• Question: What inspired you to do science

    Asked by temeka27 to Zoe, Daniel, Jon, Louise, Sharon on 17 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by 09crumptonpop, soph832, ramo17, dino88, angel1996, nazmaf, doggirl, olirara.
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      Zoe Duck answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      I had a great science teacher at school that kept my interest and gave me plenty of encouragement. Apart from that I was interested in what I learnt and also thought it would be great to do research and be the person discovering new things.

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      Jon Copley answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      I guess I’ve always been curious about the world, and wanted to find out more about it ever since I can remember. I grew up fascinated by animals – when I was little I used to follow our cats around the garden, mapping their territories and recording their behaviour.

      I also had a great science teacher at primary school, who did amazing experiments and was so good at explaining things, in a way that kept you interested and made you want to find out more (thank you, Mr Mortimer, where ever you are – I’d like to name a new underwater mountain after you, first chance I get!).

      So I grew up wanting to be a vet, but evenutally studied “zoology” instead, because I realised I was really interested in what animals do in the wild. And then I became a “marine” scientist because I’ve always been fascinated by underwater things.

      I actually learned to swim late – I was seven or eight years old – but once I got going I was hooked, particularly by snorkelling, which I did before I could swim properly, and then by scuba diving, which I tried when I was 14 and loved it. Doing science that takes me deeper than scuba diving was a natural next step, I suppose!

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      Sharon Sneddon answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      I was always interested in how things develop, I was fascinated by worms when i was younger, and used to dig them up and keep them under my bed, much to my mums horror! i was lucky enough to have a REALLY good biology teacher at school who inspired me to want to keep going with science at A-level.

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      Louise Dash answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      Lots of things, I think really.

      I didn’t know any scientists when I was growing up and didn’t really know about what they did. I liked physics and especially chemistry at school, and thought about becoming a physicist but because I didn’t know what they did, I thought they all made nuclear bombs and destroyed the environment so I studied music instead!

      But while I was a student I met lots of scientists who were also musicians, and it was really getting to know them that inspired me to find out more about science, and then to apply for a physics degree. Then once I started I was absolutely hooked and there was no stopping me!

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