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Friday math movie: Science is for everyone, kids included

By Murray Bourne, 30 Nov 2012

Scientist Beau Lotto challenges our ideas about what a published scientific paper should look like.

He invites 12-year-old Amy O'Toole to talk us through her classmate's paper on Blackawton bees.

A great quote from the video:

"The best questions create the most uncertainty."

and

"What is evolution's answer to uncertainty? Play."

See the 2 Comments below.

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2 Comments on “Friday math movie: Science is for everyone, kids included”

  1. leslie (crookedstamper) says:
    1 Dec 2012 at 8:54 am [Comment permalink]

    I love your Friday math movies!

  2. Murray says:
    1 Dec 2012 at 10:33 am [Comment permalink]

    @Leslie: Thanks! Glad you find them useful.

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