Collaborative Research: Funsize Physics Version 3: PAST ACHIEVEMENTS, LESSONS LEARNT AND THE WAY FORWARD

非技术简介独特的Funsize物理网站邀请对科学感兴趣的公众体验当前凝聚态物理科学发现的一些令人兴奋的事情。该网站提供由科学家自己撰写的尖端科学，并努力以美丽的图形和与日常经验相关的简单日常语言来欢迎人们。活跃的研究人员在这个网站上描述了突破性纳米科学的奇迹、美丽和潜力，他们相信任何年龄的对科学好奇的公众都应该能够探索和理解当前的科学进步。科学家们收集了当前的研究成果，使他们的工作得到了广泛的了解。由各自领域的主要研究人员对基本概念的描述描述了日常概念和技术，这些概念和技术是凝聚态科学研究的基础。可以在家里进行的活动既与当前的研究有关，也与基本概念和技术有关。该项目实施的战略将推进该网站的爆炸性增长目标，利用现有资源加快新投稿的速度，并扩大FunSize物理的社交媒体存在。吸引更多受众的能力确保了更大的覆盖范围和对更大比例的人口的更广泛的影响，以实现科学素养、公众参与和扩大对STEM教育的参与的目标。TECHNICAL ABSTRACTFunsizePhyics.com是凝聚态物理学社区突破性研究的储存库，以视觉上吸引人的、相关的和唤起人们对社区研究和活动的描述，并服务于“促进科学进步”的重要使命。这份提案概述了推进该网站爆炸性增长目标的战略，利用现有资源加快新投稿的速度，并扩大FunSize物理的社交媒体存在。该项目将通过与代表性不足的少数族裔机构合作和张贴我们帖子的西班牙语翻译，增加与传统上代表性不足的群体的接触，无论是作为贡献者还是作为用户。这一建议的学术价值在于分析了与广大感兴趣和好奇的非科学家进行交流的最佳做法。使用在网站上收集的详细统计数据提供了关于帖子、媒体平台和进入网站的大量数据集。对这些数据集的分析旨在加强公众参与的战略，并为科学家提供接触的动力和信心。FunSize物理项目的更广泛的影响致力于从凝聚态社区向广大观众传播当前的研究成果和成功的基于物理的活动。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

NON-TECHNICAL ABSTRACTThe unique FunsizePhysics website invites the science-curious public to experience some of the excitement of current scientific discovery in condensed matter physics as it unfolds. The website offers cutting edge science written by the scientists themselves and strives to be welcoming with beautiful graphics and simple everyday language that relates to everyday experience. Active researchers describe the wonder, beauty and potential of ground-breaking nanoscience on this website, in the belief that the science-curious public of any age should be able to explore and understand current scientific advances. The collection of current research by scientists makes their work broadly accessible. The description of fundamental concepts by leading researchers in their fields describes everyday concepts and techniques that are basic to research in condensed matter science. Activities that can be performed at home relate back to both current research and to basic concepts and techniques. This project implements strategies that will advance the goal of explosive growth for this website, using existing resources to speed the rate of new contributions and expand the social media presence of Funsize Physics. The ability to draw a larger audience ensures a bigger reach and broader impacts on a larger proportion of the population, to fulfill the goals of science literacy, public engagement, and broadening participation in STEM education.TECHNICAL ABSTRACTFunsizephysics.com serves as a repository for the ground-breaking research of the condensed matter physics community, with visually appealing, relatable, and evocative descriptions of the community's research and activities and serves an important mission of "promoting the progress of science". This proposal outlines strategies that will advance the goal of explosive growth for this website, using existing resources to speed the rate of new contributions and expand the social media presence of Funsize Physics. The project will increase engagement with traditionally underrepresented groups, both as contributors and as users, by collaborating with underrepresented minority institutions and by posting Spanish language translations of our posts. The Intellectual Merit of this proposal lies in the analysis of best practices for communicating to a broad audience of interested and curious non-scientists. The use of detailed statistics gathered on the website provide an extensive data set on posts, media platforms, and point of entry into the website. Analysis of these data sets aims to strengthen strategies to engage the public and provide both the impetus and the confidence for scientists to reach out. The Broader Impact of the Funsize Physics project is dedicated to disseminating current research results and successful physics-based activities from the condensed matter community to a broad audience.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.