Ask Questions. Find Answers.
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Prove Your World partners with RIT, Nazareth and WXXI
Prove Your World partners with RIT, Nazareth and WXXI
Real Kids. Real Questions. Real Answers.
"Got questions about your world? What would you like to know about science, mathematics, or technology? This is the place to find some answers!"
Prove Your World is an immersive, multi-platform science-learning experience where 8 to 13-year-olds ask the questions that matter to them, and quite literally, prove their world. Using an inquiry model of investigation based on current national standards, kids work with science experts and a unique cast of puppet characters to figure out how planes fly, plants grow, and supernovas explode. The environment is entertaining, the science is accurate, and the questions come from the kids themselves. So come in. Popper won’t bite. Usually.
Prove Your World is a weekly 30-minute interactive science television show targeted at 8 to 13-year-olds, where kids ask and investigate science questions they find interesting. Each episode focuses on real questions from real kids and provides a supportive, entertaining and enriched environment where kids can, quite literally, prove their world.
The show centers on a funky science supply store called Prove Your World, featuring humans and puppets who love science. Each individual has skills and knowledge that complements the others, and everyone works as an equal within the group to investigate questions through guided inquiry.
Why this age range?
Child development research consistently demonstrates that curiosity, exploration, and even simple experimentation are integral to human behavior yet drop off as kids mature. The free exploration of the backyard becomes the constrained science class of middle school. With creativity stifled, kids lose interest and become convinced that science is only for geeks. Focusing on 8 to 13-year-olds allows us to promote continued involvement in science and inquiry.
Current kids’ science television focuses on either pre-school/early elementary or high school. Eight to thirteen-year-olds tend to gravitate toward shows targeted for older audiences that often miss the specific interests, perspectives and developmental needs of later elementary and middle schoolers.
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Bop
Interested in earth and space science, she is laser-focused on the FACTS relevant (or, sometimes, less relevant) to a given investigation. Meticulous and thorough, she has a tendency to lose sight of the forest because she so intent on a single leaf on a particular tree.
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Hopper
With expertise in the life sciences, he is a “big picture” thinker and artist. He can see the beauty of a boa constrictor but might forget that it is best viewed from a distance.
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Popper
Intent on the physical sciences, he’s always up for an experiment. He’s good at figuring out how to test questions, but often wants to “just do it and see what happens” without understanding what “it” is. If there’s a mess, bad smell, or random explosion in the shop, look for Popper.
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Emmy
Co-owner and manager of Prove Your World, has general science knowledge and “rides herd on the craziness” the others get into.
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Brian
Brian, played by Dr. Brian Koberlein (an astrophysicist at RIT), is co-owner of Prove Your World, and has a science background equivalent to Emmy’s. She’s clearly “in charge,” and he’s OK with that because it frees him up to mess around in the shop.
Bop
Interested in earth and space science, she is laser-focused on the FACTS relevant (or, sometimes, less relevant) to a given investigation. Meticulous and thorough, she has a tendency to lose sight of the forest because she so intent on a single leaf on a particular tree.
Hopper
With expertise in the life sciences, he is a “big picture” thinker and artist. He can see the beauty of a boa constrictor but might forget that it is best viewed from a distance.
Popper
Intent on the physical sciences, he’s always up for an experiment. He’s good at figuring out how to test questions, but often wants to “just do it and see what happens” without understanding what “it” is. If there’s a mess, bad smell, or random explosion in the shop, look for Popper.
Emmy
Co-owner and manager of Prove Your World, has general science knowledge and “rides herd on the craziness” the others get into.
Brian
Brian, played by Dr. Brian Koberlein (an astrophysicist at RIT), is co-owner of Prove Your World, and has a science background equivalent to Emmy’s. She’s clearly “in charge,” and he’s OK with that because it frees him up to mess around in the shop.
