Bringing different worlds together: Engaging very low social and science capital audiences on Teesside through exoplanet science

我将访问英国一些最贫困社区的学校，与孩子、老师和家长共度时光。我的目的是分享我对天文学的热情，特别是对系外行星的研究：围绕太阳以外的恒星运行的恒星。我想大多数人都对这门科学感兴趣，一些基本的概念从电影特许经营权，如星星战争中熟悉。系外行星是介绍科学和数学思想的一个很好的载体。我希望克服一些社会资本低的社区成员对科学和数学的厌恶。我特别针对蒂赛德，包括我长大的社区的学校。在这些社区里没有多少研究科学家，我希望证明他们的孩子可以渴望他们选择的任何职业。我将利用我的一些时间来发展在蒂赛德从事科学和技术工作的人的网络，并促进他们和我的目标学校的联合活动。提赛德有一个强大的和不断增长的数字世纪经济，但两个世界之间缺乏互动。我将与那些在自己的学校里没有成功获得科学资格的父母合作，我们将共同开发门户资源，使免费在线教育的世界更容易获得。我将评估哪些类型的参与互动产生最持久的影响，并与英国各地的研究科学家分享这些发现。我将为BBC电台的一个定期专题节目“本周太空”撰稿。

I will visit schools in some of the most deprived communities of the UK, and spend time with children, teachers and parents. My aim is to share my enthusiasm for astronomy, specifically for the study of exoplanets: stars orbiting stars other than the sun. I think most people are interested in this science, some of the basic concepts familiar from film franchises like Star Wars. Exoplanets are a great vehicle for introducing scientific and mathematical ideas. I hope to overcome the aversion to science and maths that some members of low social capital communities feel. I am specifically targeting Teesside, including schools in the neighbourhood I grew up. There are not many research scientists to be found in these neighbourhoods, and I hope to demonstrate that children from them can aspire to any career they choose. I will use some of my time to developing networks of people who work in science and technology on Teesside, and facilitating joint events involving them and my target schools. There is a strong and growing digital 21st Century economy on Teesside, but a shortage of interactions between the two worlds apart. I will work with parents who did not succeed in gaining science qualifications in their own schooling, and together we will develop gateway resources to make the world of free online education more accessible. I will evaluate which types of engagement interactions produce the most lasting impacts, and share these findings with research scientists across the UK. I will contribute to a regular feature "This week in Space" on BBC Radio Tees.