What Are Things Made Of? (WATMO)

WATMO项目是一个职业教育项目，最初将使用职业教育慈善机构4wardFutures （4FC）开发的项目模型和虚拟平台，该项目是stfc资助的“天空之眼”项目的一部分。该项目将引入来自社会经济贫困地区的学习者，他们可能被认为是科学资本较低的人，参与STFC的研究人员、博士生、学徒和工程师正在做的工作，以回答“事物是由什么组成的？”以及这项研究在现实世界中的应用。目的:-了解来自社会经济落后地区的学习者对激发他们参与STEM兴趣的观点和需求-应用这种学习并进一步开发现有的4FC优质资源，以扩展他们的知识和影响，并确保4FC和STFC合作伙伴参与和激励来自社会经济落后地区的更广泛的学习者-与STFC合作伙伴制定框架，以展示STFC的领先科学设施，多元化的员工和世界领先的研究可以纳入这些项目资源-激发公众对科学和工程研究和项目的创造性参与-激励和支持科学家和工程师与更广泛的受众分享他们的故事，激情和专业知识，并发展他们的沟通和参与技能-提高对多样性的认识，科学研究和工程的性质和影响，以及所有年龄和背景的人都可以获得的职业机会-为科学家和工程师提供支持和机会，让他们与目前在科学和工程领域代表性不足的群体的公众成员接触。该项目的一个关键要素将是遵循STFC奇迹计划的公众参与模式。我们将与学习者及其关键影响者（如老师和家长）合作，通过倾听、理解和与他们合作，找出他们想知道什么，以及他们想如何学习科学、技术和工程领域的知识，例如，支持对WATMO问题的探索-东西是由什么组成的？然后，我们将使用我们从学习者和他们的关键影响者那里获得的反馈来修改和进一步开发我们的资源，以帮助改善增加学习者科学资本的机会。影响：180名8至11岁的学习者（来自目前在科学和工程领域代表性不足的群体）将参加一系列2个现场和2个在线研讨会，以：-了解STFC科学家、学徒和工程师如何合作探索WATMO问题-了解这项工作的现实成果-了解科学和工程领域的职业机会-团队合作计划和制作演示文稿，分享他们对STFC员工工作的了解-了解并发展自己的合作的重要性。通过与4FC团队和小学教师共同创建和共同举办WATMO现场和在线研讨会，18名科学家、学徒和工程师将得到支持，培养他们的沟通和参与技能，与学习者分享他们的故事、激情和专业知识。开发一个虚拟的STFC访客中心，通过它：-科学家和工程师可以与学习者（以及不会直接参与项目的普通公众）分享他们如何合作探索WATMO问题-学习者可以通过了解更多STFC科学家和工程师如何以及为什么研究WATMO问题来丰富他们从研讨会中学到的知识-意识到多样性；科学和工程研究和职业的性质和影响可以在普通公众和更广泛的学习者群体中提出，这些学习者目前在这些领域的代表性不足

The WATMO project is a careers education project that will initially use the project model and virtual platform that the careers education charity 4wardFutures (4FC) have developed as part of the STFC-funded Eyes to the Sky project. The project will introduce learners from socio-economically deprived areas, who could be considered to have low science capital to the work that researchers, PhD students, apprentices and engineers from STFC are doing to answer the question of "What are things made of? and the real-world applications of this research. Aims: - To understand the views and needs of learners from socio-economically deprived areas in relation to what will inspire their engagement with STEM interests- To apply this learning and further develop existing 4FC high-quality resources to extend their knowledge and impact, and ensure 4FC and STFC partners engage and inspire a wider cohort of learners from socio-economically deprived areas - To develop a framework with STFC partners to demonstrate how STFC's leading science facilities, diverse staff and World-leading research can be incorporated into these project resources - Inspire creative public engagement with scientific and engineering research and projects- Motivate and support scientists and engineers to share their stories, passion and expertise with wider audiences and develop their communication and engagement skills- Raise awareness of the diversity, nature and impact of scientific research and engineering and the career opportunities available to people of all ages and backgrounds- Provide support and opportunities for scientists and engineers to engage with members of the public from groups currently under-represented in science and engineeringA key element of the project will be to follow the STFC Wonder Initiative model of public engagement. We will work collaboratively with the learners and their key influencers, such as teachers and parents by listening to, understanding and working with them to find out what they want to know and how they want to learn about science, technology and engineering fields, for example to underpin the exploration of the WATMO question - What are things made of? We will then use the feedback we gain from the learners and their key influencers to revise and further develop our resources to help improve opportunities to increase the learners' science capital.Impact:-180 learners aged 8 to 11 (from groups that are currently under-represented in science and engineering) will take part in a series of 2 live and 2 online workshops to: -Learn how STFC scientists, apprentices and engineers are collaborating to explore the WATMO question-Learn about the real-world outcomes of this work -Find out about career opportunities in science and engineering-Work in teams to plan and create a presentation to share what they have learnt about the work of STFC staff-Understand the importance of and develop their own collaboration, communication and problem-solving skillsThrough co-creating and co-delivering WATMO live and online workshops with the 4FC team and primary school teachers, 18 scientists, apprentices and engineers will be supported in developing their communication and engagement skills to share their stories, passion and expertise with learners.Develop a virtual STFC Visitors Centre through which:-Scientists and engineers can share with learners (and the general public who will not be directly involved in the project) how they are collaborating to explore the WATMO question -Learners can enrich their learning from the workshops through finding out how and why a wider cohort of STFC scientists & engineers are researching the WATMO question -The awareness of the diversity, nature and impact of scientific and engineering research and careers can be raised amongst members of the general public and a wider cohort of learners who are currently under-represented in these sectors