What is your favorite science subject, and why?

For me, I would probably say I like Biology more than any other science subject, because I don't like having to handle dangerous chemicals like in Chemistry or doing a ton of mathematics like in both Chemistry and Physics, especially in Physics.

 

I remember reciting the Periodic table of elements periodically during 8th grade to help me memorize them, and I would even go above and beyond the elements that my teachers would tell students to memorize. I can still recite most of them. I would sometimes even try to learn why certain elements are called what they are.

I think it's nice, when you can experiment with stuff in chemistry. It's kind of fun, but I'm usually passive when it comes to experimenting since you do have to proceed with caution. I have seen very nice reactions though.

 

Physics isn't so bad, but it just seems like applied mathematics within a science setting. Now I do enjoy learning some mathematics, but using it in physics applications, it's not so much of my thing. Now I agree that you probably won't have to memorize as much as you do in other science courses like biology. I even think physics could be a more useful subject than the other science courses since it can help explain everyday stuff.

 

It can be confusing sometimes, because you end up using a lot of different variables, and you start wondering which is which. Some are pretty obvious like a being acceleration and g being gravity, because the first letter pretty much says it all, but then you start seeing symbols like η and ψ and start wondering what those even mean in the context of the problem.

But one thing I don't like about physics is conversion. Sometimes the problem has one variable in centimeters and you have to have the final answer in meters, but that's not too bad as long as you remember what the prefixes mean. And if you forget to convert, then you get the wrong answer. But I think it's a bit worse when you have to juggle between the metric system and the imperial system, but in most cases, you deal with metric.

But of all the sciences, I often hear that the most frustrating science is organic chemistry, unless you have extremely amazing memorization skills.

 

Then chemistry would probably fit that description the most. But generally, you would want to pay attention to the things that you are doing, especially the things you're mixing (for instance, you would not want to mix sodium hypochlorite with ammonia), but I don't think schools and institutions would just set out chemicals that can mix into dangerous compounds. I think chemistry requires a lot of attention, because you do need to balance equations and do problem-solving to figure out results.