• Question: If you could experiment any thing what would it be?

    Asked by Professor haley to Sophie, Sarah, Michael, Marisol, Lauren on 6 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Lauren Burt

      Lauren Burt answered on 6 Nov 2016:

      Hi @Professor haley!

      Good question!
      My favourite experiments at school were the ones where you got to find out how things work. For example, we got to burn different chemicals (safely!) to answer what makes fireworks different colours. That was really fun!

      I’d like to learn how to use a 3D printer. Have you heard of them? You can now use really cool computers to make real things! Instead of printing on a piece of paper, you can make a printer print something really useful, usually out of plastic. It has become a really exciting part of science, and there are lots of things that you can make. I think by the time that you are the same age as me we will be able to make just about anything!

      Lauren 😀

    • Photo: Marisol Collins

      Marisol Collins answered on 7 Nov 2016:

      Hi @Professor haley,

      I would like to do more experiments outdoors in some of the exciting places where I collect parasite samples of dogs. Doing experiments doesn’t always have to be in a lab, there is equipment that you can use to run tests when you are out and about, in the middle of a field, up a mountain or in a tent in the rainforest. Looking and testing for parasites in these places are some of the most fun experiments!

    • Photo: Sophie Nedelec

      Sophie Nedelec answered on 7 Nov 2016:

      I would like to work out how animal species can survive in habitats that are influenced by humans – for example most areas of both land and sea experience noise pollution from traffic and construction. There is also light and chemical pollution and habitat clearance for use by humans for farming etc. One example of an experiment I am planning is to keep aphids and parasitic wasps and expose them to lights and sounds that mimic passing traffic.

    • Photo: Michael Rivera

      Michael Rivera answered on 8 Nov 2016:

      A year ago, I was really curious to know if it was possible to X-ray a person and see all their bones at once. If you know what an X-ray does, it can scan your whole body, but not really in great detail.

      Then someone in my research team bought a ‘3D body scanner’ – and it does exactly this! All you have to do is step in and instantly your entire skeleton shows up on the computer screen. It’s so cool and what I wanted to experiment with a year ago is possible! This will really allow us to see how our bones interact with our muscles and each other!

      Michael

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