ABOUT SWS
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Food (Season 1, Episode 1)
ABOUT SOPHIE SHRAND
Your Host
Sophie Shrand is a science educator, comedian, and actor with degrees in Neuroscience and Theatre from Northeastern University, Boston. In addition to creating SCIENCE WITH SOPHIE, she develops educational programming at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, teaching 24,000 students per year.
Sophie has researched humans and addiction, held brains in her palm, generated three-story lightning bolts, and worked with a racist red-tailed hawk. As a performer, she has appeared on stages and screens across Boston and Chicago, including the Second City Training Center’s Musical House Ensemble.
Sophie (and her show) are currently based in New York City,
SCIENCE WITH SOPHIE
About the host
Sophie Shrand is a science educator, comedian, and actor with degrees in Neuroscience and Theatre from Northeastern University, Boston. In addition to creating SCIENCE WITH SOPHIE, she develops educational programming at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, teaching 24,000 students per year.
Sophie has researched humans and addiction, held brains in her palm, generated three-story lightning bolts, and worked with animals like geckos and red-tailed hawks. As a performer, she has appeared on stages and screens across Boston and Chicago, including the Second City Training Center’s Musical House Ensemble.
Sophie and her show are currently based in New York City.
SCIENCE WITH SOPHIE
About the show
SCIENCE WITH SOPHIE is a science comedy series for girls and everyone. This fast-paced and quirky show invites viewers to explore science all around them and remember that they are brave, curious, funny, smart scientists every day. Hosted by science educator/actor/comedian Sophie Shrand, the cast of wacky characters (all played by Sophie) educate and entertain while showcasing how diverse STEM careers can be.
The series is Sophie’s upbeat solution to the serious problem of inequity in STEM fields and underrepresentation of women in mainstream science media. Using cutting-edge teaching pedagogy such as the Next Generation Science Standards, each episode explores science in daily life by asking questions, trying experiments with easy-to-find materials, and encouraging viewers to think deeply and creatively.
