Go forth and make something!

Hey, this girl is really building stuff! She has a Youtube channel where she talks about building things. Many (not all) scientists and engineers began by building things. We often still do (just finished making a coat rack). Be sure to ask your parents for permission before building anything (trust me on this)!

Here is a link to Sylvia's website: http://sylviashow.com/

Scientists and engineers, understandably, build things all the time. In our lab, we are designing, machining, and building a high-temperature Raman spectroscopy stage. Regularly, experiments require us to wire basic circuits. Since we are exploring new things, it is sometimes impossible (or prohibitively expensive) to buy something to do what is needed to test a hypothesis.

It is a fun challenge to think up ways to use existing things in new ways!