The Sims 4 Be Inquisitive About Science
If you have a scientific kid they should do the sims 4 be inquisitive about science formative moment.
These formative moments came to the game with The Sims 4: Adventure Awaits and when completed your sim gets a reward trait to help them as an adult.
The Sims 4 Be Inquisitive About Science

- “Muahahah! I’m gonna create some strange science potions!”
For this your sim first needs to get to level four of the mental skill so that they can unlock the ability to craft potions on a science table. Once you reach level four you can click on the table and choose create potion and choose whichever option you’d like to make.

When completed the potion will appear in your sim’s inventory and you can use it!
- “I need to collect at least 3 science thingies to study! It’s called research!”
For this part your sim needs to collect three pieces of science related collectibles. This includes “fossils, elements, metals, and more” so you have a lot of options. A great place to start is rocks that you can find in pretty much every world in the game.

Child Scientist Trait
When your sim finishes off the sims 4 be inquisitive about science formative moment they’ll get the child scientist trait. This trait’s description reads “As a child, this Sim was very interested in science! They studied the world around them and did scientific experiments. As an adult, they’ll advance more quickly in the Astronaut and Scientist careers. They’ll also perform better when working as an Engineer. (Discover University)”

This is such an awesome trait if you want your sim to go down any of the scientist careers. The sim will get promoted faster in the astronaut career from the base game, the scientist career from Get to Work and the engineer career from Discover University.