What Memorable Experiences Have You Had in Learning Science or Math?

By KATHERINE SCHULTEN

 SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 1:00 PM

September 2, 2013 1:00 pm

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What moments or concepts do you remember best from your education in science, technology, engineering or math, the so-called STEM subjects?

What high or low points come to mind when thinking about classes you’ve taken in school? What do you remember learning informally, outside of school, whether on your own or with friends or relatives?

A special back-to-school edition of the Science Times section is asking what works, and what doesn’t, in STEM education, and we are inviting students to help answer that question by reflecting on their own learning in these areas.

So, if you’re 13 to 19 years old, please tell us below about a memorable moment in your STEM education — whether in school or out of school, whether last week or 10 years ago — and what it taught you.

Note: This is a special edition of our daily Student Opinion question. Posting a comment here by 7 a.m. Eastern on Sept. 27 will enter you in a contest that we will judge in collaboration with The Times’s science desk, and make you eligible to have your writing featured elsewhere on NYTimes.com.