{"id":326633,"date":"2016-11-29T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/?guid=3267f872bee72dfff00fa86c2647de8f"},"modified":"2016-11-29T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T00:00:00","slug":"bright-lights-big-experiments-a-public-engagement-activity-for-international-year-of-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/?p=326633","title":{"rendered":"Bright Lights: Big Experiments! A public engagement activity for international year of light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bright Lights: Big Experiments! public engagement project enabled high school students Scottish<br \/>\nS2 to prepare a short, 5\u2009min video using their own words and in their own style to present a<br \/>\nscientific experiment on the theme of light to their contemporaries via YouTube. This paper<br \/>\ndescribes the various experiments that we chose to deliver and our experiences in delivering them to<br \/>\nour partner schools. The results of pre- and post-activity surveys of both the pupils and teachers<br \/>\nare presented in an effort to understand the impact of the project on the students, staff and their<br \/>\nschools. The quality of the final video product is shown to be a key factor, increasing the pupils\u2019<br \/>\nlikelihood of pursuing science courses and participating in further science engagement activities.<br \/>\nAnalysis of the evaluation methods used indicate the need for more sensitive tools to provide<br \/>\nfurther insight into the impact of this type of engagement activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bright Lights: Big Experiments! public engagement project enabled high school students Scottish<br \/>\nS2 to prepare a short, 5\u2009min video using their own words and in their own style to present a<br \/>\nscientific experiment on the theme of light to their co&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-326633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rss-fuusikaharidus","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=326633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=326633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=326633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=326633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}