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Aspects in Mining & Mineral Science

Science Education: Our Professional Responsibility

  • Open or CloseThomas G Stoebe*

    Materials Science and Engineering, USA

    *Corresponding author: Thomas G Stoebe, Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering, USA

Submission: November 11, 2019; Published: November 13, 2019

DOI: 10.31031/AMMS.2019.04.000579

ISSN : 2578-0255
Volume4 Issue1

Abstract

Youngsters play with rocks of all sorts, whatever they find. And they dig in the dirt and sand to see what’s there. When they find an interesting rock or dig up a treasure, they use their experience to try to decide what it is and perhaps where the item come from. If a rock is especially colorful, or if they dig up what may be a “treasure,” their interest increases and they notice the differences in shape, composition and properties (hardness, color, etc.). What they are doing is scientific exploration and what they are experiencing is applied science-BUT THEY DON’T KNOW IT! The question is, why don’t we, as professionals whose careers are based on applied science, help educate the youngsters on how the differences they observe in objects is the result of differences in materials and their properties and that these are the essence of scientific studies?

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