{"id":411,"date":"2017-03-27T10:25:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T10:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/?p=411"},"modified":"2017-03-27T10:25:02","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T10:25:02","slug":"consider-a-career-in-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2017\/03\/27\/consider-a-career-in-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider a career in Science!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 16th<\/sup> of February was International Day of Science for Women and Children. People tend to think that science is only for clever people \u2013 but actually \u2013 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 \u2013 you can read \u201cSibo Mixes Things Up\u201d \u2013 my story book about chemistry \u2013 it will be free to read on the website<\/a> until the end of the month.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve been talking about planning, imagination and initiative over the past few weeks and you are going to need all of these things if you want to go into the science field.<\/p>\n

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 <\/a>for more information.<\/p>\n

Nanotechnology is the way of the future as well.\u00a0 I bet many people don\u2019t even know what nanotechnology is. \u201cSibo Sizes Things Up\u201d is all about nano \u2013 one of these days we\u2019ll make that a free read on the website too! Stay tuned!<\/p>\n

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 \u2013 it\u2019s very necessary for lots of careers. If you don\u2019t have matric maths there are some doors that are so firmly shut there is no easy way to open them again.<\/p>\n

I mentioned 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\u2019s 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<\/a>. It\u2019s a professional service and they don\u2019t want to you to be disappointed if you arrive at the centre and the staff are all busy. \u00a0Call (011) 639 8450\/8476\/8479.<\/p>\n

Last but not least \u2013 you can always go and visit a science centre like \"\"<\/a>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!<\/p>\n

Science rocks!<\/p>\n

Sibo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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