이 연구는 생성형 인공지능(Gen AI) ChatGPT를 활용한 초등과학 모의수업에서 나타나는 실천적 특성 탐색을 목적으로 한다. 비수도권 소재 교육대학교 과학교육과의 예비교사 29명을 대상으로, 태양계와 별, 날씨와 우리 생활, 지 구와 달의 운동, 계절의 변화 등 지구와 우주 영역의 대단원을 중심으로 5주간 한 차시 과학 수업을 준비하였다. 자료 는 수업 지도안, 수업 자료, 활동지, ChatGPT 대화 로그, 모의수업 영상 및 음성녹음, 반구조화된 면담 등을 통해 수집 되었다. 자료 분석은 기술 통합 평가 틀(TIAR)을 수정하여 주제 중심 분석과 반복적 비교 분석을 통해 귀납적으로 진 행되었다. 연구 결과, ChatGPT는 초등과학 수업에서 교육과정과의 연계성, 교수학습 모형, 도구적 활용 측면에서 유의 미하게 작용할 수 있음을 보였다. 특히, ChatGPT는 학습 활동을 촉진하는 도구로 긍정적인 역할 수행의 가능성을 나타냈다. 그러나 ChatGPT 활용 시 정보의 신뢰성 문제, 명령어 입력 한계, 학생들의 Gen AI 의존성, 교사의 역량 요구 증가 등 도전 과제도 확인되었다. 이 연구는 ChatGPT가 과학교육에서 학습 촉진자로 유용하게 활용될 수 있음을 시사 하며, 효과적인 활용을 위해 교사의 비판적 사고와 기술적 역량 강화를 제언하였다.

In this study, complaints from visitors in the science museum satisfaction survey were categorized into four primary factors and ten sub-factors. This categorization aimed to provide recommendations for enhancing the Geochang Wolseong Space Creative Science Museum as an illustrative case study. Futhermore, the study examimed the relative importance of each factor by surveying 90 science museum visitors. The following results are obtained. Firstly, it was evident that the Geochang Wolseong Space Creative Science Museum requires urgent improvement. Certainly, in the primary factors, issues related to the utilization environment emerged as the most significant sources of dissatisfaction, while in the sub-factors, the adequacy of fees was identified as the most prominent concern. Secondly, through the result of the IPA (Importance-Performance Analysis) of the complaint factors, four primary issues were identified as top priorities for consideration: fare adequacy, lack of convenient facilities, in sufficient publicity, and a lack of distinctiveness compared to similar facilities. Lastly, when analyzing the relationship between complaints and overall satisfaction, factors related to human service, environment, and educational content had negative effects. In contrast, factors associated with science museum operation exhibited a different trend, suggestinga structural impact relationship with the overall impact of complaints.

This paper reviews the legacy of the SPCIA Coronagraph Instrument (SCI) of which the primary scientic objective is the characterization of Jovian exoplanets by coronagraphic spectroscopy in the infrared. Studies on binary shaped pupil mask coronagraphs are described. Cryogenic active optics is discussed as another key technology. Then approaches to observing habitable zones in exoplanetary systems with a passively-cooled space infrared telescope are discussed. The SCI was dropped in a drastic change of the SPICA mission. However, its legacy is useful for space-borne infrared telescopes dedicated for use in exoplanetary science in the future, especially for studies of biomarkers.

Many departments in the governmental organization including Ministry of Science & Technology (MOST) allocate some of their budget into research and development in astronomy and space science. We identify the research projects related to astronomy and space science that were funded by the government during fiscal years 2004-2005. Then the distribution of budgets of those projects is analyzed according to several classification schemes and characteristics in order to find out the status and trends of the investment in this field. Five departments had conducted more than 190 projects related to astronomy and space science, which accounted for 7.3% of the government R&D budget in space and aeronautics area. As for most fields of basic science, MOST and Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development invested the most of budget in astronomy related projects. We briefly discuss the implications of this study.

In this paper, we analyze the scientific inquiries type on Almanac and Historical Astronomy asked through the Q&A service in Korea Astronomy and Science Institute(KASI) webpage with the aid of scientific inquiries analysis methods. We also study the contents of the questions. Specifically, we have created statistics of questions and inquiries, and have developed categories to analyze the characteristics of questions with regard to their cognitive aspects. Each question is categorized as either of the two elements based on their recognitive aspect: science knowledge or science study. Each element also has sub-categories that help the reader understand the characteristics of the questions. For the analysis, we used the sample consisting of questions collected from April, 2005 to June, 2007. Through this study, we achieved a better understanding of the questions in the area of Almanac and Historical Astronomy asked in the Q&A service. Throughout this study, we find that the need of questions in the area of Almanac and Historical Astronomy are increasing with time, and the overall quality of the questions is getting improved. As we expect that the number of people using our Q&A service will increase and that the questions will get more difficult to answer, development of improved contents is required.

본 논문에서는 한국천문연구원에서 2000년부터 운영중인 홈페이지 질문상자의 질문 및 조회 수를 통계적으로 분석하고, 그 질문 내용에 나타난 인지적 측면에서 과학탐구 유형을 분석하였다. 이를 위해 홈페이지 질문상자에 올라온 질문 및 조회 수를 월별/연도별로 통계를 작성하였으며, 질문문항이 과학탐구의 어떠한 인지적 측면이 부각되어 있는가를 분석하기 위하여 과학탐구 분석틀을 개발하였다. 질문유형 분석은 인지적 측면에서 과학지식과 과학탐구로 분류하였다. 과학적 지식의 하위유형으로 내용지식, 방법지식, 지식본성 이해로 분류하였다. 과학탐구의 하위 요소는 과학탐구 수행능력으로 분류하고 각 세부 요소를 고려하였다. 질문유형 분석틀에 따른 과학탐구 유형의 분석은 분석틀을 통해, 2004년 7월부터 12월까지 6개월간 질문상자에 질문한 703개 질문 항목에 대해 질문들의 세부 사항 및 속성들을 세부적으로 살펴서 질문유형 분석틀에 따라 분석을 시행하였다. 이 분석을 통하여 질문상자의 질문에 대한 이해와 잦은 질문들에 대한 응답을 마련하는 등, 앞으로 질문상자의 운영 방안에 대한 방향을 설정할 수 있었다. 이 분석을 통해 질문수의 증가와 함께, 질문의 내용도 일상생활 과학 지식수준을 넘어 해마다 난해해 지고 전문화 되어가고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 앞으로 질문상자의 이용자 수가 계속 증가될 것으로 예상되고, 지적 요구의 증대와 함께, 질문의 내용도 더욱 난해해 질 것으로 예상됨으로 심도 있는 콘텐츠의 개발이 필요하다.

We present for the first time the characteristics of upper atmospheric horizontal winds over the Korean Peninsula. Winds and their variability are derived using four-year measurements by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) meteor radar. A general characteristic of zonal and meridional winds is that they exhibit distinct diurnal and seasonal variations. Their changes indicate sometimes similar or sometimes different periodicities. Both winds are characterized by either semi-diurnal tides (12 hour period) and/or diurnal tides (24 hour period) from 80–100 km. In terms of annual change, the annual variation is the strongest component in both winds, but semi-annual and ter-annual variations are only detected in zonal winds.

The next generation small satellite-1 (NEXTSat-1) program has been kicked off in 2012, and it will be launched in 2016 for the science missions and the verification of space core technologies. The payloads for these science missions are the Instrument for the Study of Space Storms (ISSS) and NIR Imaging Spectrometer for Star formation history (NISS). The ISSS and the NISS have been developed by Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Korea Astronomy and Space science Institute (KASI) respectively. The ISSS detects plasma densities and particle fluxes of 10 MeV energy range near the Earth and the NISS uses spectrometer. In order to verify the spacecraft core technologies in the space, the total of 7 space core technologies (SCT) will be applied to the NEXTSat-1 for space verification and those are under development. Thus, the operation modes for the ISSS and the NISS for space science missions and 7 SCTs for technology missions are analyzed for the required operation time during the NEXTSat-1’s mission life time of 2 years. In this paper, the operational concept of the NEXTSat-1’s science missions as well as the verification of space core technologies are presented considering constraints of volume, mass, and power after launch.