{"id":432,"date":"2021-11-03T15:20:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T21:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstdrafts.net\/physicalscience\/?p=432"},"modified":"2021-11-03T15:33:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T21:33:50","slug":"scientists-blowing-bubbles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstdrafts.net\/physicalscience\/scientists-blowing-bubbles\/","title":{"rendered":"noticings and wonderings of scientists blowing bubbles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">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\u2019s a quick 10-minute compilation of the things they did, noticed, and wondered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h9t6Ue6v1B8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My guess is that the things you\u2019ve observed and wondered are really similar to these scientists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special thanks to (in order of appearance):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weber.edu\/physics\/Dr_Kristin_Rabosky.html\">Dr. Kristin Rabosky<\/a>, Department of Physics and Astronomy <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weber.edu\/botany\/Dr_Bridget_E_Hilbig.html\">Dr. Bridget Hilbig<\/a>, Department of Botany and Plant Ecology <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/weber.edu\/chemistry\/our_faculty.html\">Dr. Brandon Burnett<\/a>, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weber.edu\/ees\/Dr_Elizabeth_Balgord.html\">Dr. Elizabeth Balgord<\/a>, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weber.edu\/mathematics\/Faculty.html\">Dr. C. David Walters<\/a>, Department of Mathematics <\/li><li>(all at Weber State University, College of Science)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that I enjoy blowing bubbles and I\u2019ve made good use of them in classes, workshops, and informal learning settings, as <a href=\"https:\/\/firstdrafts.net\/physicalscience\/bubbles\/\" title=\"bubble observation activity\">I describe here<\/a>. In all of these, I\u2019ve made the case that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bubbles have way more to observe and question than you\u2019d at first imagine. That\u2019s true of most things. The more you look the more you realize there\u2019s more to see, and you could spend a lifetime learning more.<\/li><li>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. <\/li><li>These scientists look like real people because they are. They look like they are having fun, even if they aren\u2019t always completely comfortable while I\u2019m there asking them to try something new while I\u2019m running the camera.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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