It doesn't necessarily mean they want to have professional careers in the technologies, but they're curious. They gather data when they pick up a worm and ask us what it is. To take the best advantage of technologies and our understanding of the physical sciences, everyone needs to be scientifically literate. I work as a science literacy spokesperson for Bayer Corporation and one of the reasons I enjoy that so much is because I've been able to encourage hands-on curriculum. There's a program in schools in Pittsburgh which looks at bringing this curriculum into schools from kindergarten through seventh grade.
Kids come into school saying they love science, that it's their favorite subject.
By the time they get to third grade, it goes down a little bit. By the seventh and eighth grade, it's going down more. But more students consider science their favorite subject or one of their favorite subjects than any other. To me, that's very exciting. Figures recently released showed that the number of minorities majoring in science and engineering in college is declining significantly.