there are two kinds of people scientists
and non-scientists more specifically
people who are good at times and people
who think they're bad at times let me
tell you why I rephrase about statement
I love learning anything science related
but not everyone has my kind of
enthusiasm I've heard people say there's
just not a science person and therefore
they don't like studying science
well we sometimes claim things that were
about us or our genetics scientists have
not yet found a single gene that
dictates how well you do in your science
classes and it makes me sad that people
blame themselves for their lack of
scientific ability when the actual
problem lies in people's early
experiences in times or step in general
we all know about studying science is
important because those societies demand
for it as a matter of fact then
President Barack Obama set a target of 1
million new step graduates there has
also been a significant 79 percent
increase in the employment for stem
occupations these stats tell us that
more people are becoming scientists but
not how many people enjoy becoming
scientists and to really prove my point
I would like you to raise your hand if
you've ever felt like running out of
your science class to be honest
three on it I had the same feeling one
time I remember I was so frustrated
during a lecture because I couldn't
absorb all the information at once
clearly just sitting in the classroom
and listening to the teachers talk is
not the most effective ways for us to
learn then what is a more effective way
to explain I would like to quote Carl
Sagan yes children are born to learn
from experimenting with their
surroundings you cannot teach a child
with a whiteboard presentation on how to
walk because we learn more effectively
through trial and error and guess what
trial and error is the basis of science
so by this logic everyone is indeed a
natural-born scientist and it's easy to
put this packed into practice because
there's only one rule to follow letting
children explore explore science by
observing touching smelling listening
and even tasting it explore science
inside and outside of the classroom
explore science whenever and wherever
they are now I was able to confirm the
importance of exploration in science
education through my service club called
cockpit for kids in this call we plan
and carry out learning sessions for
children that include fun hands-on
science experiments for instance for
instance we did a session on chemistry
we have the kids build a tower of
crystals when pouring a very
concentrated solution of chemicals onto
the glass plate once they got their
crystal tower they were encouraged to
closely observe and touch it at that
moment I can see the little sparkles of
curiosity in their eyes and because
they're already so engaged in science it
didn't take much effort for me to help
them understand the mechanism
experiments later on so after doing a
couple of weekly sessions and correcting
for kids this one girl came up to me and
told me that she never knew learning
science their experiment is so much fun
I was filled with joy and pride for this
girl who was able to change her
perception and open up the fantastic
world of science and imagine one day
that girl grows up and discovers a cure
to cancer because she continued her
curiosity for science again it all
starts with a boring and having fun
whether you're students or adults you
can easily be engaged in science like
her try asking yourself how do you can
explore times in your surroundings right
now maybe you're wondering you wanted to
know more about how my voice is being
amplified or how your eyes are
processing an image of me but whatever
it was you just proved to yourself they
did not have to memorize the periodic
table to be interested in a small aspect
of science so please don't hate x
because of your past experience with it
remember you already have the mind of a
scientist and only takes a baby step 2
go outside and start exploring our
universe thank you