If I asked you to close your eyes and conjure up a scientist, would would you see? Would it be an aging Einstein, a dapper Doctor Who, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Madam Curie?
What if I then asked you, “What do scientists do?” Could you answer?
With science and math scores at abysmal levels in the US, perhaps this entertaining chat with six (very non-stereotypical) scientists should be incorporated into every U.S. K-12 classroom. It could accompany a U.S. version of the British classroom “game” I’m a Scientist, Get me Out of Here, an “X Factor-style competition for scientists, where students are the judges.” (Survivor meets E=mc2). It sounds more fun than Engineering Is Elementary, sponsored by ChangeTheEquation with its network of 110 CEOs.
+Stephen Curry, a scientist at Imperial College London, produced this film; he also blogs about science.
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