Last semester I took a geology course for nonscience majors and I took IB SL Chem in high school.
I would like to gain an interest in biology. I have always loved chemistry but could not find the same fascination with biology, excepting genetics units which I have always found fascinating.
I really like the idea of working to educate people about the dangers of littering and contaminating watersheds. I feel like you always hear about how your trash goes to the ocean and not the other bodies of water (that are so crucial to our environment) that are affected. I think that focusing on more local issues may resonate more with people (we are more likely to act when immediately affected). I have worked on different community education projects in the past, though never any science-based ones.
I expect to learn more specifics on how our community and others are affected by these issues. I also believe it will teach me more about how to successfully interact with and educate the community.
I would really love to learn more about genetics, especially about the causes and effects of mutations. I think mutations like red hair and heterochromia (and not only total heterochromia) are particularly interesting as they seem to have little effect on survival (positive or otherwise) but still occur fairly often. I also think that learning more about biochemistry could be interesting though I have no specifics that I want to know more about.
