Scientists reach out to children

Scientists reach out to children

BOGOR: A professor of the school of forestry at the Bogor
Institute of Agriculture (IPB) shared his secret for staying fit
and young to a child.

"I eat a termite queen once a week," said Dodi Nandika.

The professor is one of the institute's scientists who is
taking part in a television program called Ta-Ti-Tu (Knowledge,
Creativity and Adventure) which is aimed at introducing sciences
to children.

"In one of the programs, we introduce the children to the life
cycle of termites and how they can be useful to humans," IPB
spokesman Agus Lelana told Antara on Sunday, on the sidelines of
taping at the institute's campus in Dermaga subdistrict.

The production manager of Auvikomunikasi Media Prima (Avikom)
-- the producer of the program, Iwan Perwira, said they started
filming for the Termite episode on Jan. 19.

"The next episode to be filmed at IPB campus is Plants Need
the Sun," he said. -- Antara