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Physics can tell us a lot about how the universe works, and more specifically how our own bodies and senses perceive the world around us. So, might physics be used to build empathy? In this Weekend Teen Research Program at UC Berkeley, teen scientists explore the human senses, and through hands-on investigations, discover how their own eyes and ears work––and how someone else’s might be different.
Participants will apply their learnings to gain insight into how other peoples’ reality can be very genuinely different from the reality that each of us experiences as individuals. Through this broadened understanding of people’s varied realities, students start to build a more scientific model of what it truly means to recognize someone else’s feelings and perspectives. Using what they’ve learned, program participants work with a team to design, build, test, and iterate an interactive museum exhibit to help the public explore these ideas as well.