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Asked by pranay900 to Mario, Alexis, Dr D, Helen, Jasmine on 20 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by leoniexternest, zeeneb, sami1204.
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Mario Ruiz answered on 20 Jun 2013:
I loved when my teachers brought to the class real experiments or samples that we can touch and play with. Science could be fun sometimes, and not always about memorising boring laws and terms!
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Andrew Devitt answered on 24 Jun 2013:
Hi @pranay900
I thought I’d answered this question the other day. Very strange that I’ve got it again without an answer from me. Sorry about that – I wasn’t trying to ignore you.
I really liked science because you actually did activities. You didn’t sit at a desk all the time. And it was great because you did the activities to try and discover things. I remember trying to estimate the size of an molecule. I had no idea how you could even think about doing this but we did it. And we did it with a tray of water, a tiny drop of oil and a ruler…… and a calculator. So simple when we thought about it.
That’s the beauty of science. You can do active, fun stuff and get paid for it. And the simpler the science, the better it often is.
I liked dissecting hearts too.
Just seen now that I didn’t submit an answer to your question, I added a comment. Doh!
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Alexis Barr answered on 24 Jun 2013:
I loved doing experiments (actually I particularly remember when they went wrong). I remember a really funny one where we were using maggots to measure rates of respiration – many maggots escaped into the classroom which was not popular! I also used to love biology field trips – going out to study lakes and streams – I have very fond memories of those days.
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Jasmine Penny answered on 24 Jun 2013:
Definitely the practicals! I used to really like dissection, although we didn’t do it very often but looking at a real kidney or heart always fascinated me!
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Dr D commented on :
Hi @pranay900. Science is all about doing stuff. All the other subjects in school involved sitting around in classrooms. Science was when you were allowed to be active – from chopping up hearts to measuring the size of an atom. So much more interesting than sitting in a maths class!