• Question: How old were you when you started enjoying science and taking part in experiments and science based activities?

    Asked by jobibear to Adam, Joanna, Louise S, Louise W, Marcus on 12 Nov 2012. This question was also asked by raggy, cupcakes5000, samwhite, incredablehulk, matthewalvarez, popinain1.
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      Louise Walkin answered on 12 Nov 2012:

      When I was little I always wanted to know how things worked, I think I used the word “why” a lot! I remember really enjoying science when I started high school. I think I liked how we had a different teacher for each subject and I remember how excited I was when I got to use a bunsen burner! I liked science more and more as I went through school and although I enjoyed and was good at most subjects, science – biology in particular was my favourite! I also liked chemistry and physics but I always found them a bit harder. I think high school was the time when I started to really pick out the subjects I wanted to stick to, and having a good teacher always helps. We have some really good sceince museums near to where I live and I always enjoyed visiting those more than the art galleries that our school used to bring us to. I haven’t always known what I wanted to do for a job, but I think it helps when you have a favourite subject! 🙂

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      Louise Stanley answered on 12 Nov 2012:

      I was also a why person too! I like to know answers and therefore ask lots of questions, I did this as a toddler and drove my parents mad! I think to enjoy science you have to want to find out the answer to a question or problem and then getting to the answer is really satisfying.

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      Joanna Giles answered on 12 Nov 2012:

      I remember doing my very first little science project. I think I was in year 7 and during the summer holidays I asked my chemistry teacher if I could take home some litmus paper. I did a project testing all the ponds and rivers and puddles I could find to investigate whether we were experiencing “Acid Rain”. I really enjoyed researching how acid rain worked and getting my hands dirty doing experiments. It’s never too early to start doing experiments, and when there is a prize involved … well! That’s just extra motivation 🙂

      Try this one if you are keen to get started: http://www.thebigbangfair.co.uk/nsec/viewitem.cfm?cit_id=385271

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      Adam Paige answered on 14 Nov 2012:

      I started science lessons at 10 and enjoyed them straight away. I was heavily into science by the time I was 12. I remember at that age reading the equation E=MC2 in a superhero comic and then searching through encyclopaedias (yes, before internet!) trying to find out what it meant. A friend of mine’s dad finally explained it to me.

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    jobibear commented on :

    Thank you, this website looks really useful.
    I remember a couple of years ago, I went to a big bang fair in London. I REALLY enjoyed it and couldn’t wait until the next one. Unfortunatley I missed it, but I hope I can go to the next one.