Science Perception: Scientists

I personally do not think scientists as a whole are doing a very good job connecting with the public.  And I really think we are failing at connecting with kids.  Our world's future rests with the youth coming up through our schools.  We need some of them to understand science.  Our world's climate is changing.  Food and water are becoming more scarce as the population grows.   The perception of science needs to be cool so those youth will be the ones to help solve the many problems our population will encounter.

Yet the perception of science is not always cool.  Fermilab, a Department  of Energy lab specializing in physics, brought seventh graders to their lab and had them draw a before and after picture of scientists.  Take just two drawings and it looks like the perception of scientist seem to be be a white male who is old and balding. Yet after the visit, the view of a scientist is much more real.  We are people.  The message continues to be the same. Get active and show how cool science really is.


Check out all the other before and after pictures:  http://ed.fnal.gov/projects/scientists/index.html