EPISODE · Oct 28, 2021 · 55 MIN
Science Rules!
from 16:1 - Education, Teaching, & Learning · host Moonbeam Multimedia
Episode 46! This week the hosts discuss popular science and science literacy. Chelsea tackles the history of popular science, the conduit through which the general public receives information about scientific advancements. Katie covers a few pop sci figures of the 1990s and declares her love and admiration of Lily Tomlin as Miss Frizzle. Your hosts cover the challenges faced by journalists who cover topics of popular science, the impact of digital media on skepticism and relativism in narratives involving science, and the ways that science fiction can encourage science literacy. Chelsea and Katie bring it home for Fill in the Blank, when Katie reveals answers about her favorite Grand Teton animal, Grizzly Bear 399!Wikipedia - Popular ScienceWikipedia - Bill NyeWikipedia - The Magic School BusWikipedia - Jack Hanna's Animal AdventuresProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - "(Mis)informed about what? What it means to be a science-literate citizen in a digital world"The Crazy True Story of the Zanesville Zoo Escape
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The episode tackles the history and current nature of popular science publishing and science literacy, the conduits through which the general public receives information about scientific advancements.
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