Best quotes by Mae Jemison on Science

Checkout quotes by Mae Jemison on Science

  • We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That's just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live up, or down, to expectations.
    - Mae Jemison
  • The difference between science and the arts is not that they are different sides of the same coin even, or even different parts of the same continuum, but rather, they are manifestations of the same thing. The arts and sciences are avatars of human creativity.
    - Mae Jemison
  • Science provides an understanding of a universal experience. Arts provide a universal understanding of a personal experience.
    - Mae Jemison
  • I think science fiction helps us think about possibilities, to speculate - it helps us look at our society from a different perspective. It lets us look at our mores, using science as the backdrop, as the game changer.
    - Mae Jemison
  • A big part of engaging kids in science is not getting the single, correct answer; it's being willing to work with students to discover the correct answer.
    - Mae Jemison
  • Kids come out of the chute liking science. They ask, 'How come? Why? What's this?' They pick up stuff to examine it. We might not call that science, but it's discovering the world around us.
    - Mae Jemison
  • I was a science fiction geek. That lets you know that they come in all sizes and styles, right?
    - Mae Jemison
  • In fourth grade, I was interested in all areas of science. I particularly loved learning about how the earth was created.
    - Mae Jemison
  • The best way to get students involved in science and want to follow either science careers or incorporate it in their lives or to achieve science literacy is to expose them to the various jobs in STEM. It's broad from biologists to electricians to nanotechnologists to building fusion engines. It's a wide range of things.
    - Mae Jemison
  • Sometimes parents squash students' interests because they are afraid of science or math. So they don't participate. You don't have to know the answers to engage kids; you just have to let them know it's important.
    - Mae Jemison
  • Everyone in the astronaut program has a degree in a science field. The crew are the ones who do the experiments, help to design some of the experiments that come from other primary researchers. So it becomes very important that you have a science background.
    - Mae Jemison