RocketSTEM Issue #7 - May 2014 | Page 11

Credit: NASA/Goddard/Wade Sisler Physics is challenging every minute of every day. But the ideas are so exciting, so wondrous, that we’re compelled to push onward, and push through those challenges. sanctuary in upstate New York, a little town called Watkins Glen, and I learned about the dairy industry and how the animals are so mistreated. I could feel it coming, and a few days later, I just could not eat dairy GREENE: to bring science education to anybody who wants it. And I mean that literally – it really can be for the high challenging enough, for the college student who’s RS: What is your favorite ice cream? Oh, wait! You don’t eat ice cream – that strikes that question! GREENE: “Well, that’s not true! So, there are now ice creams that are dairy-free. My favorite one is … um … goodness. Well, it’s my favorite but I can’t remember its name. It’s a coconut vegan ice cream…it has ...um…I forgot its name, too. You can ask me about the universe, but my favorite ice cream stumps me. (He took to Google at this point.) negative...OH! Cherry Amaretto, man, that is my outside of the traditional instruction at their college. It’s for the lifelong learner who gave up on science many years ago, but has always wanted to reconnect with it, and didn’t want to go back to college and enroll in classes – but this is a way in which, in his or her own time, one can immerse themselves in many wonderful RS: How do you hope your students will utilize what they have learned in your courses? GREENE: GREENE: “YES! So long as I could have my wife and my kids. And my ice cream, too.“ which is not something that a student is going to apply to everyday circumstances – it tells us how the world behaves in unusual circumstances – when things are moving very, very quickly. Rather than thinking about somebody using this RS: What was your inspiration for creating World Science U and what kind of student did you have in mind? want is for people to leave the class with a completely changed perspective on how reality works