Cosmology Exhibition at the National Eisteddfod of Wales 2014

背景威尔士国家文化节是威尔士最重要的文化节，主要用威尔士语举行。这是一个为期8天的节日，每年8月初在威尔士的不同地点举行，2012年在格拉摩根谷（兰多），2013年在登比。2014年将在拉内利举行全国性的体育比赛。每个节日的总出席人数通常超过16万。该场地包括一个可容纳3，500人的主展馆，以及大约10个较小的卫星展馆，包括科学技术馆，所有这些展馆都被大约300个商业和其他展台所包围。在2011年、2012年和2013年的科学展览会上，分配给科学的总面积为：展馆和其他建筑（600平方米）和外部展览（400平方米）。在过去的3年中，科学展览会的参观人数在8天内每年都超过27，000人。促进公众对科学的理解-为参观者提供创新的机会，使他们更好地了解科学和技术（STEM）学科的各个方面。2.为大学等威尔士“科学生产”机构提供机会，在当地、区域和全球展示其成就。3.在STEM科目中创造兴趣和兴奋，从而提高科学KS 3，KS 4和KS 5的成绩，并激励学生。4.鼓励年轻人考虑STEM学科的职业。本项目的目标1。通过威尔士语和英语的媒介，促进和提高对天体物理学和宇宙学的兴趣和兴奋。鼓励年轻人（11-16岁）抓住机会学习STEM科目，并考虑从事空间科学。让公众以新颖、令人兴奋和可访问的方式参与普朗克望远镜和赫歇尔空间天文台的成果4。为STFC资助的机构提供一个平台，向广泛的受众，专家，儿童和公众传播他们的研究。激发思考并促进与公众就天体物理学和宇宙学进行对话（STFC关键科学问题）6。为STFC资助的S+S计划（“Herschel：揭开隐藏的宇宙”，“回到地球”，FT和相关教育计划）提供额外的主要渠道，并提高对学校机会的认识7。使威尔士贫困和偏远地区的学生能够接触科学。间接地和长期地增加A级和大学STEM科目的入学率（威尔士学生在A级学习STEM的比例明显低于英国其他地区）9.支持威尔士政府的“科学为威尔士”战略，提高人们对科学的期望和成就，并在全国范围内为改善比萨成绩做出贡献，目前威尔士的成绩远远落后于英格兰、苏格兰和北方爱尔兰。

BackgroundThe National Eisteddfod is the premier cultural festival of Wales, held mainly in Welsh. It is an 8 day festival held annually during early August at different locations within Wales, Vale of Glamorgan (Llandow) in 2012, Denbigh in 2013. The National Eisteddfod will be held in Llanelli in 2014. Total attendance at each festival usually exceeds 160,000. The site includes a main pavilion of capacity 3,500, with approximately 10 smaller satellite pavilions, including the Science & Technology pavilion, all surrounded by some 300 commercial and other stands. At each of the 2011, 2012 and 2013 Eisteddfodau, the total space allocated to Science was: pavilion and other buildings (600sqm) and external exhibitions (400 sqm).Attendance at the Science Exhibition has consistently been in excess of 27,000 over 8 days for each of the past 3 years.The primary objectives of the Eisteddfod Science and Technology programme are to:1. Promote the Public Understanding of Science - To provide innovative opportunities for visitors to become better informed about various aspects of Science and Technology (STEM) subjects. 2. To provide Welsh "science-producing" bodies such as Universities with an opportunity to showcase their achievements locally, regionally and globally. 3. Create interest and excitement in STEM subjects leading to improved attainment in Science KS3, KS4 and KS5 and to motivate students. 4. To stimulate young people to consider careers in STEM subjects. Aims of this project1. To promote and raise interest and excitement in Astrophysics and Cosmology through the medium of Welsh and English.2. Inspire young people (11-16) to take up opportunities in STEM subjects and to consider a career in Space Science.3. To engage the public with the results of the Planck telescope and Herschel Space Observatory in a way that is novel, exciting and accessible4. To provide a stage for STFC funded Institutions to communicate their research to a wide ranging audience; specialist, children and the general public.5. To stimulate thinking and to promote a dialogue with the public on Astrophysics and Cosmology (STFC Key Science Questions) 6. Provide an additional major outlet for STFC-funded S+S programmes ("Herschel: Unveiling the hidden Universe", "Back Down to Earth", FT and related educational programmes) and to raise awareness of the opportunities for schools7. To make science accessible to pupils in underprivileged and remote areas in Wales.8. Indirectly and in the long term increase the take-up in STEM subjects at A-level and University (the proportion of students in Wales taking up STEM at A level is significantly lower than the rest of the UK)9. To support the Welsh Government's 'Science for Wales' strategy by raising aspirations and attainment in Science and to contribute nationally to an improvement in PISA results where currently Wales have fallen significantly behind England, Scotland and Northern Ireland