Engaging Year 10 students through Particle Physics Workshop Activities

该项目的目的是激励gcse水平的学生，特别是那些来自代表性不足的群体的学生，追求A-level的选择和潜在的物理职业。我们将开展实践研讨会活动和现场演示，展示我们STFC资助的实验中微子物理研究的各个方面。重点将放在资源的可获得性和可用性上，使我们能够扩大这些材料的覆盖范围和长期可用性，并建立一个强大的参与学校网络。我们将开发一个公共网站，作为分享和营销教材的主要平台，我们将与现有的合作伙伴国王数学学校（KCLMS）密切合作，改善对教师的指导和资源，包括教师培训讲习班，使教师能够独立开展我们的讲习班活动。我们将利用现有的网络和联系以及有针对性的广告来扩大研讨会资源的覆盖范围，为我们在伦敦地区的研究小组成员提供访问。我们与KCLMS的现有合作已经提供了一个框架，通过他们的年度暑期学校项目，与大量10年级女生（每年约180人）进行交流。此外，我们的目标是通过他们的后续调查和招聘计划，量化影响，并确定最佳实践的各个方面。主要影响绩效指标将是参与我们资源的学生和教师的数量，以及据报道，参加活动的学生的调查显示，在GCSE之外，学习物理和数学的热情有所增加。

The aim of this project is to inspire GCSE-level students, especially those from under-represented groups, to pursue A-level choices and potentially careers in physics. We will develop hands-on workshop activities and live demonstrations showcasing aspects of our STFC funded experimental neutrino physics research. A large focus will be on the accessibility and availability of the resources to allow us to extend the reach and long-term usability of these materials and build up a strong network of engaged schools. We will develop a public website that will serve as the main platform for sharing and marketing the materials, and we will work closely with existing partner, King's Maths School (KCLMS) to improve guidance and resources for teachers, including teacher training workshops to empower teachers to deliver our workshop activities independently. We will use existing networks and contacts and targeted advertising to extend the reach of the workshop resources, offering visits from our research group members across the London area. Our existing collaboration with KCLMS already provides a framework to engage with a large audience of year 10 girls (~180 per year), through their annual summer school programme. Furthermore, we aim to quantify impact, and identify aspects of best practise, through their follow up surveys and recruitment programme. The main impact performance indicators will be the number of school pupils and teachers engaging with our resources and a reported increase in enthusiasm for studying physics and maths beyond GCSE from surveys of pupils attending the activities.