Science Autobiography Essay

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I have very few memories of science classes until my freshman year of high school. Up until high school, my only real memories of science are ones that involve hands-on experiences. I remember making lip balm in my third grade science class. In sixth grade, I remember learning about acids and bases and the pH scale for the first time. When we learned about acid and bases and pH, I remember using small trays and placing various liquids and then testing the pH using pH strips. I vaguely remember dissecting a frog leg and a sheep’s eye in the seventh grade. In the eighth grade, I made a brochure about the moons of Jupiter.
In high school, I had two science teachers. One teacher taught life science; the other taught chemistry and AP chemistry and AP environmental science. The life science teacher was about coloring activities, word searches, and watching videos, with a few labs and experiments every now and then. The chemistry teacher was mostly about labs who was extremely passionate about science. However, he was not always clear with his explanations and his tests were …show more content…

I have fun, exciting moments from elementary science, and somewhere along my schooling science went from fun to stressful. However, I do not believe that I enjoyed science in elementary because of the hands-on activities. I believe I enjoyed elementary science because the teachers I had actually taught in a way that I understood. In high school, the teachers were very intelligent, but they discussed topics in a way I could not understand. To me, a great teacher may not know all of the answers, but he or she knows how to explain ideas and concepts to their students. They understand what level their students are on and meet them there. They do not connect with just the few students who speak their language and ignore the rest of the

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