Rosie Coates, an RSC teacher scholar, talks about how a career in science communication led her into teaching
I first caught the bug for exciting young people about chemistry through outreach while studying for my PhD. I found watching pupils experience dry ice for the first time allowed me to experience that wonder again through them. It’s a massive buzz – I was hooked.
Science shows are great, they are high energy with lots of audience participation – excited faces, catapulting marshmallows, banana hammers and levitating beach-balls. What's not to love? Nothing makes you feel good like 200 Key Stage 1 and 2 pupils applauding and whooping as you smash an egg.
Rosie Coates explains how this led her into teaching, and why
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