Spring 2025 Issue,
Matt Green
BY TIFFANI TEACHEY
August 28, 2025
In our Spring 2025 issue, TikTok star Matt Green, known to millions as "The Rapping Science Teacher," opens up about the moment a car driving by blasting music turned into a teaching method, why representation shaped his own path into science, and what it's like reaching more students through rap than he ever could from the front of a classroom.
"I realized I knew all the lyrics without even trying," Matt tells STEM Crew, on the spark behind his first science rap. "That got me thinking, if I could remember song lyrics so easily, what if those lyrics were about science? That was the spark."
He's candid about why it works: "We remember patterns and rhythms, even if we don't fully understand the science behind why. If you try to memorize a random list of words, it's tough. But if there's a melody or rhythm, it sticks."
And on representation: "Growing up as a mixed-race kid, I rarely saw mixed-race or Black scientists on TV. The more you see yourself reflected in a field, the more you believe it's possible."
Matt is the kind of teacher who makes you want to turn up the volume on learning, and this conversation captures exactly why.
Browse our new Spring issue below to read more from Matt on scaling from 200 classroom students to over 300 million views across platforms, building JGM Tutors from a one-man operation into a team of 100 tutors reaching students across the UK, New Zealand, and Dubai, and his advice for new educators: "Always look for where there's a need or a gap you can fill."
Plus, PhD researcher Darren McDonald breaks down the rise of drug resistance in livestock parasites in Worming Our Way Into Trouble, Dr. Dieuwertje Kast takes us inside a hands-on oceanography workshop with iron research at Norwood Elementary, and we spotlight Aisha Bowe, former NASA rocket scientist and Blue Origin astronaut, on creating the LINGO STEM kit.
Also inside, 14 STEM Trailblazers, 5 ten-minute science experiments for kids, fun and easy STEM projects to do at home, and a look inside the Neuroscience of Fitness Workshop for engaging young minds.
Start reading our Spring 2025 issue with Matt Green below!
ALSO INSIDE — Worming Our Way Into Trouble: The Rise of Drug Resistance in Livestock, Making Waves with Iron-Clad Science at Norwood Elementary, Engaging Young Minds: The Neuroscience of Fitness Workshop, Aisha Bowe and the LINGO STEM Kit, and 14 STEM Trailblazers.
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