Monday, November 5, 2012

Science Is For Everyone, Kids Included - Video on TED.com


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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sophia said,

I think that it is awesome that we are helping out senior citizens, but I do not see how this relates to science. I hope that it will strike me soon. Anyway, I think that this was a fun game and it was cool that we could see how a cell phone is made and processed.I also think that is was cool that we could be engineers for a day or two. I also think that the game was tricky because you had to find a model that fits the size, shape, button size, screen size, and many other components so it is a reasonable price and battery life. I learned that even thought things look simple once you get into them they are like big rocks on a tiny road. I also learned that anything and anyone can help with world problems. i hope that the problem with phones and elders is resolved over the next few months. I also would like to thank Ms. G for putting such a cool site on the blog. In conclusion I think that the game was successful and educational in the world problem and how humans and technology can fix them.

Annie said...

I think that this video was very interesting.
The main point in it was (I think) that everyone can discover. Even a small question can lead to a big discovery.

I agree with Sophia a lot. I do get how it relates to science, though.
Almost everything relates to science. Right now when I am typing, it relates to science. All forms of electricity, and technology is science.
Right now when I am typing, it is science, but that is not the point.

It would be TRUELY amazing if we are as similar to bees as we are to gorillas. I like how the man used an example of how when he clapped to the right the man heard it from the left. This was very interesting. I still don't understand what that head phone thing he put on the volunteer was and what it did. If only he described a little bit more. I still have tons of questions, but overall this was very interesting.

Emilynne said...

This game was really cool. I think the main point was that anyone can do science, even kids. In fact, kids are better at science than adults.

Although a kid-written paper might not be able to be published, I like the way that the man let them tell him the words. I like the childish spin on what might bee the next big thing.

I believe that this is one of the better articles in this blog. I wish that every kid got to experience this(including us).

Oh, and Sophia? Are you writing for this article or the game above it?

Emilynne said...

Oh, yeah. I forgot this. I think the experiment at the end was interesting. The sound (if it was on the right) went into the horn and through the tube, which transported it to the left ear, making him think that it was coming from the left. Same thing with the other side.

Grace C. said...

This is so cool! I think that the fact that they did it with bees was cool, but how did they get the bees to go to the certain flower? What if you put sweet smelling flowers on the outside, but ones with more nectar on the inside? Would the bees go to the middle or the outside. Also, do bees have color vision? This would be a huge factor!

Elena said...

This was really interesting. I thought that uncertainty, and the act of being uncertain is really a very interesting field to research. And being uncertain does involve play. If I was playing Monopoly with someone and I was uncertain whether I should roll to get doubles to get out of jail, or pay $50. That is science. The act of being uncertain. I also thought that the experiment with Amy and her friends at her school was interesting. The whole process with the article being published was also interesting, because, like Amy said, anyone has the potential to do something big. When the man opened his eyes, in the experiment at the end, I was fascinated that then he could SEE where the sound was coming from. When he had the hat that covered his ears, he couldn't. Like Annie said, everything is science. This was a very interesting article and I think that everyone IS included in science, no matter how old you are, or how good you are at science. Everyone is included, and I think that it's amazing.