For decades, we have been led to believe science and maths do not mix well with art and music.
Otago Museum Discovery World co-ordinator Amadeo Enriquez Ballestero is attempting to change that perception, by offering to do some of his entertaining science shows at primary schools, in exchange for them putting on a musical concert or art exhibition.
''We [society] have made it so students have to choose whether they are doing science or art. But it shouldn't be that way really, because a lot of great scientists have been amazing artists, and the other way around.
''You need to be creative in science as well, and so this is trying to break through that wall that we've made for many years now.
''Even universities are starting to think about the way that students can do art in a science degree.''
Yesterday, pupils in the St Clair School Marimba Ensemble played several pieces, and between each item Mr Enriquez Ballestero presented some science experiments which demonstrated different ways of creating sound, and what sound waves look like.
Rather than having pupils sitting there just watching and listening to the musicians performing, his science experiments encouraged them to start thinking scientifically about how the sounds were being made, he said.
Otago Museum is inviting other schools to do something similar in exchange for Mr Enriquez Ballestero's science shows.
''It's like a trade.
''It's a trial that I'm trying to keep encouraging.''
