Using astronomy to create STEM clubs in schools in low science capital areas

如果来自STEM中代表性不足的背景的学生要培养对一门学科的兴趣，从而产生激情和抱负，那么课外科学和其他STEM活动是必不可少的。STEM俱乐部是实现这一目标的绝佳方式，但导致参与度低的社会和人口问题往往使学校更难建立和运营此类俱乐部。通过这个项目，我们的目标是在适当的学校建立、支持和评估一些STEM俱乐部，以天文学和太空为“钩子”。在项目结束时，我们将利用学生和老师的评估结果和反馈，为其他类似的学校创建一个简单、可管理的路线，以发展和运营自己的俱乐部。

Extra-curricular science and other STEM activities are essential if school students from backgrounds under-represented in STEM are to develop the interest in a subject that leads to passion and aspiration. STEM Clubs are an excellent way of doing this, but the same social and demographic issues that lead to low engagement often make it much harder for schools to set up and run such clubs. With this project we aim to set up, support and evaluate a number of STEM Clubs in appropriate schools, using astronomy and space as a "hook". At the end of the project, we will use the evaluation results and feedback from students and teachers to create a simple, manageable route for other, similar schools to develop and run clubs of their own.