• Question: When did you started to like science?

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      Asked by Sergio Ehlis to Anais, katy, Lauren, Richard, Stuart on 10 Mar 2016.
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        Stuart Atkinson answered on 10 Mar 2016:

        At primary school aged about 9 was when I first began to be interested in doing measurements and understanding how things worked. I think the teacher you have can have a high impact though. If they can make it interesting then I think you’re more likely to get interested too. That’s why it’s so important that events like I’m a Scientist Exist!

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        Lauren Laing answered on 10 Mar 2016:

        I always liked science as a child. However, when I was 18, I spent my gap year living on the coastal edges of the forests of Northern Madagascar. I was surrounded by enthusiastic scientists working on a number of land and marine species, from snakes and chameleons, lemurs and African bird species, to sea urchins and turtles. The community of scientists were extremely enthusiastic about finding answers to new scientific questions, this really inspired me to become a scientist myself.

        I chose specifically to study fish because fish are fascinating and an important part of the food chain! Interestingly, species such as the zebrafish share 85% of their genes with humans, so you can also learn about humans while studying fish!!

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        Anais Kahve answered on 11 Mar 2016:

        I think I started to like science when I was in primary school. I always asked ‘why’ and ‘how’ things happened but never really got a clear answer from my teachers of parents. I didn’t like that they couldn’t answer my questions properly so I was really eager to learn more (and to tell my parents the answers to questions) at secondary school.

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