• Question: Have you changed your mind about what you would spend the money on, now you have started the competition? :)

    Asked by emnol to David, Luna, Probash on 24 Mar 2011 in Categories: . This question was also asked by xfunkymonkeyx.
    • Photo: David Pyle

      David Pyle answered on 24 Mar 2011:

      Good question – I started off thinking out podcasts from volcanoes, and no-one has made any better suggestions yet, but there is time! The point of these would be:
      – I can show how we do science in the field;
      – I can explain how volcanoes work using the real thing, not just a textbook;
      – I can explain the science of volcanoes and how it links to science at school;
      and finally, podcasts will be semi-permanent records, freely available on the internet for several generations of students at schools, so it might have a more lasting effect.

      Any other ideas are welcome!

    • Photo: Luna Munoz

      Luna Munoz answered on 24 Mar 2011:

      Yes! I now think that the money is better spent on an activity. Einstein said that experience is the only source of knowledge and I’d like to give students an experience of psychology as a science. I think many people have the basics for understanding psychology: we are humans and we know about our own thoughts. I think I can build on that self-knowledge to help students understand how psychologists come to know about human behaviour!

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