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Asked by blackveilbrides22 to Amelia, Clem, Izzy, Sarah on 7 Mar 2014.
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Isabel Webb answered on 7 Mar 2014:
When I was at school, science was always my favourite lesson. I liked actually being able to do something practical that I had to think about, rather than just sitting and listening to the teacher and then answering questions. Cutting up a heart or making something change colour was far more fun than answering a worksheet. And I love problem solving, which is what I get to do lots of the time now!
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Clemence Bonnot answered on 7 Mar 2014:
I chose to be a scientist a very long time ago, when I was 8 years old.
I saw a documentary that explained evolution : how from a single cell, more and more complex organisms arose through evolution and reproduction. And they have been adapting to different kind of life style, always creating new and very different species.
IT JUST AMAZED ME! I then wanted to understand how.
What is making organisms different when they are all made of cells and genes, and how this happens?
I like to understand things around me, I dislike to use something without knowing how it is working and why I need it. I also love puzzles and making theories about stuff so my choice was easy! I was going to be a scientist and help to understand evolution of living things!
Now I am there and I want to share these discoveries that we make every day! -
Amelia Frizell-Armitage answered on 7 Mar 2014:
To be honest I sort of became a scientist by accident! When I was doing my GCSEs I thought I wanted to become a doctor, so I took chemistry and biology for A-level (you have to do these subjects to be a doctor).
However, when I was doing my A-levels I had the most amazing biology teacher! He made everything so exciting and made me realise I didn’t just want to study human biology but all aspects right from how a cell works up to animals and plants.For this reason I did biology at university and loved it so much that when I got to the end of the course I wanted to carry on! It seemed the only job where I got to carry on learning and doing science was to become a research scientist!!
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anon answered on 7 Mar 2014:
Something, a teacher, a documentary, a scientist who answers your questions on the internet, an animal, plant or a field-trip might inspire you.
If you are curious person (like all scientists) you may chose to find out more about something which interests you in any way you can. If this sounds like you, you’re pretty much there!
Science is hard work, but if the idea of discovering something for yourself excites you, it is so worth it.
For me, science was my best subject at school, i enjoyed the lessons and the practicals, which, looking back, were very basic experiments. I wanted to go to university and get really stuck in.
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Sarah Harvey answered on 9 Mar 2014:
I knew I wanted to go to uni (to get a degree and the social aspect) and the question was what subject as I liked both Biology and Geography at school. After looking round open days I decided the Biology courses looked really interested and so that’s what I applied for – then decided I’d like to put my degree to use and stay in science!
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blackveilbrides22 commented on :
what do you have to do or what level do you have in secondary school to become a scintist
Izzy commented on :
If you want to be a scientist you need to have done at least one science at A level – preferably two. You only need a double GCSE in Science in order to do this, and everyone at secondary school has to do this anyway. You can do all three sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) as separate GCSEs if your school lets you. I personally did all three sciences at A level, plus maths (I really like science…) – I would say that having maths is a great help but not essential for being a scientist. Make sure you choose other subjects that you enjoy as well though! When I did my GCSEs I had to do Science (like everyone does) but I also did Art and Music, which were a nice distraction from all the thinking!
To become a scientist you would then go to University and study your favourite science (or many Universities do courses that cover several sciences, like mine did).
Amelia commented on :
Just to add to what Izzy said, I did double GCSE science and I really loved biology and chemistry, so these were the 2 sciences I chose to do at A -level. I didn’t like maths or physics as much so did music instead!
I would say at GCSE you need to try and aim to get at least a B in science and maths if this is what you want to do at univeristy.
I found that when I went to university to do Biology, it was really helpful to have done well in maths at GCSE, but it didn’t matter that I had not done an A-level in it as anything I needed to know was explained to me on the course. However if you want to become a physisist or a chemist, doing maths A-level is quite a bit more important and I would really recommend it!