Listen to the live recording of the 2016 AMRI Address and Lecture delivered by Professor Mark O'Kane, NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer.
"People need STEM in daily life to manage the incredibly rapid growth of knowledge…the emphasis we really to put is on getting teachers really confident so they inspire students - when they’re not being inspired by the Museum of course!"
Professor O'Kane chose to speak on the evolution of scientific knowledge and the skill of posing 'the right question'.
"There are things that Australians are naturally good at in science, but don’t think about it.. I asked someone ‘is it raining?’ - what do they do? They do what lots of Australians do and pull out their phone, look at the Bureau of Meteorology website, but they don’t go look at the forecast, they look at the radar. Australians do that – whether predicting the surf or whatever – Australians are natural meteorologists, they are really good at!" Mary
