Oxy and Socrates are the friendly heroes of the new science series for kids that aims to answer kids' concerns like: Why do we get sick? What are vaccines? Or what is stress?
“For me, it was incredible to be involved because this program teaches science and combines it with fun, so I hope that kids see it and science continues to grow in them.”
With these words, 8-year-old Magdalena Alegria shows what is the seal of the new science show “I want to know”, in which she participated by asking some questions that the protagonists, Oxy and Socrates, will answer in 12 chapters of 7 minutes each and will soon be broadcast on NTV screens.
The production is a project of the Science and Life Foundation of the University of San Sebastián, funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation through the Public Science 2022 Program..
The launch took place in the center of the Mirador Interactive Museum, with a seminar featuring Pablo Rosenblatt, audiovisual director and founder of the Eureka program of the Fundación Ciencia & Vida; Pablo Brunioli, head of the Science and Society Department of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation; Mariana Hidalgo, Program Director of NTV, and Caro Moina, co-director of the series “Quiero Saber.”
Everyone agreed that the essence of the programme is to approach scientific knowledge in an educational and accurate way, integrating different fields and specialisations, but without leaving entertainment and imagination aside, which is essential for developing curiosity in girls and boys.
“We stimulate what we call the communication of scientific, technological, humanistic and artistic knowledge through experiences, products and devices that allow us to bring science to different audiences every day,” commented Pablo Brunioli, head of the Science and Society Division of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation. “The special line that concerns children and adolescents, such as the series that we will see today, has been greatly strengthened, because it is part of the interest of the Ministry and the policies that we make understand minors as subjects of law, participants in society and potential scientists. As our Minister says, boys and girls are naturalists, because they ask questions, they are curious, and that is the origin of science.”
“It is a seed that you plant in children. Creating awareness and interest in science and technology and the value of science in society. Sometimes it stands out, but it fades into the background, and no country develops without science and technology, so participating in this project is planting a future for new generations,” commented one of the scientific editors of the program, Álvaro Ladser, an academic at the Faculty of Medicine and Science of the University of San Sebastián and a researcher at the Ciencia & Vida Foundation.
You can access the different chapters of the “I Want to Know” series via YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/@NTV_Chile In August it will be available on the NTV channel's TV signal.
