Sun, Space and Art

这项赠款申请的目的是激励儿童，通过建立在STFC资助的“太阳”的成功|跋涉：Here Comes the Sun由Helen Mason领导的项目（1/8/16 - 31/7/18），涉及4位专业艺术家（Sarah Bidgland，Geraldine考克斯，克莱尔杜德尼和Helen Schell）。我们在小学开办的科学/艺术（STEAM）讲习班的需求非常高。这些讲习班的独特之处在于，它们是由科学家和艺术家共同举办的。到目前为止，已经在不同地区的7所学校举办了讲习班，从小型农村学校到一所大型内城学校，计划更多。来自老师和孩子们的反馈非常好，例如：“这两天总体上是一次奇妙的经历。孩子们、我和其他工作人员都很喜欢这些演讲和实际工作。孩子们从这些课程中获得了很多知识和经验。“（贝森乔治，教师，福克里夫小学，威尔士）。这笔赠款将使我们能够在英国不同地区（大曼彻斯特，威尔士，牛津郡）为教师（包括艺术家和科学家）举办三次CPD会议。此外，我们将尝试一种不同类型的工作坊，帮助中学生（7年级）与小学生一起开展STEAM项目。伦敦市中心一所大型女子综合学校很想与我们合作开展这个项目。除了我们最初的核心团队和合作伙伴（石楠麦克雷，思想基金会），另一位视觉艺术家（克里斯托贝尔福布斯，牛津）和诗人（山姆伊林沃思，曼彻斯特城市大学，合作伙伴）加入了我们的团队。在曼彻斯特，我们打算与Lynne比安奇（曼彻斯特大学SEERIH主任）合作，为KS 2 NC的各个方面提供科学-艺术合作方法的信息和提高认识。我们计划为大曼彻斯特的小学教师举办一整天的CPD会议，由Lynne比安奇博士（SEERIH网络）主持，涉及核心团队成员，其他艺术家和科学家。与诗人Sam Illingworth合作，我们热衷于尝试该项目的一个新元素，该元素将与学校的扫盲课程联系起来。我们的目标是让来自大曼彻斯特的年轻研究人员和艺术家参与该项目，支持他们与当地小学合作。我们意识到将我们的研讨会和资源与KS 2课程紧密联系起来是多么重要，并通过网站提供信息，资源和艺术作品。因此，我们的目标是与教育顾问，谁将参与设计和完善的学习经验。在STFC/RAL，我们（HEM和艺术家）计划在Sophie Palmer（公众参与经理）的支持下举办一个全天的研讨会和两个黄昏会议。在RAL从事太阳轨道飞行器研究的年轻太阳研究员亚历山德拉·吉昂塔已经同意参加。在威尔士，我们将继续与Emma Wride（Space Made Easy，AstroCymru）和卡迪夫大学的Paul Roche合作，为威尔士的小学教师举办持续专业发展会议，并与更多的学校合作。该项目的影响将直接影响到英国各地的许多教师、儿童和学校。我们预计，参加持续专业发展研讨会将是约20-25名教师每次持续专业发展会议，所以我们应该直接达到120名教师，与另外10名教师参与KS 3/2研讨会。CPD课程结束后，一些学校将能够在小学科学和艺术教师的支持下自行举办STEAM研讨会。其他人将能够与年轻的研究人员（博士生和博士后）和艺术学生一起工作。我们的资源将通过一个专门的网站提供，这将使我们能够接触到更多的教师和学校。此外，还将通过教师网络、地方和国家会议促进该项目。

The aim of this grant application is to inspire children, by building on the success of the STFC funded 'Sun|trek: Here Comes the Sun' project led by Helen Mason (1/8/16 - 31/7/18), which involves 4 professional artists (Sarah Bidgland, Geraldine Cox, Clare Dudeney & Helen Schell). The demand for the science/art (STEAM) workshops which we have been running in primary schools has been very high. The unique feature of the workshops is that that they are run jointly by scientists and artists. Workshops have so far been run in 7 schools, in different regions, from small rural schools to a large inner city school with more planned. The feedback from teachers and children has been excellent, for example: 'The two days overall were a fantastic experience. The children, myself and other members of staff enjoyed the presentations and hands on practical work. The children gained a lot of knowledge and experience from these sessions.' (Bethan George, teacher, Fochriw primary school, Wales). This grant would enable us to run three CPD sessions for teachers (involving artists and scientists) in different regions of the UK (Greater Manchester, Wales, Oxfordshire). In addition, we would trial a different type of workshop, helping secondary school children (Yr7) to run STEAM projects with primary school children. A large inner-city girls comprehensive school in London is keen to work with us on this project. In addition to our original core team and partners (Heather MacRae, Ideas Foundation), another visual artist (Christobel Forbes, Oxford) and a poet (Sam Illingworth, Manchester Metropolitan University, a partner) have joined our team. In Manchester, we intend to work in partnership with Lynne Bianchi (Director of SEERIH, University of Manchester) to inform and raise awareness of approaches towards Science-Art collaborations in delivering aspects of the KS2 NC. We plan a full day CPD session for primary school teachers in Greater Manchester, hosted by Dr Lynne Bianchi (SEERIH network), involving members of the core team, other artists and scientists. Working with Sam Illingworth, a poet, we are keen to trial a new element of the project which would link to the Literacy curriculum in schools. We aim to engage young researchers and artists from Greater Manchester in the project, supporting them to work with local primary schools. We realise how important it is to link our workshops and resources closely to the KS2 curriculum, and to make information, resources and art work available via a website. We therefore aim to work with an educational consultant, who would be involved in the design and refinement of the learning experience. At STFC/RAL, we (HEM and artists) plan to run a full day workshop and two twilight sessions, with support from Sophie Palmer (Public Engagement Manager). Alessandra Giunta, a young solar researcher at RAL working on Solar Orbiter has agreed to participate. In Wales, we shall continue to work in partnership with Emma Wride (Space Made Easy, AstroCymru) and Paul Roche, Cardiff University, to host a CPD session for primary school teachers in Wales and work with some more schools. See letter of support from Paul Roche.The impact of this project would be to directly reach many teachers, children and schools throughout the UK. We anticipate that participation in CPD workshops would be around 20-25 teachers per CPD session, so we should directly reach 120 teachers, with an additional 10 teachers involved with the KS3/2 workshops. After the CPD sessions, some schools will be able to run STEAM workshops themselves with support from primary science and art teachers. Others would be able to work with young researchers (PhD students and post-docs) and art students. Our resources will be made available via a dedicated website, which should enable us to reach many more teachers and schools. In addition, the project will be promoted via teacher networks, local and national conferences.