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Newsletter 195 BIG Little Science Centre January 2012 Newsletter 195 BIG Little Science Centre January 2012 ISSN 1920-9932 BIG Science (Print) ISSN 1920-9940 BIG Science (Online) BC Technology Professionals Honour Kamloops Big Little Science Centre Director KAMLOOPS: The Executive Director of the Kamloops Big Little Science Centre, Gord Stewart, has been presented a Certificate of Appreciation by the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of BC. The ASTTBC’s Executive Director, John Leech (AScT, CAE) lauded Stewart’s dedication and leadership in promoting science and technology to the region’s students in making the presentation. “Gord’s inspirational leadership and a ‘can-do’ attitude has made the Big Little Science Centre a huge success story in BC”, enthused the head of the professional association of 9,500 technologists, technicians and technical specialists. “The Centre is opening youngsters’ eyes to the wonders and practical applications of science and technology. The Centre’s team really ASTTBC Executive Director John Leech (AScT, CAE) presents Certificate of makes it happen.” Appreciation to Big Little Science Centre Executive Director Gord Stewart ASTTBC is a strong supporter of The Big Little Science Centre as part of its mandate to inform the public of the many roles its members perform in society. “We need to share our excitement about science and technology with young people, and encourage them to pursue careers as technologists, engineers or geoscientists,” notes the ASTTBC Executive Director. The Big Little Science Centre hosts 14,000 visitors a year. ASTTBC’s contributions to the Centre over the past four years now total $21,000. “Technologists and technicians are not highly visible professionals,” Mr. Leech admits. “Most members of ASTTBC work on BC’s infrastructure and environment. Technicians and Technologists are a key part of teams that design, construct, inspect, test and maintain our buildings, roads, airports, computer systems, water and sewer systems - pretty much anything related to the smooth operation of society”. Leech noted that because ASTTBC members so often work behind the scenes, students may not gravitate to these careers as readily as they might to health and business careers. ASTTBC’s members include biomedical engineering technologists and technicians, professionals responsible for managing and maintaining all equipment in the health care system. For more information check out ‘Technology Careers’ at www.asttbc.org 2 This Newsletter is a publication of BIG Little Science Centre Society Box 882 Station Main Kamloops BC V2C 5M8 New Location George Hilliard School 985 Holt Street Kamloops BC V2B!5H1 Executive Director Gord Stewart Phone (250) 554 2572 or (250) 554 BLSC E-Mail: [email protected] Assistant Operator Susan Hammond Phone (250) 554 2572 or (250) 554 BLSC E-Mail: [email protected] Website http://blscs.org Newsletter Editor Dr. Gordon R. Gore NEW! #200 - 760 Mayfair Street Kamloops BC V2B 0E5 Phone: (778) 470 8332 E-Mail [email protected] Approximately 91,000 people have Peter Mutrie, Manager of the Kamloops North Shore enjoyed visits to or from the Business Association, paid a visit to the BIG Little BIG Little Science Centre! Science Centre recently, and demonstrated his mystical power of levitation. The BIG Little Science Centre is open to the public at these times: Thursday 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Friday 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM On Saturdays, there is a special show/activity at 1:30 PM. CLOSED SUNDAYS and HOLIDAYS Phone: 250 554 2572 E-mail [email protected] or [email protected] Admission: Adults: $5.00 Children 6 to 16: $2.00 Under 6: Free Family: $10.00 Annual Family Membership: $35.00 (Will increase next April.) 3 Why is Science Important? Jim Hebden, Ph.D. “Innocence about Science is the worst crime today.” [Sir Charles Percy Snow (1905-80), English novelist and scientist] The reason I am writing this article is to convince as many people as possible that science literacy is not just very important. It is absolutely essential. The world is facing many problems and the solutions to most of those problems will be based on science. The BIG Little Science Centre can play a strong role in educating and encouraging people of all ages to understand how science is going to shape the future and how they can play a part in determining what that future will look like. The Science Centre MUST succeed in its part of this mission; the stakes are too high to fail. If current climate predictions are correct, and there is very little scientific reason to doubt them, the world will be a very uncomfortable place in which to live unless the problem of global warming is solved. This may be the greatest problem we and our children must solve, and it will require citizens to make important and possibly life-changing decisions based on sound scientific principles. If people ignore or do not understand scientific principles, other people will try to do their thinking for them when important scientific problems have to be solved. Unfortunately, it is not only possible, but quite likely that the people who shout the loudest or can get the most media attention will then be the ones who will claim to represent you. And, equally unfortunately, these people might be clueless about the science surrounding the problem or will deliberately misrepresent the seriousness of the problem. Perhaps you might remember that many people made a great deal of money by scaring people about the disaster that was going to happen at the start of the year 2000. They predicted that computers would go crazy all over the world, airplanes would fall out of the skies, power grids would go dark, banks would fail … and then the world found that everything went on as usual, completely unchanged and unharmed on January 1, 2000. “All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.” [Marie Curie (1867-1934), Nobel Prize for physics in 1903 and Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911 for her pioneering research in radioactivity] Baby’s brains are “hard-wired” to explore their world, and growing children are curious about everything around them. “Why?” is heard again and again by parents as soon as kids learn enough words to express themselves. At first, parents are the source of the explanations that shape the way children learn to interpret what is happening around them: “Don’t be afraid of thunder; it is just the clouds bumping together.” We all find reassurance when we learn why things happen (even if the explanations turn out to be incorrect). A book called “The Pleasure of Finding Things Out” illustrates how a famous physicist named Richard P. Feynman had a passion and delight for finding out how nature worked. Kids take apart things to find how they work, adults take apart things to see if they can fix them, scientists try to see how nature works and sometimes, if kids/adults/scientists get lucky, they find out how to solve a problem. “Taken over the centuries, scientific ideas have exerted a force on our civilization fully as great as the more tangible practical applications of scientific research.” [I. Bernard Cohen (1914-2003); U. S. historian of science] Thirty thousand years ago, Cro-Magnon people found Nature was scary. Things happened for no reason that they could see and answers were sought from the village shaman, elder, or ancient wise woman. So much was not understood that superstitions were the only way to reassure them that there was some kind of underlying reason that good or bad things happened. People or animals died, or crops failed because the gods were angry or taboos were broken. We share virtually identical brains to those possessed by Cro-Magnons (who were the first “modern men”). The Cro-Magnon natural world was not terribly different from ours. However, a great difference does exist in the way they and we look at and deal with Nature, and the reason for that difference is the simultaneous rise of science and reason. The Greek and Roman civilizations left us a great deal of thinking about nature but experiments were virtually unknown because it was thought that “pure thought” was the best way to investigate nature. Muslim mathematics and science, especially chemistry, although poorly known and understood in the west, became quite advanced but eventually stagnated. However, contrary to popular belief, the “Middle Ages” in Europe were not a time when learning stagnated. Mathematics, logic, the compass, paper, stirrups, gunpowder and printing were adopted from the near and far east and refined, while Europe independently developed the mechanical clock, the blast furnace, spectacles and the windmill. But, the most important development was the development of a true system of scientific thought and scientific investigation, culminating in the establishment of universities. "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." [Albert Einstein (1879-1955); Nobel Prize in physics, 1921; revolutionized physics by developing the Theory of Relativity] 4 Although history is important, because it tells us how and why we got to where we are, the effect of science on our everyday life is often not well understood. A young child in school asks, “Why do I have to learn this?” A teenager complains, “I’m never going to need to use this stuff!” An adult says “Science isn’t important in my everyday life” and a senior reflects that, “I can see where science might be important to others, but I am too old to need it or learn more about it now.” Automobiles, the telephone, airplanes, radio, antibiotics, modern surgery, fertilizers, cameras, light bulbs, television, computers, the Internet, satellites … what do they have in common? They affect you directly and they are a direct result of applying scientific principles.
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