• Question: how did you become interested in science?

    Asked by aw123 to Anne, Arthur, Rose, Ruhina, Thomas on 16 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Arthur Wilkinson

      Arthur Wilkinson answered on 16 Jun 2015:


      I became interested in science when I started working in the polymer industry and doing day-release courses at college on polymers. These strange materials
      surround us all everyday and modern life would be impossible without them.

    • Photo: Anne Canning

      Anne Canning answered on 16 Jun 2015:


      It was always my favourite subject at school and luckily I always had amazing teachers. I really enjoyed going to science fairs and learning about things other than what we did at school. Based on this I decided to keep learning about it and here I am!

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      Rose Simnett answered on 16 Jun 2015:


      My family really helped me to be interested in science. My dad is a Maths teacher, my granddad was a Physics teacher and my uncle was doing a PhD in astrophysics when I was younger. I used to really love watching documentaries on science and learning about how and why things happen. My favorite was learning about space.

    • Photo: Ruhina Miller

      Ruhina Miller answered on 16 Jun 2015:


      My (chemistry) teachers were very good – they managed to explain concepts well and made it fun to learn about… Even when faced with equations or lots of memorisation they found a way to make it interesting 🙂

    • Photo: Thomas Farrugia

      Thomas Farrugia answered on 18 Jun 2015:


      I think it was a combination of good teachers (chemistry, biology and a “concepts in science” teacher) and having the opportunity to participate in a couple of events during my first year in 6th form – first was participating in a student science forum, which meant I got to meet PhD students and researchers, and second was a “Young Scientist” competition where I designed a wind turbine. I got quite the kick out of that and also had an opportunity to go to a Science Forum in London, which also exposed me to a lot of different fields and ideas.

      If you’re wondering how to garner your own interest – I’d suggest reading, watching documentaries (Carl Sagan’s Cosmos is great stuff) and looking up the things that interest you, or even taking on your own project!

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