Techniquest - 'Mysterious Moon'

这个项目的总体目标是：1.为家庭和公众开发一个独特的、引人入胜的天文馆展览，探索月球的科学和历史2。通过吸引以前对STEM几乎没有经验的人(占总受益者的10%)来扩大Techniquest和STFC的受众3.通过向家庭提供一个节目，作为进入更多天文学和STEM参与机会的门户，为超过4,000人建立科学资本Techniquest在向威尔士公众提供互动STEM参与方面有32年的出色记录，并在此期间开发了数百个公共参与节目和项目。通过这个项目，我们希望利用这个机会，在即将到来的阿波罗11号任务50周年之际吸引新的观众。我们打算将这次展览与2019年假期和夏季在Techniquest举行的庆祝周年纪念的特别活动联系起来，旨在鼓励当地社区的游客参观该中心。科学博物馆和探索中心已被公认为对科学素养做出了重大贡献。从统计数据来看，来访的人比同龄人更有可能懂科学和技术。这使得通过新的节目和活动方案接触这些观众变得困难。通过利用我们的天文馆和经验丰富的节目开发团队来创建更新的报价以及非常具有历史意义的周年纪念，我们有信心为Techniquest和STFC吸引新的受众。在夏季和其他节假日/周末向公众提供这一项目意味着我们有机会接触到整个家庭，而不仅仅是年轻人和儿童。这将在建设年轻人的科学之都方面发挥至关重要的作用，因为年轻人的科学之都与其家庭的科学之都有着内在的联系。《神秘的月亮》将作为对天文学的有趣和互动的介绍，但也将探索历史和尖端科学，为游客提供独特的学习体验。我们相信，这个项目将鼓励我们的观众通过参与全国各地的其他课外天文学和STEM活动来继续建设他们的科学之都，例如在布雷肯灯塔附近保留一个保护区的“黑暗天空发现”。展览结束后，我们的观众还将有机会通过与加的夫天文学会和英国天文协会等团体接触来了解更多。我们还打算在2019年申请月岩和陨石材料，作为STFC‘借月’计划的一部分。这将有望成为我们伴随节目的支持活动的一部分。Techniquest目前正在对我们的内部访客以及我们的学校和社区的外联服务进行广泛的更新，这是为了使我们的受众多样化而进行的更广泛的重新定位工作的一部分。我们彻底的组织文化变革导致了一种新的受众参与度和多样化方法。我们的最终目标是让Techniquest成为一个包容的空间，激发那些以前认为科学与他们无关的个人和社区的好奇心。这个项目是为我们的观众开发新产品的及时机会。这个项目在最初交付后将继续产生重大影响，该展览将在未来几年继续成为我们的天文馆展览计划的一部分，以及英国各地的其他科学中心，我们打算通过ASDC(科学和发现中心协会)网络与其他兼容的天文馆分享该展览及其资源。我们还将有机会通过我们的流动天文馆‘StarLab’将该节目转变为学校和社区外展节目。

The overall aims of this project are to:1. Develop a unique and engaging planetarium show for families and the general public which explores the science and history of the moon2. Widen both Techniquest and STFC's audiences by engaging people that have little prior experience of STEM (10% of overall beneficiaries)3. Build science capital for over 4,000 people by delivering a show to families that acts as a gateway into additional astronomy and STEM engagement opportuntiiesTechniquest has an excellent 32 year record of delivering interactive STEM engagement to the public in Wales and has developed hundreds of public engagements shows and projects in this time. With this project we would like to capitalise on the opportunity to engage new audiences with the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. We intend to link this show with special events held at Techniquest during the holidays and summer of 2019 which celebrate the anniversary and are aimed at encouraging visitors from local communities to access the centre. Science museums and discovery centres have been recognised as having a significant contribution to the science literacy. People who visit are statistically more likely to be science and technology literate than their peers. This makes it difficult to reach these audiences with new shows and programmes of activity. By utilising our planetarium and experienced programme development team to create a refreshed offer along with the draw of a very historic anniversary we are confident that we can engage new audiences for both Techniquest and STFC. Delivering this project to the general public during the summer and other holidays/weekends means that we have an opportunity to reach whole families rather than just young people and children. This will play a vital role in building the science capital of young people as the science capital of young people is intrinsically linked to that of their families. 'Mysterious Moon' will serve as a fun and interactive introduction to Astronomy but will also explore history and cutting edge science to deliver a unique learning experience for visitors. We believe that this project will encourage our audiences to continue to build their science capital by engaging with other extra-curricular Astronomy and STEM activities across the country such as 'Dark Sky Discovery', with a reserve nearby in the Brecon Beacons. Our audiences will also have the opportunity to learn more more by engaging with groups such as Cardiff Astronomical Society and the British Astronomical Association after the shows. We also intend to make an application for the moon rock and meteorite materials as part of the STFC's 'Borrow the Moon' initiative during 2019. This will hopefully become part of our supporting activities to accompany the show. Techniquest is currently undergoing an extensive refresh of both our in-house visitor & our school & communities' outreach offer as part of a broader re-positioning exercise in order to diversify our audiences. Our sweeping organisational culture change has resulted in a new approach to audience engagement and diversification. Our ultimate goal is to make Techniquest an inclusive space, stimulating the curiosity of individuals and communities who previously thought science irrelevant to them. This project is a timely opportunity to develop a fresh offering for our audiences. This project will continue to have a significant impact after the initial deliveries with the show continuing to be a part of our programme of planetarium shows for years to come as well as other science centres across the UK with our intention to share the show and its resources with other compatible planetaria via the ASDC (association for science and discovery centres) network. We will also have the opportunity to convert the show into a schools and community outreach show via our mobile planetarium, 'Starlab'.