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Comments on Using Bad Movies To Teach Good Science
Science News has a good article on how bad science movies are being used by good science educators. (Read
the complete story)
| "Consider Forbidden Planet." (Nolan 10/22/2004 5:46:46 PM) |
| "How about the movie Armagedon?
I laughed my @$$ off! But sadly most people probably thought it was very realistic" ( 10/24/2004 11:23:22 AM) |
| "The Core! Most people I saw the movie didn't get the unobtanium joke. And I have serious doubts as to a scientific "genius" who says "Nucular"." (Benjamin Magno 10/28/2004 6:26:25 PM) |
| "Armagedon? Oh, my gosh! I busted my gut laughing! But
EVERYONE around me was upset with me because I wasn't taking the movie SERIOUSLY!" (Sergeant Midnight 10/29/2004 10:40:39 PM) |
| "I just caught "Primer" this past weekend. Not completely unreasonable science." (Axel Bellemonte 11/3/2004 12:04:37 PM) |
| "I must say though, that my biggest complaint with science fiction is sound in outer space." (Axel Bellemonte 11/3/2004 12:04:37 PM) |
| "Both Armageddon and Deep Impact were shown in my Astronomy class. Afterwards the class discussed points of Good and Bad Science in the films. They don't get it all wrong, but it's certainly not all right either." (Jenn 11/12/2004 9:43:47 PM) |
| "the whole movie wing commander" (chris 11/3/2005 7:45:09 PM) |
| ""outbreak" with Dustin Hoofman, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, and Renee Russo is great for 8th graders or high schoolers. It shows how diseases are spread within a community and represents the importance of communication when determining the source of a particular virus." (Meghan Conley 3/27/2006 10:33:47 AM) |
| "how about outbreak?" ( 4/15/2006 1:54:18 PM) |
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