I dropped by the offices of scientists around my building here at Weber State University and asked them to blow bubbles and tell me about the things they notice and wonder. At the same time, I recorded video of these episodes on my phone. Here’s a quick 10-minute compilation of the things they did, noticed, and wondered.

My guess is that the things you’ve observed and wondered are really similar to these scientists.

Special thanks to (in order of appearance):

• Dr. Kristin Rabosky, Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Dr. Bridget Hilbig, Department of Botany and Plant Ecology
• Dr. Brandon Burnett, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Dr. Elizabeth Balgord, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Dr. C. David Walters, Department of Mathematics
• (all at Weber State University, College of Science)

It’s no secret that I enjoy blowing bubbles and I’ve made good use of them in classes, workshops, and informal learning settings, as I describe here. In all of these, I’ve made the case that:

1. Bubbles have way more to observe and question than you’d at first imagine. That’s true of most things. The more you look the more you realize there’s more to see, and you could spend a lifetime learning more.
2. The things that these professional scientists see with their trained scientific eyes are usually the same kinds of things that teachers and kids see and wonder.
3. These scientists look like real people because they are. They look like they are having fun, even if they aren’t always completely comfortable while I’m there asking them to try something new while I’m running the camera.