how can i make sience easier to understand

Question: how can i make sience easier to understand
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Asked by red to Chris, Joanne, Kathryn, Kieran, Sarah on 6 Nov 2017. This question was also asked by volvo, 255furk43.
- Chris Werner answered on 6 Nov 2017:
  
  Whenever I’m having difficulty understanding something, I try and think about how I could explain it to someone else. It gets you into a different mindset, and tackle the problem from a different angle. Every time I do that I get a eureka moment, because you’re thinking about the problem differently. It doesn’t always happen instantly, it can take a little while, but so often works
- Kieran Fraser answered on 6 Nov 2017:
  
  I agree with Chris, looking at something from a different angle is very effective when trying to understand it. I also think discussing a topic you find difficult with someone else is a great way to really make understanding come easier. Chances are, other’s are having exactly the same questions you are on a topic that’s difficult to understand. When you all put your heads together and talk it out, it’s amazing how you can all come to the correct answer quicker than simply puzzling it out on your own.
  
  Breaking up a big problem into smaller problems is also a great way to make understanding the bigger problem easier. Some call this an analytic approach and it works quite well! NASA used it to put a man on the moon (http://www.thwink.org/sustain/glossary/AnalyticalApproach.htm).
- Joanne Duffy answered on 6 Nov 2017:
  
  I agree with the guys below. Also try to break down words that seem long and meaningless, and watch out for patterns. Anything with “cyto” means it relates to a cell, for example. Cytotoxic = toxic to a cell, for example. When you get to know little details like that it makes all the jargon easier to wade through. Also don’t be afraid of not understanding, and asking questions. In real life, no one in science is like Sheldon Cooper. Professors and lecturers ask questions all the time, and they google things too!
- Kathryn Schoenrock answered on 7 Nov 2017:
  
  I think going out and doing science yourself makes it easier to understand. in the same way, relating specific experiments or processes back to every-day things makes it easier to understand.
  
  For example, if you try to explain ocean acidification to people using carbonate chemistry it becomes very tricky. But CO2 is one of 3 greenhouse gases (making earth warmer) and 1/3 of earths air mixes with the ocean. CO2 gas disolves in water like your sugar in tea, and especially in cold water (it also is what makes your soda bubble so remember that soda has a lot more bubbles when cold). So if you increase CO2 in the air you increase it in the ocean- but this CO2 makes the water more acidic (like vinegar), especially cold water- which is why the Arctic and Antarctic ocean are in most danger from climate change. Warmer and more acidic waters.
- Sarah Guerin answered on 7 Nov 2017:
  
  Do experiments, learn definitions and watch science videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMplxEE4xdo. Also what Chris said- if you can explain science to someone else you really understand it.

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