When I was a child my parents would always take me to the Science Museum near my home once a week. Going to the science museum and always seeing the different exhibits such as the planetarium and the environmental park peaked my interest in science as a kid. I also remember early in elementary school making a whirlpool by taking two 2 liter bottles and filling one of them with food colored water and then taping them together to show the whirlpool. That childish fascination has not left me but deepened over the years. This interest has led me to my love of science. My interest in Biology started when I was a sophomore in high school and I had to take a biology class. Taking Biology in high school helped me develop a greater appreciation for
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Then my sophomore year in college I took an introduction to research class. In my introduction to research class I got to create my research project with a partner. We decided to conduct research on which brand of bar soap would get rid of the most bacteria on your face. We choose this because washing our faces provides our skin with hydration. Washing your face with bar soap is very common, there were a lot of brands to choose from. My partner and I surveyed women on campus to see which brand of soap they used. We use the four most popular soaps from our survey, they were: Dove, Caress, Dial, and Olay. We randomly chose 12 participants to see what soap got the most bacteria of their face. A sterile cotton swab was dipped in solution and was rubbed against the face before the wash. The participant washed their face with one of the chosen soap brands, and then another cotton swab was rubbed on their face after the wash. This experiment was conducted over the course of three days with 3 different participants to each soap brand. The study showed that the use of Dove brand bar soap decreased the most amounts of bacteria that were present on the face. I learned a lot from taking the introduction to research class like writing a scientific manuscript, and all the things that go into conducting research. I really enjoyed this research class, and it made feel that I strongly wanted to conduct more
Then my sophomore year in college I took an introduction to research class. In my introduction to research class I got to create my research project with a partner. We decided to conduct research on which brand of bar soap would get rid of the most bacteria on your face. We choose this because washing our faces provides our skin with hydration. Washing your face with bar soap is very common, there were a lot of brands to choose from. My partner and I surveyed women on campus to see which brand of soap they used. We use the four most popular soaps from our survey, they were: Dove, Caress, Dial, and Olay. We randomly chose 12 participants to see what soap got the most bacteria of their face. A sterile cotton swab was dipped in solution and was rubbed against the face before the wash. The participant washed their face with one of the chosen soap brands, and then another cotton swab was rubbed on their face after the wash. This experiment was conducted over the course of three days with 3 different participants to each soap brand. The study showed that the use of Dove brand bar soap decreased the most amounts of bacteria that were present on the face. I learned a lot from taking the introduction to research class like writing a scientific manuscript, and all the things that go into conducting research. I really enjoyed this research class, and it made feel that I strongly wanted to conduct more