1 What is a Scientist?

2 What Does A Scientist Look Like? Like This?

3 What Does A Scientist Look Like? How about them?

4 Types of Scientist Astronomer: studies planets, solar system, space

5 Types of Scientists Botanist: studies plants

6 Types of Scientists Chemist: studies chemicals

7 Types of Scientists Ecologist: studies the way animals and plants interact

8 Types of Scientists Endocrinologist: studies hormones, and the endocrine system, insulin, testosterone, estrogen.

9 Types of Scientists Gemologist: studies gems like rubies and diamonds

10 Types of Scientists Herpetologist: studies reptiles and amphibians

11 Types of Scientists Ichthyologist: studies fish

12 Types of Scientists Kinesiologist: studies muscles

13 Types of Scientists Mammalogist: studies mammals

14 Types of Scientists Neurologist: studies nerves

15 Types of Scientists Paleontologist: studies fossils, geologic history

16 Types of Scientists Zoologist: studies many aspect of animals (not zoos)

17 Types of Scientists Archaeologist: the study of past human societies

18 Types of Scientists Geographer: studies the Earth's surface Geologist: specializes in the history of Earth.

19 Types of Scientists Physicist: studies matter, energy, and how they are related

20 Types of Scientists Marine Biologist: studies ocean plants and animals

21 Types of Scientists Computer scientist: the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation

22 Scientists Ellen Ochoa – Astronaut Wanted to be president as young girl Changed majors five times in college Eventually earned a degree in physics Became interested in becoming an astronaut in graduate school Went on to become the first Hispanic woman to go into space

23 Scientists Donald Bliss – Medical Illustrator Loved art as a child but planned on becoming a doctor Majored in biology in college Noticed a poster outside a professor’s door listing careers with a biology degree One was medical illustration! Don now combines his passion for art and biology as a medical illustrator

24 Scientists Andrew Revkin – Environmental Reporter Studied biology in college and wanted to be a scientist Went overseas for two years and joined a sailboat crew in New Zealand Saw so many environmental changes taking place that he wanted to share what was happening with the rest of the world

25 Scientists Marie Curie: Studied radioactivity and a physicist

26 Scientists George Washington Carver: chemist and inventor

27 Scientists Rachel Carson: Marine Biologist

28 Scientists Har Gobind Khorana: biochemist

29 Scientists Luis Alvarez: physicist

30 Scientists Jane Goodall: Anthropologist

31 What type of scientist will you be….?