We Believe in Dinosaurs: Exploring America’s Relationship with Science

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Clayton Brown and Monica Long Ross

To conclude our segment on video in science education, we are joined this week by filmmakers Clayton Brown and Monica Long from 137 Films. This Chicago-based documentary production company promotes science through storytelling by exploring how its search for answers impacts our cultural, political, and personal lives. Directed by Clayton and Monica, We Believe in Dinosaurs  follows the building of the Ark Encounter in Northern Kentucky to opening day.  By focusing on the human aspect of the story, the documentary allows the viewer to understand the challenge that mainstream scientists and teachers face as they try to educate America on the bedrock of the biological sciences: evolution. Clayton and Monica join us to talk about We Believe in Dinosaurs, what they learned about America’s relationship with science while making it, and how the documentary can help science educators better understand the students coming into their classrooms.

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