Study: Exposing Kids To 10 Hours Of Science A Year Makes Them Smarter - Polidicks

I'd also like the definition of 1 second science please.

[QUOTE=Conspiracy;38135057]bill nye and mythbusters are two great ways to get kids involved with science. i dont know a single person who finds those kinds of shows boring. i think more money should go into making programs like this[/QUOTE] [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5636656/tumblr_mbxk1yT4vY1qc8jh0o1_r1_500.gif[/img]

no shit

I suspect what's actually happening here is that these one-hour science sessions are sort of validating the education system, and kids are beginning to see the value in it. Feeling like what you are doing is worth doing is important, and it shows in the marks.

[QUOTE=RearAdmiral;38137209]Wait, how come this is a study? Do a lot of places not have science as a mandatory part of the curriculum?[/QUOTE] The education curriculum in America is as diverse as there are states in the union. Some emphasize science, some history, some a hollistic view and some on religious beliefs.

[QUOTE=Barbarian887;38134167]it couldn't make them smarter only more educated. intelligence comes from genetics[/QUOTE] Not all of it, not even close.

[QUOTE=sltungle;38137092]I kind of like the idea of (briefly) teaching science at like highschool or something (physics mainly, chemistry perhaps), however when I finish my degree I primarily want to go into research, so it'd be a bit difficult to do so. While it might be slightly dangerous, I figured a fun way to engage students would be to like... walk into your first class with them with a glass of water, place your glass of water on your desk on which a lit Bunsen burner is sitting (away from the students of course), start talking, pick up your glass of water, take a sip from the water, and all of a sudden spray the water out of your mouth in mist form and into the flame of the Bunsen burner producing coloured flames (have like a small amount of potassium or lithium or something dissolved into it so the flame will turn an interesting colour). I think one of the main issues kids have (especially in high school) is that they see science as something that weird recluses do, and not fun or exciting people (whereas my entire time at uni has shown me that it's essentially the opposite - most of my lecturers are really cool and exciting, and there's only a few of the really weird, socially awkward, recluse types). Pull a little stunt like that in your first class with students and it might be enough to grab their attention from there on out.[/QUOTE] Could always retire from research later in life to teach kids science. One of my chem teachers from high school did that. He was old as fuck though and kind of feeble, so you may want to retire a bit early if you want to try teaching with some energy.

Bill Nye the Science Guy, Mythbusters, and How it's Made have taught me a significant amount of stuff that I actually use in life and conversation and such. Science rules.

I never really saw How It's Made as a "science show", though it's awesome to watch.

I have 8 hours of science [b]a week[/b]. I'm still not very bright however :v:

Through a partner University, I assist in going to public schools in low socio-economic areas and teaching year 10 kids how to run the experiments, so that they can teach the year 7 kids what's happening. It's pretty fun. :D

Wow who would've thought. Exposing people to a learning environment makes them learn

It's kinda obvious.

[QUOTE=CottonTM;38134308]It's true, I always feel smart after watching this. [video=youtube;n2k9JwGpm1w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2k9JwGpm1w[/video][/QUOTE] I remember this on a VCR with wheels.

Doctor Who and, Sagan, Hawking documentaries makes your brain happy watch more Dr. Who. Thread music [video=youtube;zSgiXGELjbc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc[/video]

I was watching some science channel last night, "Into the Universe" was on and talking about extraterrestrial life, if it's possible, and what it would be like, it was really cool and I enjoyed it. The schedule stated that there would be another episode that talked about the possibility of time travel, apparently not. It started to stream "An Idiot Abroad" and I was pretty pissed.

I vaguely remember when the discovery channel actually had educational programming rather than nonstop reality programming. Those were the days...

makes sense really you can't teach somebody if they're not interested in learning and unsurprisingly jamming textbooks and homework down kids throat won't make them very interested at all

well.. i study science 6-8 hours a day so this should make me supersmart

[QUOTE=tristanguy2;38140990]I was watching some science channel last night, "Into the Universe" was on and talking about extraterrestrial life, if it's possible, and what it would be like, it was really cool and I enjoyed it. The schedule stated that there would be another episode that talked about the possibility of time travel, apparently not. It started to stream "An Idiot Abroad" and I was pretty pissed.[/QUOTE] it's on netflix that's 8$ a month. 1 lawn a month if your in high school. Maybe less.