Encouraging kids to ‘prove their world’ RIT astrophysicist
gathers unique cast of characters for science TV show A. Sue
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Twitter Prove Your World started with a parental rant. The
science TV show with an interactive website for 8- to 13-year-
olds grew from RIT professor Brian Koberlein’s frustration with
the science programming available to his young son. “A lot of
the shows are awful,” says Koberlein, senior lecturer and
computational astrophysicist in the Department of Physics. “They
are either overly distracting or the science isn’t right, or
it’s very shallow. That’s what started me thinking—there has to
be a better way to do this. I said to myself, ‘How hard can it
be to create a science show that works?’ ” Two years, a
committed team and an educational nonprofit organization later,
Koberlein knows the answer: “It’s insanely complicated. We’re
doing all the hard stuff first. Most shows already have a
production company and bring in consultants. W