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November 16, 2005
Museum exhibit melds science and fiction of Star Wars (Boston)
The exhibit, which stirred controversy when it was revealed that the museum had bumped a more conventional science exhibit, uses the wildly popular movies as a bridge to real science, and fire up interest -- particularly among youngsters -- about the promises of engineering, physics and other fields.
[The article continues saying how schoolchildren showed up to this exhibit excited, so kudos to the museum for choosing Star Wars over traditional science. We have all heard "Children are our future" told to us many times and probably still do, so it should be our responsibility to encourage pursuing fields such as science and humanities, but without strict boundaries between the two areas. Popular culture may be the key to doing that. BK]
Posted by kuechebj at November 16, 2005 02:55 PM