coconutsI’m a Scientist is like school science lessons meet the X Factor! School students choose which scientist gets a prize of $1000 to communicate their work.
Scientists and students talk on this website. They both break down barriers, have fun and learn. But only the students get to vote.
This zone is the Organs Zone. It has scientists studying health and disease in various parts of our bodies. Who gets the prize? YOU decide!
Hey coconuts- yes, that’s an excellent question!
I’ve heard people say this before! Some people even refer to it as Earth’s final frontier- what we know about the ocean is only because of what we drag out with nets.
Did you know that now oceanographers study by looking at satellite images from space? There is actually a division of NASA (which we normally think of as outer space exploration!) that studies the ocean! There is a whole other universe in the sea and we have only witnessed a small fraction thanks to explorations with deep sea submarines- there’s lots of interesting and weird creatures (eg this weird brown blob discovered in May this year https://youtu.be/YOyBSKNQj2w).
There’s a great podcast from one of my favourite science journals ‘Scientific American’ that describes how we are still trying to find out the features of the ocean floor (https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=how-deep-is-the-ocean-10-05-25) but we know more about the surface of the moon!
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Great answer, Mel!
I think both space and the ocean are facinating!!
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Mel’s answer is great.
The idea stems from the fact that we like to look up/forward more than down/back… A lot can be learnt from both actually!
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This is true of all things we haven’t had the tools to explore properly. If you can’t see it or feel it or if its too big, its difficult to study. With advances in technology we will be able to explore more. I wonder what the Mars Curiosity will tell us about Mars?
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The difficulties of exploring space and exploring the ocean have some striking similarities. I got to go down in a submarine once (at the Harbor Branch Marine Instititute). I quickly realized that I don’t like small spaces and lots of water very much. I suspect that I’d like space even less…..
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