What Do Scientists Do?

What Do Scientists Do?

by SuperNOVA at Dalhousie University

Kids & Family Education for Kids Science

Season 3

What Do Climate Services Specialists Do? with Alex Cadel

Welcome back to season three of What Do Scientists Do? A podcast for children and youth where we talk to wicked smart guests and learn about what kind of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math they do! 💫 In our season premier we learn all about how we can adapt to climate change and how the future is ours to shape, especially around Nova Scotia! 🌎 How can we plan communities that are climate resilient? 💪 What does climate resilience even mean? 🚌 And how can we design school bus windows to help deal with climate change? Today we learn all about climate change adaptation and managing from Alex Cadel (he/him), a Climate Services Specialist with CLIMAtlantic! You can learn more about CLIMAtlantic on Facebook @CLIMAtlanticInc, Instagram @CLIMAtlantic, and LinkedIn @climatlantic. This podcast is available to listen to with captions on SuperNOVA's YouTube. Questions? Looking for more science fun? Check out @SuperNOVAatDal on Instagram or X (previously Twitter). If you have a question that you’d like answered by an expert, send us an email or a voice recording at whatdoscientistsdo@superstaff.ca and we might feature your question on the show!To learn more about STEM programs for youth at Dalhousie University, visit SuperNova’s website at supernova.dal.ca or email supernova@superstaff.ca

Biostatistics! in 10 Minutes

🎙️ Tune in to our latest minisode about the world of Biostatistics! 🌿📊 Mira and Mab break down the science behind the world of biostatistics and how we use this mashup of biology and math to make cereal, help plants grow, and figure out how viruses like COVID spread. These data detectives use math to learn about health, create predictive text, and inform artificial intelligence! 🧠 This episode is available to listen to and watch with captions on YouTube. Questions? Looking for more science fun? Check out @SuperNOVAatDal on Instagram or X. If you have a question you'd like answered, send us an email or voice recording at whatdoscientistsdo@superstaff.ca and we'll do our best to answer it. To learn more about STEM programs for youth at Dalhousie University, visit SuperNOVA's website at supernova.dal.ca or email supernova@superstaff.ca.

Ocean Acidification! in 10 Minutes

What do you mean the ocean is getting more acidic?!? 🤯 In this minisode, Mira and Mab explain the process of ocean acidification in under 10 minutes, explaining what acids are 🧪, how the pH scale works ⚖️, and the complicated chemistry behind ocean acidification ⚗️ To learn more about ocean acidification and how scientists are trying to make it better, check out our full length episode with Mike Kelland. 🪸 This episode is available to listen to with captions on YouTube. Questions? Looking for more science fun? Check out @SuperNOVAatDal on Instagram or X. If you have a question you'd like answered, send us an email or voice recording at whatdoscientistsdo@superstaff.ca and we'll do our best to answer it. To learn more about STEM programs for youth at Dalhousie University, visit SuperNOVA's website at supernova.dal.ca or email supernova@superstaff.ca.

Climate Change! in 10 Minutes

What even is climate change? 🤔 In this minisode, Mira and Mab explain climate change in under 10 minutes, explaining how climate change happens, why it happens, and what we can do about it! 🌎 To learn more about climate change, check out our full length episode with Alex Cadel. ✨ Questions? Looking for more science fun? Check out @SuperNOVAatDal on Instagram or X (previously Twitter). If you have a question that you’d like answered by an expert, send us an email or a voice recording at whatdoscientistsdo@superstaff.ca and we might feature your question on the show! To learn more about STEM programs for youth at Dalhousie University, visit SuperNova’s website at supernova.dal.ca or email supernova@superstaff.ca.

Season 2

What Do Cognitive Neuroscientists Do? with Kevin Leblanc

It's our second-last episode of the season! 🧠 How does our body movement change based on what we perceive, without us even noticing? How do our brains create our thoughts, our feelings, our consciousness? And how do we study things like learning, memory, and attention? On today's episode we learn from Kevin Leblanc (he/him), a Cognitive Neuroscientist at Dalhousie University, who uses his brain to study our brains! 🤯

What Do Software Engineers Do? with Bas de Bruijne

What are virtual machines, and why are they useful? How do we build telescopes that can see stars when they twinkle? Today we learn from software engineer Bas de Bruijne (he/him), who tells us all about what it’s like to design & improve software!If you’d like to try out coding for yourself and don’t know where to start, visit https://scratch.mit.edu/ To learn more about STEM programs for youth at Dalhousie University, visit SuperNova’s website at supernova.dal.ca or email supernova@superstaff.ca . Summer camp registration is open, including our Advanced Coding, Space & AI, and Engineering Design camps for Grades 7-9! Questions? Looking for more science fun? Check out @scientistsdopod on Twitter or Instagram. If you have a question that you’d like answered by an expert, send us an email or a voice recording at whatdoscientistsdo@superstaff.ca and we might feature your question on the show!

What Do Young Scientists Do? with Arushi & Artash!

Today we learn from Arushi (she/her, Grade 8) & Artash (he/him, Grade 11), two siblings making waves in the science world! How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect noise levels in the ocean? How can we detect unknown asteroids so that they don’t hit the Earth? And how can kids become scientists making real-word impacts? Keep up with Arushi & Artash at https://hotpoprobot.com/ or by following @wonrobot on Twitter! To learn more about Artash’s Ocean Noise project, visit https://www.monitormyocean.com/ Questions? Looking for more science fun? Check out @scientistsdopod on Twitter or Instagram. If you have a question that you’d like answered by an expert, send us an email or a voice recording at whatdoscientistsdo@superstaff.ca and we might feature your question on the show! To learn more about STEM programs for youth at Dalhousie University, visit SuperNova’s website at supernova.dal.ca or email supernova@superstaff.ca

What Do Environmental Psychologists Do? with María Dabrowski

How can understanding the human mind help us protect sea turtles? How can everyday people help scientists with their research? María Dabrowski (she/her/ella) tells us all about her work in sea turtle conservation! Follow María on Instagram @gogreenfortheocean for updates, turtle/bird facts, and more! You can also visit https://rare.org/ to learn about their fantastic work at the intersection of people, communities and the environment. To learn more about iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/ Questions? Looking for more science fun? Check out @scientistsdopod on Twitter or Instagram. If you have a question that you’d like answered by an expert, send us an email or a voice recording at whatdoscientistsdo@superstaff.ca and we might feature your question on the show! To learn more about STEM programs for youth at Dalhousie University, visit SuperNova’s website at supernova.dal.ca or email supernova@superstaff.ca

What Do Programmers Do? with Mira Macneill

How can you make an escape room using a Raspberry Pi? What are computer programming languages, and which one was used to build Minecraft? Today we learn from Mira Macneill (she/her), SuperNOVA Program Coordinator and the queen of coding fun! To learn more about SuperNOVA's new Girls Entrepreneurship program, visit supernova.dal.ca/girlsentrepreneurship . Registration closes Jan 31st, 2023. You can find Jessica's Scratch games at bit.ly/SuperNOVAScratch . Do you have a coding project that you're proud of? Tag us @scientistsdopod on Twitter or Instagram, or email us at whatdoscientistsdo@superstaff.ca ! To learn more about STEM programs for youth at Dalhousie University, visit SuperNova’s website at supernova.dal.ca or email supernova@superstaff.ca

What Do Seafarers Do? with Sofya Pesternikova

How do scientists research the deepest parts of the ocean? What is it like to live on a ship? Today we learn from Sofya Pesternikova (she/they), a multimedia technician on board the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor (Too)! Check out @schmidtocean on social media for videos of weird and wonderful deep-sea creatures, ship updates, and more. To learn more about Ship-to-Shore and other educational initiatives from the Schmidt Ocean Institute, visit https://schmidtocean.org/education/ . Questions? Looking for more science fun? Check out @scientistsdopod on Twitter or Instagram. If you have a question that you’d like answered by an expert, send us an email or a voice recording at whatdoscientistsdo@superstaff.ca and we might feature your question on the show! To learn more about STEM programs for youth at Dalhousie University, visit SuperNova’s website at supernova.dal.ca or email supernova@superstaff.ca

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