More science demonstrations please | Ruben Meerman | TEDxQUT

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Ruben Meerman has spent much of his career sharing the magic and wonder of science with school students around Australia. In this talk he illustrates why having more science demonstrations in class is the best way to learn.

Ruben is a surfer with a physics degree and a passion for bringing science education to life. He is a reporter on ABC television’s Catalyst program, a regular guest on ABC3’s Studio 3 and was Play School’s first ever resident. He presented demonstrations on ABC Kids’ Roller Coaster program for five years and appeared on Sleek Geeks I & II with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki and Adam Spencer. He has written four children’s science books and publishes simple DIY experiments and demonstrations for kids, parents and teachers at ABC Science Online.

Ruben graduated from QUT in 1993 and worked in an optics laboratory manufacturing thin film coatings for lasers. He joined the Shell Questacon Science Circus for a year and started performing live science demonstrations in 1995. He hasn’t stopped since then and has now visited more than twelve hundred primary and high schools around Australia.
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