QuarkNet Cymru

该项目旨在通过参与实际动手的天体物理实验--使用学校的探测器测量宇宙射线(穿过空间的高能粒子)--来激发中学生参与STEM活动的热情。在目前由威尔士政府资助的一项拨款的基础上(于2016年1月开始)，该项目将：*开发并提供一系列基于粒子物理的教育资源，并与学校的物理课程(威尔士的WJEC)挂钩。这将包括纸质资源、互动资源和学校研讨会的路演*与参与STFC科学领域的科学家合作，就这项研究的现状收集建议，并帮助他们向更广泛的受众传播他们的工作*开发和维护一个网站，作为在课堂上使用探测器的资源的储存库，而且还是一个协作学习空间，学校可以上传他们的数据并共同分析他们的结果*为威尔士各地的教师制定和运行教师CPD方案，以了解粒子物理研究以及他们如何参与QuarkNet Cymru项目*培训加的夫大学和斯旺西大学的本科生和研究生，了解科学交流和QuarkNet Cymru方案的内容，以便他们能够帮助在当地学校实施该方案，为学校学生树立榜样，并在项目的实际方面帮助教师*开发一个粒子物理设备‘贷款计划’，威尔士各地的学校可以申请借用较小的工具包，用于在他们的教室里进行实验。这个项目将是威尔士第一个此类项目，建立在伯明翰大学(与布里斯托尔、巴斯和格拉斯哥)现有的STEM项目HiSparc/QuarkNet的基础上。

This project aims to enthuse secondary school students in STEM activities through engagement in real hands-on astrophysics experiments - measuring cosmic rays (high energy particles travelling through space) using detectors based in schools. Building on a currently-funded Welsh Government grant to pilot the use of an array of cosmic detectors in schools across South Wales (which began in Jan. 2016), this project will:* Develop and provide a range of educational resources based upon particle physics and linked to the Physics curriculum in schools (WJEC in Wales). This will include paper-based resources, interactive resources and also a roadshow for schools-based workshops* Work with scientists involved in this area of STFC science to gather advice on the current state of this research, and also to help them disseminate their work to a wider audience* Develop and maintain a website which will both act as a repository of the resources for using the detectors in the classroom, but also as a collaborative learning space where schools can upload their data and work together to analyse their results* Develop and run a teacher CPD programme for teachers across Wales to come and learn about particle physics research and how they can become involved in the QuarkNet Cymru project* Train undergraduate and postgraduate students from Cardiff and Swansea Universities in science communication and the contents of the QuarkNet Cymru programme, so that they can help deliver the programme in local schools, act as role models for the school students, and also aid the teachers with the practical aspects of the project* Develop a particle physics equipment 'loan scheme' where schools from across Wales can apply to borrow smaller items of kit which can be used for experiments in their classrooms.This project will be the first of its kind in Wales, building on an existing STEM programme, HiSparc/QuarkNet, operated by the University of Birmingham (with Bristol, Bath and Glasgow).