Frankenweenie

1. , science was a tool of peace, humanitarianism and social justice; for others that same science is a means of monopolizing crops and profiteering, thus corrupting that science and reinforcing the fear and suspicion that leads to persecution of scientists as a whole.

2. “Ladies and gentlemen. I think the confusion here is that you are all very ignorant. Is that right word, ignorant? I mean stupid. Primitive. Unenlightened. You do not understand science, so you are afraid of it. Like a dog is afraid of thunder or balloons. To you, science is magic and witchcraft because you have such small minds. I cannot make your heads bigger, but your children’s heads, I can take them and crack them open. This is what I try to do, to get at their BRAINS!”

3. The importance of science education

4. The need of moral and ethical education

5. We need to take care the way we use and applied the science in our daily life.

6. On one level, we see how the deep, personal love that Victor feels for Sparky is the key variable that determines the success of his experiment. His classmates, on the other hand, have no such love and are primarily motivated by greed and competitiveness. Their experiments, therefore, yield destructive results.

7. The key variable in science education

8. Bringing the love back to the science

8.1. Frankenweenie, as a work of art that makes its viewers think, feel and ask questions about science, is itself proof of the power of the arts to contextualize science in a way such that people will be less prone to abuse its power. The message is clear. If science is to truly save our endangered world, the arts and humanities must be a critical component of its education.