People tend to think that science is only for clever people – but actually – it is all around us and we are all doing some sort of science in one way or another each and every single day.
In honour of this day you can read “Sibo Mixes Things Up” my story book about chemistry.
Nowadays girls are actively encouraged to pursue careers in science and technology.
There are so very many interesting fields that you can go into, it is almost mind boggling.
We’ve been talking about planning, imagination and initiative recently and you are going to need all of these things if you want to go into the science field.
SAASTA Observatory in Johannesburg also offers cool programmes for learners, teachers and members of the public.
They have all sorts of exciting things to make you look at physics in a completely different way.
Check out their website for more information.
Nanotechnology is the way of the future as well.
I bet many people don’t even know what nanotechnology is.
“Sibo Sizes Things Up” is all about nano.
Remember – a safe bet is to always take maths as one of your subjects.
Maths is one of those things that you sometimes feel like dropping because it seems a bit hard or not really necessary.
In fact – it’s very necessary for lots of careers.
If you don’t have matric maths there are some doors that are so firmly shut there is no easy way to open them again.
I mentioned a while ago that science centres can help with career guidance.
Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Jozi has a very awesome career guidance centre and it’s free.
You can just walk-in and find out about jobs and careers that you never even dreamed of.
However, for career assessments and career counselling they do prefer if you make an appointment.
It’s a professional service and they don’t want to you to be disappointed if you arrive at the centre and the staff are all busy.
Contact them on adminofficecareer@sci-bono.co.za or call (011) 639 8450/8476/8479.
Last but not least – you can always go and visit a science centre like Sci-Bono in Newtown or Sci-Enza in Pretoria to have an enormous amount of fun and get you into a sciencey frame of mind!
Science rocks!
Sibo
