Schools' Accelerator Science Workshop

在地方一级，该项目将让六年级前的学生学习物理科学、工程和机械制造的科学原理。参加者将获得把他们的科学知识付诸实践的经验。这些研讨会将针对尚未决定参加A-level课程的九年级学生，并将在6月下半月进行，当时许多学校都有活动或工作体验周。热衷于10年级的学生也可以参加，因为他们将在完成GCSE考试后离校。希望这将激励学生们进一步研究科学主题，并将科学和工程作为一种职业选择。通过瞄准某些学校，其目的是纠正平衡，鼓励更多的女性参与其中，以及来自较贫困背景的孩子，否则他们可能不会考虑从事科学事业，更普遍地说，继续教育是一条潜在的途径。教师们将参加这些研讨会，预计这将激励他们将研讨会中的想法纳入他们的教学中，以支持他们将科学和工程作为职业道路。科学家志愿者（包括来自利物浦大学、曼彻斯特大学和兰开斯特大学的研究生）将参与其中，并获得解释科学和与公众接触的经验，这将有助于他们的沟通技巧，特别是意识到准备适合观众的材料。工作坊的专业录像将会制作，参与的学生将会参与拍摄。这将通过学校社交媒体互动、网站以及机构渠道实现广泛传播，从而间接地最大化影响。这将扩大传播到国家层面，促进应用科学方面。资源将以“如何……”的形式开发。的工作表。后者将通过我们质量控制的公共网站和社会媒体推广这些无障碍视频，以扩大传播。工作表也将通过其他外展活动（如Big Bang）和STFC的公众参与团队分发。此外，这次活动将提高我们团队的能力，我们的团队已经有了举办外联讲座和演示的经验。组织和举办互动研讨会将使我们在公众参与方面达到一个新的水平，并有助于组织和实施由其他国家来源资助的更雄心勃勃的项目，如STFC大型奖励计划和欧洲层面（即欧洲研究人员之夜）。

At a local level, the project will engage pre-sixth form school children in physical sciences, engineering and scientific principles in machine construction. Participants will gain experience of putting their scientific knowledge into practice. The workshops will be geared towards year 9 pupils before they will have made up their minds about which A-level subjects to take and will be delivered in the second half of June when many schools have activity or work experience weeks. Keen year 10 pupils may also attend as they will be off school having completed GCSE exams. It is hoped that this will inspire pupils to take scientific topics for further study and to consider science and engineering as a career option.By targeting certain schools the aim is to redress the balance and encourage more female engagement as well as children from less privileged backgrounds who may otherwise not consider a career in science and, more generally, further education as a potential pathway.Teachers will attend the workshops and it is expected that this will inspire them to incorporate ideas from the workshops into their teaching to support them in promoting science and engineering as career pathways.Scientist volunteers (including postgraduate students from the University of Liverpool, the University of Manchester and the University of Lancaster) will be involved and gain experience in explaining science and engaging with the public which will help in their communication skills, in particular with an awareness of preparing material appropriate for the audience.Professional videos of the workshops will be produced and participating pupils will be involved in filming. This will maximise impact indirectly with widespread dissemination achieved through school social media interactions and web sites as well as institutional conduits. This will widen dissemination to a national level, promoting the applied science aspects.Resources will be developed in the form of 'how to...' worksheets. The latter will complement these accessible videos to be promoted via our quality-controlled public web sites and social media to broaden dissemination. Worksheets will also be distributed via other outreach events such as the Big Bang and via STFC's Public Engagement team.In addition, this event will increase the capability of our team which is already experienced at putting on outreach lectures and demonstrations. Organising and delivering interactive workshops will take us to the next level in public engagement and help for the organisation and delivery of more ambitious programmes funded through other national sources such as STFC Large Awards Scheme and at a European level (i.e. European Researchers' Night).