Science is a lot more fun than people make out. It gets a bad reputation in school and the people who like it are ‘geeks’ and ‘nerds,’ but if people gave it more of a chance, they would see how much fun it is and they would get involved.
When people get older, they tend to see what they have missed out on, when they see science in the media and people have no idea what they are talking about. When they are in school, they assume that they will never need science in their everyday life, but when they grow up, they realise that they use science all the time. Even making a cup of tea, is science.
That is when people tend to realise that they should have listened more in school and they want to learn more now. Also, science is becoming more prevalent in popular culture. There are apps, which can help with science, magazines, and even television programs that have made science cool.
If science is something that you want to find out more about, and you are wondering where to get started, then read on for some tips on how to keep safe in science and have a lot of fun.
Courses
If you want, you can take a course in science. A lot of schools have them for adults and some universities will take adult students in the night. They will walk you through everything and you will leave the course with a better knowledge of science.
The only problems with this step are that you will have homework and assignments to hand in, and you will have to pay for it. If you are on low-income and you have never done a university course before, you might get a grant or a loan to cover the cost of the course.
If you have no income at all, then you might not have to pay at all and then you can join the courses without reservations. You could do as many courses that you like and you could really focus on a certain science.
At Home
If you don’t have much money to do a course, then you can just buy some science books and learn about science in your own time, from the comfort of your own home. You won’t get a recognized qualification in the subject, but if you are just doing it for fun, and you don’t want a career out of it, then you shouldn’t care about that.
If you want to learn from home and you want to do some chemistry, then you should think about turning some spare space into a lab, where you can do your own experiments.
Lab
If you are planning on having a lab, then you will have to make sure it is safe and you have the correct equipment to do the experiments. You should also have some refrigerators and cupboards so that you can store chemicals.
You should read the instructions on the chemicals because chemicals like Etizolam will have some specific requirements for storage. If you store them wrong, then it could affect your results.
Experiments
When you are at the point that you want to start your experiments, it is highly recommend that you do experiments that has already been done a lot. Pick something that you might have done in high school. This is so you can read the design of the experiment on what you are doing. You will know if you are doing something wrong. Furthermore, make sure that you are buying your chemicals from a respected supplier.