• Question: would you ever consider teaching what you have learnt in a school?

    Asked by cerys to Adam, Catherine, Karen, Leila, Nazim on 15 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Adam Stevens

      Adam Stevens answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      I’d love to. I think the things i do could be quite inspiring for young kids and hopefully I could use my experience to show them science isn’t boring!

      I’ve actually done some teaching in schools and I really enjoyed it.

    • Photo: Karen Masters

      Karen Masters answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      I do do school visits – I aim for about 2-3 a year. And I have considered teaching, but right now I’m enoying working in research and I feel I can reach more people than just in one school by doing things like this and other activities trying to communicate my work to people. 🙂

    • Photo: Leila Battison

      Leila Battison answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      I do! I never imagined being a teacher when I was in school, but I teach biology and geography and geology to school kids from 14 upwards. I quite enjoy it now that I understand it – it’s nice to feel like you’ve helped or inspired kids with things they’ve had difficulty with in the past.

    • Photo: Catherine Rix

      Catherine Rix answered on 15 Mar 2012:

      I do lots of work with schools. I’ve worked with 8 year old up to 18 year olds. I really enjoy talking to them about my work and get asked some brilliant questions.

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