Mama Gone Geek: Calling on My Inner Science Nerd to Help Navigate the Ups and Downs of Parenthood

How do you connect the artsy, science-nerd mom with the art and science of parenting? Mama Gone Geek reads like a field trip through pregnancy and parenting, sprinkled with the sparkle of science, wrapped in a hilarious and awe-inspiring memoir. With great enthusiasm, Lynn shows how she shares her inner geek—the part of her that is gleefully curious and wide-eyed with wonderment—with her children. If science is the stardust that makes common things glow, why not pass that magic along to the kids? When she brought her passion for science into her parenting, it began to make all the difference in the world. Her heart lifts when her boys are elbow-deep in mud searching for crystals and when she catches them debating whether a chicken is related to a dinosaur. Science isn’t just for geeks. Science is the future. If you’re a parent or planning to become one, it’s your future.

Speaker Details

Lynn Brunelle is a four-time Emmy Award-winning writer for the television series Bill Nye the Science Guy. A former classroom science, English, and art teacher for kids K-12, as well as an editor, illustrator, and award-winning, best-selling author of over forty titles. She has created, developed, and written projects for PBS, NPR, A&E, the Discovery Channel, National Geographic, Disney, and ABC. Her education projects range from Cranium board games to the popular Brainquest series to Pop Bottle Science and Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe, a PBS series that won the American Broadcasting Award in 2008. A regular contributor to NPR’s Science Friday, Lynn is the creator of Tabletop Science—videos that make science fun and accessible.

Date:
Speakers:
Lynn Brunelle
Affiliation:
Self
    • Portrait of Jeff Running

      Jeff Running