Expectations Quote by Mae Jemison

Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their…

— Carl Sagan

“I don't think science is hard to teach because humans aren't ready for it, or because it arose only through a fluke, or because,…

— Carl Sagan

We are really battling, today in the U.S., keeping science education in the forefront at the elementary level, and that's where the research shows…

— Steve Spangler

The problem in society is not kids not knowing science. The problem is adults not knowing science. They outnumber kids 5 to 1, they…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Kids come out of the chute liking science. They ask, 'How come? Why? What's this?' They pick up stuff to examine it. We might…

— Mae Jemison

Teaching is the human thing, in terms of building the kids' self-confidence, so if we take the broad ways that we want to see…

— Bill Gates

Science is the engine of prosperity. All the prosperity we see around us is a byproduct of scientific inventions. And that's not being made…

— Michio Kaku

“In a way our job is not so much to inspire the scientist in kids, but rather to allow it to grow on its…

— Rivka Galchen

Our schools offer no conception of the scientific process of discovery. They do not encourage creative thought, in fact, they stifle it through too…

— Anonymous

A proclivity for science is embedded deeply within us, in all times, places, and cultures. It has been the means for our survival. It…

— Carl Sagan

You can't train kids in a world where adults have no concept of what science literacy is. The adults are gonna squash the creativity…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Almost everyone shuts down when science becomes too technical; you've got to infuse it with entertainment and storytelling to make it effective. From high…

— Greg Graffin