The school curriculum is often geared towards teaching the next generation of scientists, but in many ways, children already are natural scientists. Their curiosity pushes them to constantly question the world, and their creativity drives them to novel conclusions. However, too many children believe that science is not for them, especially youngsters coming from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Lil Scientist project is trying to solve this, engaging children with scientists, and opening up the possibility that they too can research any subject that sparks their curiosity, and create new knowledge in the world.

On the 9th of November 2022, 149 groups of last year's primary school children from 31 schools around the Netherlands had the opportunity to become social scientists for a day, researching their own social environment in a Citizen Science project called ‘Wij vinden!” (We find!)