Science Autobiography

    This is an autobiography for a teaching methods science class that I am taking for my elementary certification. The point of this autobiography, despite how long or short it is, is to investigate my personal feelings on how I feel about science, how to grow in having a more positive attitude towards science, and how to help students learn science and have better attitudes towards science and most importantly, to show students how scientist are people that look like them, no matter race, gender, or background.

    Looking back on my experience with science, I can say that my feeling have been in the so so mind set about science, it's neither here or there. I've always cared about littering, keeping plant and food gardens (I've tried with both and failed. The most I could do was nurse an aloe vera plant for a year and a half and raise and harvest three strawberries). I've cared about testing things on animals, I've always thought that it was wrong but never knew how I should completely feel about it because since I had always heard about it being done when growing up, just assumed that it was necessary and messy. I always liked the idea of mixing chemicals but never like the math that came with it. I love the idea of having a lab coat, so much so that I vowed at a young age that if I were to ever become a teacher, I would find lab coats for my students to always put on during science time. Now that I'm an adult, I still want lab coats for my students, lol, hoping that it would keep them engaged and make for an excited transition to science lessons. I have always thought that it is intriguing that animals are a subjects of science and well as the human body. Lastly, I have always been intrigued that food and products for basic needs are a form of science. I find it even more intriguing now that I have put together different oils, plants, and veggies to make my own natural hair products the last 2 years. It's always been something that I have researched since having my first son because it triggered my mind to want a better world for him as he grows up. I also think that my love of dystopian novels helped with my interest in science as well.

    When I think of science, I think of school first. The things I learned in my classrooms. I remember learning about baby chicks, I remember observing the tank / mini aquarium from the time the egg was paced til up to a few weeks or so after the eggs hatched, I don't remember anything else with it. I remember learning about sharks from books I read during free time in first and 3rd grade, I remember those grades because the teachers I had at the time, had a huge impact on me. I remember learning about plants, whether, temperature, storms, and the rain forest. I remember the rain forest from books the teachers in 5th grade and high school used to teach us. In high school I remember the birds and mammals class because of the students in the classroom always giggling when we learned about the animals mating and eating. I didn't study science very much and I think as of now, I'm study science as fair as making hair growth oils and using essential oils and getting on board with clean living in my home. I believe that hair growth and health are one in the same and that you can't have good hair or nail growth or a healthy body in general if you don't take of it and watch what you put in it. This also stems from health physical and mental issues that both my husband and myself have experienced while he was in the army and during my pregnancies which all overlapped.

    Science in media or across social media or media platforms have had more of an impact on me than anything in a book or a classroom has ever had on me. I remember it more as an adult because I can see results in the forms of pictures and videos that people take throughout their experiences with events from start to finish alongside their written work. Written work to me as far as science is concerned are just words, I love to have the proof in the pudding and see the transformation.