Space for You Key Stage Two

我们的目标是提供一个新颖，令人兴奋的项目，让小学生以有趣，兴奋和适合年龄的方式参与STFC研究。这个新开发的讲习班将专门为第二阶段的关键学生设计，双管齐下的交付意味着讲习班可以由经验丰富的科学传播者和大学研究人员管理。将向教师提供支持，进一步扩大对更多学生、教师和学校的影响。受影响最大的将是科学资本较低的小学生。这个项目将让我们把太空研究带到他们的家门口，看看他们事后的回忆。关键阶段二的学生学习磁性，光和空间作为国家课程的一部分。我们希望在他们的理解基础上，拓宽他们的科学技能，将这些主题与莱斯特大学（UoL）的STFC令人兴奋的研究联系起来。在项目中对研究人员进行分析是为了提高理解和学生的愿望。为什么是小学生？在我们上一个STFC资助的项目“一闪一闪小星星”中，我们发现在我们的研讨会之前，46%的学生说他们不知道太空研究人员在工作中做什么。ASPIRE表示：“科学资本较低的学生，如果在10岁时没有表达出与STEM相关的抱负，那么随着年龄的增长，他们不太可能产生STEM抱负。”第27页www.kcl.ac.uk/ecs/research/aspires/aspires-final-report-december-2013.pdf Sphere Science有以适合年龄的方式传达复杂科学主题的经验。当我们在埃尔斯米尔港为四年级学生举办铀浓缩讲习班时，80%的学生在两个多星期后都能回忆起铀是如何浓缩的，所有的老师都说讲习班设置得很好。最近，我们大学的合作伙伴詹妮弗·卡特（Jennifer Carter）就她的研究开了一个会议。以下是都铎格兰奇萨姆沃斯中学五年级老师艾玛·米尔顿的评论：“在五年级，我们最近的主题是材料，学生们能够将詹妮弗教他们的等离子体知识应用到我们对固体、液体和气体的讨论中。””“我简直不敢相信每个班的学生都问了那么多有见地的问题。这确实帮助我们增加了科学资本。甚至在詹妮弗离开后，学生们还在继续问问题，并对他们所学到的东西发表评论。“小学生的志向很难衡量。提高STEM期望的第一步是培养知情和热情的学生、教师，如果可能的话，还有家长。为什么要为教师开发活动？在Sphere Science STFC资助的“Twinkle Twinkle little star”项目后，100%的小学教师表示他们会跟进这个研讨会，并且现在有信心在他们未来的课程中谈论这个研究。为教师提供建立信任的资源可以增加讲习班在最初访问之外的影响，并使其他学生、教师和其他学校也能接触到讲习班。研究人员如何受益？研究人员将在研讨会上接受培训，为莱斯特地区及其周边地区提供可使用的资源。讲习班将为研究人员进入小学提供有效和重点突出的活动。研究内容是什么？磁层顶是地球磁层和由太阳风携带的行星际磁场之间的界面。磁层顶是高度动态的，它会随着太阳风方向和强度的变化而移动和改变形状。UoL的研究人员在STFC的综合资助（ST/S000429/1）下，研究了地球磁层对太阳风变化的响应。UoL大量参与了SMILE任务，这是欧洲航天局和中国科学院的联合任务。这是一项及时的研究，因为随着我们的社会越来越依赖卫星技术，我们变得容易受到变幻莫测的太空财富的影响

We aim to provide a novel, exciting project to allow primary pupils access to STFC research in fun and exciting and age-appropriate way. This newly developed workshop will be specifically designed for key stage 2 pupils and the two-pronged delivery means that the workshop can be run by experienced science communicators and also university researchers. Support will be given to teachers to expand the reach even further to more pupils, teachers and schools.The greatest impact will be on primary pupils with low science capital. This project will allow us to bring space research to their doorstep and to see what they recall afterwards. Key stage two pupils learn about magnetism, light and space as part of the National Curriculum. We would like to build on their understanding and broaden their scientific skills to relate these topics to STFC exciting research at the University of Leicester (UoL). Profiling researchers during the project is to improve understanding and the pupils' aspirations.Why primary pupils?In our last STFC funded project,' Twinkle twinkle little star', we found that before our workshops 46% of pupils said that they didn't know what space researchers did at work. According to ASPIRE 'Students with low science capital who do not express STEM-related aspirations at age 10 are unlikely to develop STEM aspirations as they get older.' Page 27 www.kcl.ac.uk/ecs/research/aspires/aspires-final-report-december-2013.pdf Sphere Science has experience of communicating complex science topics in an age-appropriate way. When running our Uranium Enrichment workshops to Year 4 pupils in Ellesmere Port, 80% of the pupils could recall how uranium can be enriched after more than two weeks, and all teachers said that the workshop was well pitched. Recently Jennifer Carter, our partner, from the UoL ran a session on her research. Here are comments from Emma Milton the year 5 teacher, from Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, 'In Year 5, our recent topic was materials and the pupils were able to apply what Jennifer had taught them about plasma to our discussion of solids, liquids and gases.' 'I couldn't believe how many insightful questions the pupils in each class asked. This has really helped us increase our science capital. Even after Jennifer left, the pupils continued to ask questions and have comments about what they had learnt.'Aspirations are difficult to measure for primary pupils. The first step towards improving STEM aspirations is creating informed and enthusiastic pupils, teachers, and if possible, parents.Why develop activities for teachers?After the Sphere Science STFC funded 'Twinkle twinkle little star,' project, 100% of the primary teachers said they would follow-up the workshop and would now feel confident talking about this research in their future lessons. Providing confidence-building resources for teachers increases the impact of the workshop beyond the initial visit and extends access to other pupils, teachers and other schools.How do the researchers benefit?Researchers will be trained in the workshop, providing a resource that can be used, in and around the Leicester area. The workshop will provide an efficient and focused activity for researchers to go into primary schools with. What is the research?The magnetopause is the interface between the Earth's magnetosphere and the interplanetary magnetic field carried by the solar wind. The magnetopause is highly dynamic, and it moves and changes shape due to the variations in the solar wind orientation and strength. UoL researchers, on a STFC consolidated grant (ST/S000429/1), study the Earth's magnetosphere as it responds to the changes in the solar wind. The UoL is heavily involved in the SMILE mission, a joint mission of the European Space Agency and Chinese Academy of Sciences. This is timely research, because as our society is increasingly dependent on satellite technologies we become vulnerable to the vagaries of space weath