Investigating Natural Sciences in Wild Ennerdale: building an Education Hub at Low Gillerthwaite Field Centre

调查野生恩纳代尔的自然科学：在 Low Gillerthwaite 野外中心建立教育中心

• 批准号: ST/N001850/1
• 负责人: John Grocott
• 金额: $ 1.27万
• 依托单位: Low Gillerthwaite Field Centre
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2015 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FN001850%2F1
• 关键词: Investigating; Natural; Sciences; Wild; Ennerdale

The Low Gillerthwaite Field Centre Association (LGFC) is seeking an STFC Public Engagement Small Grant to recruit and train a core group of 10-12 volunteers from the LGFC membership and the wider community in West Cumbria to deliver a series of events that will showcase the excitement of natural science in core STFC subject areas. The approach will be to inform, entertain and inspire the audience by providing the opportunity to do hands-on experimental and observational science during both residential and open access (public) events. Under the banner of the STFC-LGFC Education Hub, this project will build and sustain a team of volunteers who will deliver residential workshops and public access events in STFC key subject areas of astronomy, particle physics, solar system and space science and sustainable energy to facilitate public awareness of STFC science projects.To support the LGFC volunteer team we will establish a network of external experts in the key STFC subjects who will contribute at workshops and experimental/observational events held the STFC-LGFC Education Hub. We will draw on expertise from the academic community in northern England, particularly those engaged in STFC projects, and from industry. We will also draw on the wealth of expertise in our local communities, particularly in amateur associations and societies, where we already have strong links. We will aim to provide opportunities for "hands-on" activities in STFC core subjects through provision of equipment and materials to support the classroom presentations. Our participants will learn to describe and understand the nature of astronomical objects visible in the Gillerthwaite dark skies and we will provide familiarity with simple equipment used to study and gather data about them. This will include information about techniques of astrophotography at a level sufficient to enable participants to start taking their own images. We will emphasise how this work at an introductory level relates to the cutting-edge science and facilities available at STFC-funded laboratories. In the sustainable energy theme we will aim to foster awareness of the issues involved in implementing strategies in sustainable energy at a micro- (LGFC operates its own micro-hydroelectric scheme) and macro-scale and focus on the opportunities and threats that exist for the UK, and the world, in the transition to a low-carbon economy. We will emphasise how STFC technologies in this field are enabling this transition. LGFC has an integrated approach to public engagement with the natural sciences. In addition to core themes of astronomy and sustainable energy the Centre will also offer workshops and public access events in planetary geoscience and geology. We intend also to develop a theme in ecology and biology reflecting our Ennerdale location at the focus of the Forestry Commission Wild Ennerdale wild land restoration project (www.wildennerdale.co.uk). While we do not seek support for these initiatives here, they are mentioned to show the potential for future cross-research council, multi-disiplinary funding applications in response to calls for greater integration and outreach activity by individual research councils and RCUK.The mission of the LGFC (www.lgfc.org.uk) is to inform and enthuse young people about natural science and conservation in the beautiful setting of Ennerdale in the Lake District National Park. The Centre focuses on bringing an appreciation and understanding of the natural world to young people from urban backgrounds particularly those from cities and large towns of northern England and those from underprivileged backgrounds. The impact on the individual within the target groups is potentially profound. Many of our visitors may never have ventured out of a city before experiencing the wild environment and dark skies of Ennerdale. By introducing young people from such backgrounds to natural science in this environment we can change lives.

Low Gillerthwaite野外中心协会（LGFC）正在寻求STFC公共参与小型赠款，以招募和培训来自LGFC成员资格的10-12名志愿者的核心小组和西部坎布里亚郡的更广泛社区，以提供一系列活动，以展示Core STFC主题的自然科学兴奋。该方法将是通过提供在住宅和开放访问（公共）活动期间提供动手实验和观察科学的机会来告知，娱乐和启发观众。 Under the banner of the STFC-LGFC Education Hub, this project will build and sustain a team of volunteers who will deliver residential workshops and public access events in STFC key subject areas of astronomy, particle physics, solar system and space science and sustainable energy to facilitate public awareness of STFC science projects.To support the LGFC volunteer team we will establish a network of external experts in the key STFC subjects who will contribute at讲习班和实验/观察活动举行了STFC-LGFC教育枢纽。我们将借鉴英格兰北部学术界的专业知识，尤其是从事STFC项目和行业的专业知识。我们还将借鉴当地社区的丰富专业知识，尤其是在业余协会和社会中，我们已经有着牢固的联系。我们将通过提供支持课堂演示的设备和材料来提供STFC核心主题中“动手”活动的机会。我们的参与者将学会描述和理解吉尔斯维特黑暗天空中可见的天文对象的性质，我们将熟悉用于研究和收集有关它们的数据的简单设备。这将包括有关天体摄影技术的信息，足以使参与者开始拍摄自己的图像。我们将强调该介绍性的工作与STFC资助的实验室可用的尖端科学和设施有关。在可持续的能源主题中，我们将旨在提高对微观实施可持续能源策略的意识（LGFC（LGFC运营其自身的微 - 冰淇淋计划））和宏观规模，并专注于英国和世界存在的机遇和威胁，在过渡到低碳经济中。我们将强调该领域的STFC技术如何实现这一过渡。 LGFC具有与自然科学的公众参与的综合方法。除了天文学和可持续能源的核心主题外，该中心还将在行星地球科学和地质学中提供研讨会和公共访问活动。我们还打算开发一个生态学和生物学主题，以反映我们在林业委员会野生Ennerdale Wild Land Restoration项目（www.wildennerdale.co.uk）的重点的Ennerdale地点。尽管我们不寻求对这些举措的支持，但提到它们是为了向未来的跨研究委员会，多学科资金申请申请，以应对各个研究委员会和RCUK的更大整合和推广活动的呼吁。LGFC（www.lgfc.org.uk）的使命是为年轻人提供自然科学和美丽的湖泊环境。该中心致力于将对自然世界的欣赏和理解带给来自城市背景的年轻人，尤其是来自英格兰北部城镇的城市和贫困背景的人。对目标群体内部个人的影响可能是深远的。我们的许多游客可能从未冒险过城市，然后才能经历野生环境和恩纳代尔的黑暗天空。通过在这种环境下从这种背景介绍从这种背景的年轻人，我们可以改变生活。