Often we base worked examples off images, but this time we took inspiration from individuals, one on social media and the other whom we know personally.
In both cases, the individual was a starting point only. They gave us context, motivations and goals, but after that we made up everything else.
Example 1: Microplastics!
For the first worked example, we were scrolling through social media looking for ideas and saw a post by someone who had no direction in life but then enrolled in a science degree and now leads a lab researching microplastics and loves their work, so we decided to write about that.
If you're curious about microplastics, here's a presentation from a young Irish scientist who developed a method for extracting them from waste water using ferrofluid, and here's a strangely hypnotic digital toy that simulates microplastics in the air.
Example 2: Soccer!
We based our second worked example on someone we know who loves to play soccer but tore their ACL, and because of the injury was thinking about becoming a cop.
