Students Write Hip-Hop to Learn Science

Author: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

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00:08.13

Published: 27th March 2013

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In a New York City classroom, teachers use rap songs to teach complex science. Playlists are used as a metaphor to convey natural selection, and students compose raps songs to reinforce concepts. Ray Suarez reports on the effectiveness of this strategy and interviews hip-hop legend (and science geek) GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan.