• Question: Could you picture yourself teaching children/teenagers science?

    Asked by emilyshearsmith to Alan, Deepak, Francesca, Lilly, Nick on 17 Mar 2014.
    • Photo: Deepak Kar

      Deepak Kar answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      Certainly – I think we owe it to society to spread knowledge/awareness about science. Also we have a selfish interest too – we need young students like you to feel motivated and come join us, and help us to make the next big discovery 😀

    • Photo: Alan Fitzsimmons

      Alan Fitzsimmons answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      Yes, I often talk to school classes and families about being a scientist and what i do. I think its a great job, and I tell people to let them know that they could be scientists too one day.

    • Photo: Francesca Day

      Francesca Day answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      Yes! I often talk to children and teenagers about my work. I think it’s really important that scientists explain their research to the public, not just to other scientists. I like research to much to become a full time teacher though!

    • Photo: Lilian Hunt

      Lilian Hunt answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      I used to be a tutor so yes but not as a full time job! I respect teachers a lot as I know I couldn’t do it every day!

    • Photo: Nick Wright

      Nick Wright answered on 21 Mar 2014:

      I definitely could, in fact I really enjoy talking to children and teenagers about science! I often visit local schools to talk about science, my research and scientific careers and I keep trying to find new ways to help children learn about science.

      I’m currently working on a project where we’re trying to get real astronomy images into schools to allow children that are interested in astronomy to help us with real research projects like finding new stars and nebulae. Do you think that would be fun?

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