• Question: How important do you think it is that scientists (like your self) get children interested in science?

    Asked by to Jemma, Emily, Ben on 26 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Ben Butler answered on 26 Jun 2014:


      Hi kiwi999,

      Thanks for your question. I think it’s really important to show children what scientists do because hopefully it will inspire some of you to follow a similar career path to us. There are so many things that are left to discover and the more scientists there are, the quicker we will find them out!

      It’s very easy to sit in science lessons and think ‘why the hell would I ever need to know this????’. Being a scientist makes you realise that nearly everything you learn at school is actually really useful!

      Have you found that ‘I’m a scientist’ has made you more interested in science?

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      Jemma Rowlandson answered on 26 Jun 2014:


      Hello!

      Very important. To me it is one of the most important things a scientist can do. For a start science teaches kids about the world around them, everything from how the Earth was made, to what happens if you drop a pack of mento’s in a bottle of diet coke!

      Science is more important now than ever before. Almost everything we eat, use or do has at some point had a scientist involved. They turn up in the unlikeliest of places!

      The world also has lots of problems. It’s important to know what they are so we can be prepared. Equally getting kids interested in science means you guys could decide to become scientists and help us solve these problems. It’s not going to be one person but millions of scientists working together. So we need as many kids as possible interested in science, to help us save the world.

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      Emily Hayward answered on 26 Jun 2014:


      Great question qiwi999,

      To me is important as I think so many people think scientists are a bit crazy with long curly grey hair or are a bit dull (as some but not all science teachers are a bit dull….I imagine your science teacher is pretty good if they’re telling you about I’m a scientist! ) but actually we are really normal people who just enjoy science. Although I’m a scientist I also love sport and do some sort of sport at least 4 times a week, I have lots of friends and we do things like go out for dinner or to the cinema, I love music and play the drums and piano and I love food. ….. so I think scientists can be pretty normal people and is good for you to see is Ok to be a normal person and a scientist!

      I also think there are shop many problems we need to solve and currently as scientists there aren’t enough of us and we’re not clever enough to solve all of the world problems we need to sort out so hopefully soon you or some of your friends will want to take on the challenge of helping us solve these problems.

      Do you like science? Is it helpful to you to chat to scientists?

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