Question: What do you think would be the most effective way of educating children, or the 'next generation' about science, particularly in the marine section of things.
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Everyone has a different learning style, so different methods will appeal to different students. Generally speaking though, I think many students learn a lot about science through doing real scientific experiments. That’s why I love ‘citizen science’ where members of the public, including students, can help contribute to real scientific research.
One example is ZomBee Watch (https://www.zombeewatch.org/), a citizen science project to report possible sightings of the parasitized bees in the U.S.A.
You can get involved in a similar thing here in Australia by contributing biodiversity data to the Atlas of Living Australia – https://www.ala.org.au/get-involved/citizen-science/. The research that I used to do depended on this kind of data. I used to use observational data sets from the internet to try and predict where invasive insects could live in Australia. So by getting involved you could help real scientists like me!
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I think Blaire is right… the best way to educate the next generation is to get them involved in science. This I’m a scientist get me out of here, is just one way. I think it is also important for companies to have student volunteer programs, to allow students to experience working as a scientist.
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Having students visit labs and actually do science field trips themselves is a good way for them to learn I think. Collecting samples and analyzing them in a lab. I also think educational documentaries are a great way to learn because you don’t feel like your in school but your still learning something. Watch any David Attenborough documentaries! Very interesting.
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