Creating the network of Lab_13 in Nottingham North

1提高社区对科学文化的参与度--提高家庭和社区的科学资本，帮助诺丁汉成为科学文化之城。我们的目标是鼓励公众将诺丁汉视为英国最具好奇心的城市。通过在学校和当地社区工作，我们的目标是改变年轻人的观念，即科学与他们的生活相关，特别是空间科学是一个具有文化意义的话题。我们多年来的公共参与项目，特别是在弱势社区中的轶事证明，年轻人和他们的家人在参与科学方面犹豫不决，受到限制，因为他们认为这门学科很难，主要是在偏远的地方，如大学，“不适合他们这样的人”。(另外，诺丁汉STEMCity伙伴关系正在考虑委托进行一项公众态度调查。)这种抑制转化为甚至不愿意提出具有科学意义的问题；因此，有一种支持好奇心的文化必要性。Lab_13旨在培养一种由用户的问题而不是科学教学大纲的要求引起的好奇心和探究精神。2加强教育机构之间的伙伴关系和联系，提高成绩--在研究和课堂之间建立更好的联系，并激励更多的儿童和年轻人从事STEM深造和职业生涯。通过将好奇心、创造力和科学相结合，特别是在小学层面上的工作，我们的目标是通过Lab_13创造令人难忘和鼓舞人心的经历，这些经历将留在年轻人及其家人的成年生活中。我们希望通过这一方案发展的联系包括在诺丁汉北部的中学推广学校研究所(IRIS)(目前该市只有一所注册的IRIS学校)。因此，诺丁汉北部的Lab_13网络将补充中学的IRIS；我们与这一目标相关的目标包括开发跨年度小组的共享调查项目；以及在会议和研讨会上的联合陈述，特别是在科学和好奇节上的陈述。3扩大Lab_13网络--建立和加强诺丁汉Lab_13网络、英国网络和海外之间的联系。Lab_13于2008年在诺丁汉启动，目前在该市有三个，包括为自闭症儿童提供的Lab_13 RoseHill(由STFC赠款ST/P001548/1支持)。Lab_13还在伦敦、威灵伯勒以及加纳和芬兰的海外开展业务。在RSA催化剂奖的支持和我们前主席遗产的支持下，我们计划在撒哈拉以南非洲的其他国家和印度开设Lab_13。诺丁汉北部的这项计划旨在通过不同的学生管理委员会和他们的中学同行建立密切的工作关系，让家庭成员和更广泛的社区参与真正反映公民科学最佳原则的调查，并庆祝诺丁汉科学和好奇节的发现和结果。通过诺丁汉这个健全和全面的网络，将促进进一步的调查交流，并最终促进常驻科学家、儿童和教师的在线和面对面交流。

1 Growing Community Engagement In Scientific Culture - To improve science capital in families and communities and help Nottingham become a city of scientific culture. We aim to encourage a public perception of Nottingham as the most curious city in England. By working in schools and local communities our aim is that young people will shift perceptions that science is relevant to their lives and that Space Science in particular is a topic of cultural interest.Our anecdotal evidence from many years of public engagement projects, and especially among disadvantaged communities, is that young people and their families are hesitant and inhibited in engaging with science by a perception that the subject is hard, mostly conducted in remote locations like universities, and is 'not for the likes of them'. (Separately, the Nottingham STEMCity Partnership are considering commissioning a public attitudes survey.) Such inhibitions translate as a disinclination to even ask questions of scientific significance; there is, therefore, a cultural imperative to support curiosity. Lab_13 aims to foster an ethos of curiosity and inquiry prompted by users' questions rather than the demands of the science syllabus.2 Growing Partnerships and Links across Education Institutions and Improving Attainment - To build better links between research and the classroom, and to inspire more children and young people to take up further STEM study and careers. By combining curiosity, creativity and science, and working particularly at primary level we aim to create memorable and inspiring experiences through Lab_13 that will remain with young people and their families into their adult lives. The links we wish to develop through this programme include promotion of the Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) in secondary schools in Nottingham North (there is currently only one registered IRIS school in the city). The Lab_13 Network in Nottingham North will thus complement IRIS in secondary schools; our objectives linked to this aim include developing shared projects of investigation across the year groups; and combined presentations at meetings and symposia, notably at the Festival of Science and Curiosity.3 Growing the Lab_13 Network - To establish and strengthen links between Lab_13s, in Nottingham, across the UK network and overseas. Lab_13 started in Nottingham in 2008, and now has three in the city, including Lab_13 Rosehill for children with autism (supported by STFC grant ST/P001548/1). Lab_13s also operate in London, Wellingborough and overseas in Ghana and Finland. With support from an RSA catalyst award, and a bequest from the estate of our former Chair, we are planning to open Lab_13s in other countries of sub-Saharan Africa and in India. This programme in Nottingham North aims to establish close working relationships across the different student management committees and their secondary school counterparts, to involve members of families and the wider communities in investigations that truly reflect the best principles of Citizen Science, and to celebrate findings and outcomes at the Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity.From this sound and comprehensive network in Nottingham, further exchanges of investigations and eventually Scientists in Residence, children and teachers, will be promoted, both online and in person.