The Science Heroes Association, which enables children and young people to meet science at an early age, and the biopharma company Pfizer Turkey, which works with the understanding that science will win for groundbreaking innovations that change the lives of patients, signed the Science Will Win with Young Project.
Young people will come together with scientists online through the project, which was implemented with the aim of instilling a love of science among young people in a period of intense curiosity and asking questions, nurturing their curiosity by developing one-to-one dialogues with scientists, encouraging them to ask questions, and inspiring them with their environment to become the scientists of the future.
It is aimed to meet 600 high school students and 40 teachers aged 14-18 with 40 scientists in the meetings to be held within the scope of the project, at the first stage, from 10 provinces across Turkey. In addition, 20 civil society volunteers will contribute to the project.
The “Science Will Win with Young Project” has been launched in cooperation with the Science Heroes Association and Pfizer Turkey, in order to build a sustainable bridge that will bring scientists and young people together, to foster the curiosity of young people by developing one-to-one dialogues with scientists, and to inspire them together with their environment to become the scientists of the future. The project, which consists of online science activities that will bring together high school students and scientists between the ages of 14-18, consists of a series of activities in the online environment. You can follow the social media accounts of Pfizer Turkey, as well as the Science Heroes Association, to be informed about the announcements of the project.
The first target is to reach 600 high school students.
In meetings that will take place with high school students and scientists; It is aimed
- to introduce the work of scientists to high school students, to give them the opportunity to experience scientific design processes,
- to enable the participants to gain knowledge about the working fields of scientists, then to create hypotheses by encountering scientific questions, to organize experiments with household materials for the stages of testing the hypothesis, and to acquire the skills and experience of asking their own questions about the subject,
- to generate an interactive activity environment where scientists will convey their work in accordance with the university and pre-university age groups.
In the meetings to be held within the scope of the project, it is aimed to bring together 600 high school students and 40 teachers between the ages of 14-18 with 40 scientists at the first stage. In addition, 20 volunteers will contribute to the process.
Prof. Dr. Sıddıka Semahat Demir, Chairwoman of the Science Heroes Association, shared her views on the Science Will Win with Young Project: “As the Science Heroes Association, we are happy to start a new project that will bring young people together with science in this special year when we celebrate our 10th anniversary. As a scientist, I would like to emphasize the role of science in solving social problems. Science, with its different branches, contributes to the efforts of people, life and the planet to be better. In this sense, as the Science Heroes Association, we believe that it is very valuable to inspire young people who have the power to shape the future to meet with science and to make efforts to make the world better than it is. We think that the Science Will Win with Young project, which was implemented with the aim of bringing young people together with scientists, will ensure that this inspiration spreads among generations. As a matter of fact, the interest in science and research will form the basis of the bridge established between generations. I hope that the project, which we started with great enthusiasm together with our very valuable stakeholder Pfizer, will be the driving force that will spread the interest in science to all segments of the society.”
Science will win with the young
Regarding the project, M. Cem Açık, Country Manager, Pfizer Turkey said: “Ideas have the power to change lives. When they are truly special, they can save lives. In the fight against COVID-19, the development of vaccines and treatments has been the hope of all of us and the primary target of joint work carried out all over the world. For this reason, we have seen much better in this period the importance of protecting our scientists and the valuable ideas they have developed. As Pfizer Turkey, we work for groundbreaking innovations that change patients’ lives by saying that science will win. We know that because of science, human life cannot win without young people who represent our future. For this reason, we are happy to have implemented the Science Will Win with Young project. We hope that the project will grow by touching more young people and scientists every year and inspire our future.”
