Students’ pop-song video parodies teach real science
August 17, 2016
For their oceanography class, UCLA students Chris Hunter, left, and Guilherme Apollonio rewrote the lyrics of Nicki Minaj’s “Starship” to pay homage to starfish.
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UCLA’s Aradhna Tripati, Paleoclimatologist and Associate Professor of Geology, offers a unique extra credit project to her “Intro to Oceanography” classes. The project aims to inspire students to find creative ways to teach the public about topics relating to oceanography. As a result of this extra credit assignment, students have created many hilarious and educational music videos. Parody videos include songs like: Nicki Minaj’s “Starship”, Beyoncé’s “Formation”, and Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow”.
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