Mrs. Dixon’s 7th grade science What are Scientists? Mrs. Dixon’s 7th grade science

DIRECTIONS: On your sheet of blank paper title the top “What are Scientists” Divide your paper into 2 halves to look like this: What are scientists?

DIRECTIONS: On the left side, draw what you think a scientist looks like. Label your drawings!!! What do they LOOK like? Draw their whole body. What are they wearing? What are they working with- what are they doing? Are most scientists male or female? Where are they doing their work?

Most student believe scientists… Are older white men Have crazy messy hair Work only in labs (wearing lab coats) Work with chemicals all of the time Wear glasses Are MAD!!! (crazy)

Did you profile your scientist?

Why do we think this? Albert Einstein Mythbusters Back to the Future Bill Nye

What scientists really look like… Stephen Hawking When he was 9 years old, his grades ranked among the worst in his class Work on the nature of space and time is groundbreaking Despite suffering a neuro-muscular dystrophy Studies space and Quantum Physics

What scientists really look like… Jane Goodall Worked in the field not in a lab Worked with and studied chimpanzees Female

What scientists really look like… Timothy John “Tim” Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web by being the first to successfully implement the transfer protocols on which the Web depends

What scientists really look like… Dr. Mae Jemison Degree in chemical engineering and Doctor of Medicine First African-American woman to enter space!

Mayim Bialik Ph.D. in Neuroscience in 2007 from UCLA Specializing in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome. Amy Farrah Fowler on “The Big Bang Theory”

What scientists really look like… Dr. Edith Widder “Edie” Works and lives here in Fort Pierce Designs submarine vessels to explore deep ocean animals Inducted into Women Diver’s Hall of Fame, 2005 Degrees: B.S. - Biology M.S. - Biochemistry Ph.D. - Neurobiology

Be specific with your labels! Revise and Edit!!! Now draw your idea of what scientists REALLY look like on the second part of the page. You may use my magazines to help you find a real scientist to draw and write about. Be specific with your labels! What are they wearing? Where do they do research or experiments? What do they look like? What are they working with- what are they doing? Are they male or female? What type of scientist are they?