Why I Chose Science

Growing up I never showed much interest in science it was never something I cared for. It may have to do with my teaches not showing enough interest in it either. When I do start teaching I plan on making science fun and making sure everyone has a task so they are fully engaged. Children get bored really easily especially in school, so in order to keep them interested I want to include as many fun activities as I can. I do not want to be that teacher that just reads off the textbook and only shows videos that drift the children away. I also plan on using different learning styles because I understand not everyone learns the same. I believe we have to draw the students attention in all subjects because their past experience may have corrupted …show more content…
My sixth grade science teacher was too nice, which led to everyone taking advantage of him. I do not remember learning any type of science in his class. We spent most of the class time just talking with our friends or just sharing answers. I only remember doing one experiment and that was putting drops of vinegar into baking soda and reporting the data. We had done that experiment several times because he was so lost on which of his classes had done it. We later tried to build a bridge from toothpicks but no one succeed in making a complete bride. By then we all realized the teacher did not care if we did the work or not, so everyone had given up. That class taught me to always be prepared as a teacher and you have to step your foot down if you want to be heard. In seventh grade, we had small experiments like weighing different objects to see if they weighed the same intact and together. We were mostly learning about atoms and had a project where we had to create our own atom. I believe I had Hydrogen, so I created it out of a big foam ball and colored cotton balls. I later learned my school did not care much for science since they were laying off my teacher. I remember visiting a science museum in Ohio; I was more interested in everything that was not science related. In the eighth grade, I strongly disliked science, my teacher expected up to know everything she knew and the class consisted of was worksheets and …show more content…
We never did any activities or projects, it was always the same weekly vocab quizzes and jam packed powerpoint presentation no one listened to. This teacher only appealed to the students who learned that way. When the second semester came around I got a more energetic teacher who made me love science. She always switched up her lectures and had hand-on activities. As high schoolers, we did not have enough time for full on experiments but my teacher still had related activities like building a family tree. She often had open discussions with the class and shared very interesting videos that were linked to the chapters. When I moved onto physics it was a different tale, we had gone back to powerpoint and worksheets. The teacher tried to get the students interested by adding humor and stories but it was not working. We had many gravity experiments where we dropped certain object to see which would land first. I did not find them interesting because it was always the same outcome; something would land on the floor. When we switched teachers the course also shifted into solving math problems than memorizing laws. I loved this part of physics because it was very logical and there was only one answer since we were solving equations. When we would work on the problems the whole class would work together so it made sense to everyone. We had a sound wave