January 24, 2022
In My Element – scientists sharing their stories, from LabX
Posted by Laura Guertin
Through its public engagement program LabX, the National Academy of Sciences has launched a new video series in partnership with Upworthy and Leaps.org. In My Element (https://labx.org/in-my-element/) is a collection of short videos, ~4 minutes in length, that highlights scientists sharing their stories about how they ended up in their field.
I encourage you to check out these videos and revisit the YouTube playlist as additional videos are added. The pathways each of these scientists was anything but easy and direct. But seeing and hearing from these individuals will be inspiring for your students and the start of some great conversations (and perhaps part of a Scientist Spotlight or Golden Line assignment).
Here are the first three videos (available online at the time I wrote this blog post):
Jessica Esquivel, experimental physicist
Dom Glynn, color scientist for Pixar
Nkrumah Grant, evolutionary biologist
Laura Guertin is a Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences at Penn State Brandywine in Media, PA. Her research focuses on how technology can enhance teaching and student learning in introductory-level geoscience courses for non-science majors. Her blog focuses on geoscience education/outreach, science communication, and technology tools in the classroom, online, and in the field.