Games that teach science | Chiara Menotti | TEDxMantova Play

This talk explores how games can make science more approachable, including complex topics such as chemistry and quantum physics. Chiara Menotti, a researcher at CNR-INO, explains how play can turn curiosity into knowledge and encourage people to experiment, reason and discover without fear of making mistakes. She presents the CNR national project Change the Game, which develops games to support science learning, and Quanto, a card game that introduces quantum physics to young people and others. The talk was given at an independently organized TEDx event.

• Games as a way to approach science
• The CNR Change the Game project
• Quanto, a card game about quantum physics

E se il gioco fosse una chiave per avvicinare le persone alla scienza? In questo talk, Chiara Menotti racconta come i giochi possano rendere accessibili anche argomenti complessi, come ad esempio la chimica o la fisica quantistica, trasformando la curiosità in conoscenza e incoraggiando le persone a sperimentare, ragionare e scoprire la scienza senza paura di sbagliare. Così il gioco diventa un modo per avvicinarsi alla ricerca, comprendere fenomeni complessi e guardare il mondo con occhi nuovi. What if playing were a key to bringing people closer to science? In this talk, Chiara Menotti explains how games can make even complex topics, like chemistry or quantum physics, accessible, transforming curiosity into knowledge and encouraging people to experiment, reason, and discover without the fear of making mistakes. Ricercatrice del CNR-INO (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), studia atomi ultra freddi e stati quantistici della materia. Ha sviluppato insieme ai suoi colleghi il progetto nazionale del CNR denominato Change the Game, con il quale diffonde giochi creati per facilitare l’apprendimento della scienza. Nel contesto di Change the Game ha creato anche Quanto, un gioco di carte per introdurre la fisica quantistica ai giovani e non solo. A researcher at CNR-INO (National Research Center), she studies ultra-cold atoms and quantum states of matter. Together with her colleagues, she developed the CNR national project called Change the Game, with which she disseminates games created to facilitate the learning of science. In the context of Change the Game, she also created Quanto, a card game to introduce quantum physics to young people and not only. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx