AstroBoost: using JWST science to survey public engagement activity, inspire amateur astronomers and showcase UK involvement to the public.

本项目有三个目标：1。调查南区天文学会的公众参与活动.发展新机制，支援天文学会举办高质素的公众参与活动。向公众展示詹姆斯韦伯太空望远镜（JWST）的科学，突出英国的参与。调查公众参与活动据项目小组所知（包括天文学会南部地区小组副主席）和天文学会联合会主席，迄今为止，在区域或国家一级都没有进行过这种调查。将有可能确定这些学会的影响范围，以便更好地了解它们作为科学传播者的影响和潜力。这将有助于为支持这些活动的未来项目作出供资决定，调查还将更好地确定各社团的各种动机、愿望和遇到的障碍，以了解未来项目如何最好地支持它们，并衡量改进和扩大活动的潜力。该项目将展示一种向天文学会提供资源的机制，以推动特定主题（在这种情况下，JWST）的传播，以及让社会参与公众参与培训的战略。将编制一份一般资源需求和需要清单，以便将其纳入今后的项目。展示JWST目前的JWST发布日期为2019年春末，允许在发布前提供这些活动，以建立意识，增加能够理解该事件的重要性并享受该事件的兴奋的人数。该项目将为超过3000名观众带来JWST科学的兴奋，突出英国的参与。活动将包括让公众有机会与业余天文学家进行一对一的对话，并询问有关JWST的问题。观众将包括那些参加一般社区活动的人和“人行道天文学”活动的路人，他们并没有专门寻找这些信息。资源将被设计为强大的，目的是它们应该比项目跨度长，并且对启动后的公众参与也有用。

There are three aims for this project: 1. to survey public engagement activity by astronomy societies in the Southern Area region.2. to develop a new mechanism to support astronomy societies in delivery of high quality public engagement activities.3. showcasing James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) science to the public, highlighting the UK involvement.1. Survey public engagement activity To the knowledge of the Project Team (including the Vice President of the Southern Area Group of Astronomical Socieities, SAGAS), and that of the President of the Federation of Astronomical Societies (FAS), there has been no such survey carried out to date, regionally or nationally.By collecting information on current activities, it will be possible to identify the reach of the societies to better understand their impact and potential as science communicators. This will aid funding decisions on future projects supporting these activities.The survey will also better determine the variety of motivations, aspirations and barriers encountered by the societies, to understand how best they may be supported by future projects, and to gauge the potential for improvement and extension of activities.2. Develop mechanism for supportThe project will demonstrate a mechanism for provision of resources to astronomy societies to drive communication of a specific topic (in this case, JWST), and a strategy for engaging societies in public engagement training. A list of general resource requirements and needs will be produced, with the intent of this feeding into future projects.3. Showcasing JWSTThe current JWST launch date of late spring 2019 allows the delivery of these activities to build awareness before the launch, increasing the number of people able to understand the importance and enjoy the excitement of that event.The project will bring the excitement of JWST science, highlighting UK involvement, to an audience of over 3000. Activities will include the chance for the public to have one-to-one conversation with amateur astronomers and ask questions about JWST. Audiences will include those attending general community events and passers-by at 'Sidewalk Astronomy' events, who had not specifically been seeking out this information.Resources will be designed to be robust with the intention that they should outlast the project span, and be useful for post-launch public engagement also.