My Relationship with Science

        In most of my school life, I have never been one to be interested in science. And not only was my interest not there, but my confidence as well was weak. Botany was my most favorite science course in high school. Because of my low confidence, I took applied chemistry instead of basic chemistry because I didn't think I was good enough.
        But something happened when I arrived to college. I took a course in Biological Anthropology and I realized that science isn't that bad. For our assignment, we typically had to read peer review articles and write up reports on them. And one of our special assignments was to go to the zoo and observe the apes.The class came with a lab. The lab was so much fun! We examined bones and learned to tell the difference between gender, age, and ethnicity. After the course, I decided to stick with Anthropology until I changed my mind. I almost think I should have stuck with it even if finding a job would be impossible.
          I changed my major from Cultural Anthropology to Communications. For the two semesters, in that major I had no science. I did, however, learned how to write an article (wasn't very good at it), and how to create a magazine page.
        Once my bout with Communications ended, I decided to major in Elementary Education. I took Astronomy. And even though I enjoyed the course, my lack of physic knowledge probably hindered my abilities. I took Biology. I got an A. The most interested you'll find me about the body is holistic healing and nutrition. But from that course, I learned that if you know the basics of latin, then most likely you'll understand most medical terms. I took Geology. Despite the fact that several people study geology to work with gas. I found myself more interested in the part about taking care of the environment. My studies also included a few basic science course when we explored elementary level topics.
        Fast Foward to when I stayed at home with my kids, I found Curious George, Sid the Science Kid, Peep and the Big Wide World, and DragonFly TV. Who knew that there were so many shows dedicated to STEM. I now want to help my daughter's interest in science grow (she's into space science).
        That background leads me to today. I found on the website FutureLearn a basic science course using kitchen items. I am behind in it, but I'm excited to share my experience and experiments. I hope you'll follow along. It'd motivate me to keep up the work!

Thank you for reading the history of my science life!

-Marissa