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[–] Bilbo_Haggins@lemm.ee 49 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Kids love this shit as long as you keep it at the ELI5 level and stop when they are done and lose interest. My kid will throw around words like "microorganism" and "bioaccumulation" because I actually explain biology concepts when he asks. The other day he had a question about atmospheric composition and he was absorbed for about 5-10 minutes, complete with looking at molecular diagrams, and then he was done and went off to make his Lego people fight each other with flamethrowers.

If you have knowledge, share it with kids and let them see you enjoying science. They absorb more than you might think.

[–] Kongpiler@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Whenever I try this my kid will go "dad, please stop talking" and go back to his Legos immediately. Guess I need to work on my teaching skills.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 9 points 1 week ago

Haha I have one of these.

Them: how come most trees are green?

Me: Oh, well the leaves have s...

Them: OK goodbye

I also have another one that likes to hear all the details, and as a young kid they would ask me to explain stuff while they fell asleep.

Me: OK, sleeping time

Them: Can you tell me why we don't two suns while I lie down?

Me: oh, boy, well... [then I talk until they fall asleep]

I think they were about 3 or 4 when we did this.

[–] CuriousRefugee@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I recently taught my 11-year-old nephew "how planes fly." A bit oversimplified, of course, but words like camber and lift and circulation were tossed around along with Bernoulli's principle.

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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 week ago

I love and cherish that moment when I can trap my youngest family members with simple answers that turn into this after they ask follow-up questions

[–] iii@mander.xyz 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Feynman answering "Why is ice slippery": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36GT2zI8lVA

Why are you not disturbed by the fact that when you push down on a chair it pushes you back?

[–] ornery_chemist@mander.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

I so badly want to be as smart and articulate as Feynman when ever I grow up.

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The metamorphosis of H₂O from a crystalline solid is instigated by an endothermic enthalpic absorption, destabilizing its tetrahedrally coordinated lattice architecture. This thermodynamic perturbation amplifies molecular Brownian motion, surmounting intermolecular hydrogen bonding and effectuating a phase transition into a disordered liquid state.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And I barely passed thermo

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

I cheated my way through precalc and still failed lol

It's just Minecraft, bro. I won't teach them about logic gates again, I swear!

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Latent heat, my beloved 💕

[–] I_am_10_squirrels 1 points 1 week ago

Sensible heat is where it's at!

[–] ech@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

More interesting question - why is ice slippery?

Our best answer (so far): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20zyW0qoSTE

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

I see myself in this picture.

[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 2 points 1 week ago

It's sweating.

[–] _____@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

pepe entropy pepe entropy I got BOXES full of pepe