The exciting chemicals in classic chemistry sets are illegal. And many of the other open-ended ways that children from past generations learned to explore the world are harder to come by. In this competition, we wanted to address this gap. We were looking for new ideas to get children hooked on science, so we wanted ideas that took advantage of children’s propensity to play and ask questions, allowed them to tinker, puzzle, and revel in the messiness of exploration and discovery – not unlike what the classic chemistry set once did . . . —Janet Coffey ’92, PhD ’03, program officer at the Moore Foundation, about a novel science prize competition that the foundation has organized. stanford.io/1lvX9Xl
Posted on: Fri, 16 May 2014 15:30:01 +0000
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