Science Friday

Great audio for today's Science Friday's broadcast: Making Science the Coolest Period.


Ira Flatow and guests talk about some creative ways to make science class more fun for students and teachers, including blogging about original research, using social networks with classmates, making online video presentations and doing hands-on experiments with cockroaches.

Guests:

Harry Kroto, founder, Global Educational Outreach for Science Engineering and Technology (GEOSET); founder, Vega Science Trust; winner, 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; professor of chemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.

Stacy Baker, high school biology teacher, Staten Island Academy, Staten Island, N.Y.