronomy curricula that bring authentic remote observing practices into the classroom and any personal platform with internet access. The project will take users through a series of quests to explore the regions of the night sky, and the objects within, defined from the eighty-eight constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union. Explorer badges will be awarded on a "gravity point" system of successful observing missions, encouraging the practice of real astronomical observing, data handling and image processing practices, and comprehensive content research. The methods to successful implementation will include research of game design, establishing partners to support distribution of the learning materials into classrooms, and web/mobile application development.