How does the world work?

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How does the world work?
Why is the sky blue?
What makes some stars explode?
How do volcanos erupt?
Why does the sun shine?
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Astronomy
Physics
Biology
Geology
Chemistry
(we made up all these divisions)
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What scientists do

• Learn
• Teach
• Write

• Experiment
• Theorize
• Argue

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Where scientists do it

• Laboratories
• Rock outcrops
• Observatories
• Space
• The ocean floor
• At conferences worldwide
• Inside their own heads!

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George Carruthers built an ultraviolet camera
that went to the Moon
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Jocelyn Bell covered a field with antennas and
discovered pulsars
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Albert Einstein wondered about riding a beam of
light and changed the world
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The Hubble Heritage team saw beauty and shared it
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Preparing for scientific careers

• Science (duh!)
• Math
• Computers
• Foreign languages
• Most of all stay curious