Science is a unique pursuit in that it aims to understand and explain the very world that it is part of. And, in this pursuit, the language often remains accessible to a select few. This was especially the case when young 'uns were asked about scientific language
"And it seems I’m not the only one who struggles with that. In fact, according to this paper from the Journal of Research in Science Teaching, understanding the “discursive practices of science” is the biggest obstacle high school science students have to overcome. One student is quoted in that paper saying, “Science has its own little slang to it.” And as another student said, “[Scientists] communicate with their own different words and it’s, well to me, it’s hard to like to use their words cause they’re big.”
From this exploration, it is clear that the responsibility is then on the teachers to make scientific language accessible and FUN for the students. Read the whole piece from which the above excerpt has been taken here- https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/13204803/posts/5036
