TORONTO — From DNA extraction to space shuttle simulations to a field trip to a nuclear reactor, former students of the school operated out of the Ontario Science Centre are reminiscing about their formative experience, following word of the centre's abrupt closure.
Former students say if the school doesn't continue it would be a huge loss for others who may not get the same opportunities they had at the school that opened up a world of potential. "At science school...I really enjoyed interacting with people, teaching them about science, getting them excited. So after that, I continued to go with science, like I really do like science, but it was a different pathway in science that I didn't really know existed."
"I definitely learned that that was exactly what I wanted to do when I was at the science centre," she said."I hoped to work there in the future actually, so it’s very devastating that it’s going to be closed.""Most people just feel like it's a great loss for us, but more so for the younger students who will not get to experience something that was so pivotal to our lives," she said.
She recalled doing DNA extraction on a strawberry, and a field trip to the nuclear reactor at McMaster University as particular highlights.