Look into my eyes: I could be a scientist!

我们将通过课堂上的一系列活动，让小学生接触到光的主题。通过从小接触，我们的意图是启发学生将科学视为一种真正的职业和人生选择。我们将教育孩子们关于光的重要的、与直觉相反的性质，并让他们熟悉中央激光设备等地方的科学工作的性质。我们将教育学生有关光的重要特性，这些特性是PI研究工作的基础，例如光的光谱和混频过程。我们还将解释这些性质是如何对天文学至关重要的。例如，通过类比声音中的多普勒效应，我们将演示如何利用光中的相对论多普勒效应来发现系外行星。这将在一个类人机器人的帮助下完成。此外，我们将强调，相对论多普勒效应是我们测量局部宇宙以外的距离、研究宇宙膨胀和星系自转的唯一真正的方法。此外，我们的目标是亲自介绍操作系统背后的原理和涉及的工作，例如卢瑟福·阿普尔顿实验室中央激光设施的Astra激光器。孩子们将参与建立激光装置和各种活动，以帮助他们了解光的波长/频率和频率混频。我们的活动旨在吸引两性。我们将增强孩子们成功使用真正的科学设备和工具的信心和技能，不分性别。我们还将提高对科学职业的认识，因为在访问学校期间，国际学生联合会将由一名女性和一名男性博士生陪同。在目前政府资金限制的背景下，公众需要理解和信任公共资助的科学。通常情况下，在公共资助的设施中发展的科学可能看起来很遥远和违反直觉。我们的目标是表明，反直觉的科学不仅可以理解，而且对小学生来说也是令人着迷和容易理解的。因此，我们的信息不仅限于教室，而且也限于他们的家人，我们认为，为了科学问责和透明度，这是非常重要的。此外，父母的影响在学生的学科选择中起着很大的作用，因此父母的参与也有助于孩子的参与。这个项目的一个重要目标是通过让我们的博士生参与到这个公共推广项目中来激励他们，让学生感到被重视和认可。他们还将提高沟通技能，并将通过监督/指导个别活动和提出/回答问题，在外联活动中发挥领导作用。我们的目标是在巴斯大学的科学家和当地小学的教育工作者之间建立合作伙伴关系。今后，预计这些伙伴关系将通过(由国际和平协会及其同事开展的)更多的外联活动和通过皇家学会伙伴关系赠款项目而得到发展。该项目将使当地学校更多地参加面向小学的一年一度的Bath Tap Into科学节。与老师合作增加了学生的触角，并能在学校产生更深层次的影响。

We will engage primary age students with the subject of light through a series of activities in their classroom. Through exposure at an early age, our intention is to inspire the students to think about science as a real career and life choice. We will educate the children about important, counter-intuitive properties of light and will familiarize them with the nature of scientific work, in places such as the Central Laser Facility. We will educate the students about important properties of light that underpin the PI's research work, such as the spectrum of light and frequency mixing processes. We will also explain how these properties are crucial for Astronomy. For instance, by analogy with the Doppler Effect in sound, we will demonstrate how the Relativistic Doppler Effect in light can be used to discover exo-planets. This will be done with the help of a humanoid robot. Moreover, we will emphasize that the Relativistic Doppler Effect constitutes the only real way for us to measure distances beyond the local Universe, to study the expansion of the Universe and the rotation of galaxies. Furthermore, we aim to provide a hands-on introduction to the principles behind, and the work involved in, operating systems such as the Astra laser at the Central Laser Facility in the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. The children will be involved in building laser setups and in various activities to help them develop an understanding of light's wavelength/frequency and frequency mixing. Our activities aim to appeal to both genders. We will increase the confidence and skill of the children in successfully handling real scientific equipment and tools, regardless of gender. We will also improve awareness of scientific careers as, during the visits to schools, the PI will be accompanied by both a female and a male PhD student. In the present context of government funding restrictions, the public needs understanding and trust in publicly-funded science. Often, the science being developed at publicly-funded facilities may seem remote and counter-intuitive. We aim to show that counter-intuitive science can be not only understandable but also fascinating and accessible to primary school children. Our message is thus not only limited to the classroom but to their families as well, which we believe is very important for the sake of scientific accountability and transparency. Moreover, parental influence plays a strong role in students' subject choices, and hence engaging parents will contribute to engaging children too. An important aim for this project is to motivate our PhD students by engaging them in this public outreach project, in order for the students to feel valued and recognized. They will also improve their communication skills and will be taking a leading role in the outreach by supervising/guiding individual activities and asking/answering questions. We aim to create partnerships between scientists at the University of Bath and educators within local primary schools. In the future, these partnerships are expected to grow through additional outreach activities (by the PI and his colleagues) and through Royal Society Partnership Grants projects. This project will lead to more participation from local schools in the yearly Bath Taps into Science festival, which is aimed at primary schools. Working with teachers increases the reach of students and can give a more embedded impact in schools.