I was in an IB program in high school so we all took a semester each of chemistry, biology and physics then chose one science to do for the last four semesters. I chose Chemistry because I thought it would prepare me best for what I wanted to do in college- I used to be pre-med, but I had about the same interest in all three.
I would like to learn the more applicable parts of biology to daily life instead of things that I won’t be able to use in my future. I hear so much about problems with the environment, but knowing why and how we can make changes in day to day life that will impact these issues would be really nice.
I would ask about the entire process of antibiotics getting into soil- it’s something I’ve never really thought about before and don’t know much about so I don’t have super in-depth questions about that. As far as composting goes the science behind it would be interesting to know but also how to get involved in doing it since it still isn’t very mainstream. Also, is it possible to take smaller steps first (since a lot of people aren’t going to go all in right now)?
I think global warming is a huge issue and that most other students understand that and care about helping our environment become healthier, so stressing that as well as the dangers that we face by continuing what we are currently doing and why.
Any service learning ties in very tightly with civic engagement, but for me, I wouldn’t have thought about getting involved with something like this before learning about it, so I would learn about the processes/science and more specific impacts on the environment. I think we always hear about things that are going wrong but there isn’t as much information about how we can help, so having the skill to know and explain that is really important.
