Astronomer Royal Telescopes in Scotland's Outdoor Residential Centres

苏格兰户外住宅中心的天文学家皇家望远镜

• 批准号: ST/W005875/1
• 负责人: Catherine Heymans
• 金额: $ 1.86万
• 依托单位: University of Edinburgh
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FW005875%2F1
• 关键词: Astronomer; Royal; Telescopes; Scotland; Outdoor

This is the relevant excerpt from our 6pg case for support:The project meets all five of STFC's aims for public engagement. 1) We will showcase STFC science and technology by delivering an accessible public engagement activity connected to both the "Big Telescopes" and "Dark Sky" STFC themes, linking schools directly with STFC-funded research.2) We will build an enduring partnership that connects Edinburgh Council, who run the residential centres in our trial, the University of Edinburgh who will lead and manage the grant, the Royal Observatory Edinburgh Visitor Centre (ROE-VC) who will support the impact assessment and follow-up programme, and the Astronomical Society of Edinburgh (ASE) whose volunteers will help to train the centre staff in amateur astronomy and join in with the live events. 3) We will develop and support STEM influencers, training outdoor educators and the visiting teachers. The project also presents a new opportunity to mobilise the Scottish amateur astronomy sector who are deeply passionate about astronomy, but can find it challenging to formally connect with a younger age group.4) We will improve the reach of the standard telescope experience to a complete and diverse audience, as the full school class is able to attend these residential trips, and the majority of schools in Scotland join a residential outdoor centre scheme. Whilst our project is tailored for late-primary school children, once established the residential centres can also use their telescope experience with other visitors in the out-of-school season. This extends the reach to family, youth and adult groups ranging from hen parties to art collectives who may not normally interact with a science event. 5) We will deliver a high-quality experience by building from the success and experiences of the related Dark Sky Scotland programme with the Forestry Commission, led by our project partner the ROE-VC. Our focus on conducting a professional impact assessment study will also allow us to quantify and share our best practice findings with other telescope experience projects across the UK.

这是我们下午6点支持的相关摘录：该项目符合STFC的所有五个目标，以进行公众参与。 1）我们将通过提供与“大型望远镜”和“ Dark Sky” STFC主题相关的可访问的公共参与活动来展示STFC科学和技术（ROE-VC）将支持影响评估和后续计划，以及爱丁堡天文学会（ASE），其志愿者将帮助培训中心工作人员的业余天文学并参加现场活动。 3）我们将开发和支持STEM影响者，培训户外教育者和来访的老师。该项目还提供了一个新的机会，可以动员苏格兰业余天文学领域，他们对天文学充满热情，但与年龄较小的年龄段正式建立联系的挑战。4）我们将改善标准望远镜体验的完整和多样化的受众群体，因为整个学校阶级能够参加这些居住的旅程，并参加了这些居住的群体和大型学校的统治者。虽然我们的项目是针对晚期小学生量身定制的，但一旦建立了住宅中心，也可以在学校外季节与其他访客一起使用望远镜的体验。这将覆盖面扩展到家庭，青年和成人团体，从母鸡聚会到可能不会与科学活动互动的艺术集体。 5）我们将通过我们的项目合作伙伴ROE-VC领导的林业委员会的成功和苏格兰委员会的成功和经验来提供高质量的体验。我们对进行专业影响评估研究的关注还将使我们能够与英国其他望远镜体验项目量化和分享我们的最佳实践发现。