Making Science Accessible

I think that a key aspect of expanding science and technology (itself key to innovation) is making them accessible to as many people as possible.  Many children feel, or worse are told, that math and science are hard.  They are often told that math and science are also something special for engineers and physicists and not relevant for most people.  That's why I love approaches like this one (Gourmet Lab) that make science meaningful to kids in an everyday relevant way..

A sizable portion of this blog will be dedicated to highlighting new science and math teaching methods or ways to make the topics more accessible to children.  Without more people going into technical careers, the innovation necessary to sustain growth won't be available in sufficient size.  The economic opportunity cost is huge and the lost benefit to society is sizable.  Too often the debate on education only discusses funding levels and not innovative solutions to the motivation problem.  New teaching methods won't change everything, but they will help.