BEING A SCIENTIST

DOESN’T MEAN YOU HAVE TO WEAR A LAB

COAT!

Scientist?

What leads you to believe that this man

may be a scientist?

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Eddie Murphy as The Nutty Professor

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Scientist?

Sponge Bob Square Pants Burger Flipper

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Scientist?

Stephen Hillenburg

Marine Biologist

Sponge Bob’s Creator

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Scientist?

Bill Nye The Science Guy: Television show that combines science and FUN! Physics: Engineer for Boeing-designing fighter jets "Leave the world better than you found it. Sometimes you gotta pick up somebody else's trash."

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Scientist?

There are millions of scientists out there!

Charles Drew Mario Molina Ellen Ochoa George Washington Carver Rebecca Cole Elizabeth Blackwell Rosalind Franklin And many, many more!

Citations

Charles Drew An awesome athlete but decided to become a doctor

Was one of the first doctors to study blood and plasma

Discovered that blood and plasma could be stored safely and opened the first blood bank – also created the ‘Red Cross Blood Bank’

Mario Molina Researched chloroflurocarbons (CFC’s) and discovered that CFC’s damaged our atmosphere – the ozone layer

His research banned CFCs in most countries to help the environment

Won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1995

Ellen Ochoa First Hispanic woman in space – started space missions in 1991 Has spent over 900 hours in space Received many awards of recognition from NASA

George Washington Carver

Born into slavery Received two degrees in

agriculture Revolutionized agriculture

by introducing peanuts and soybeans to southern crops (restored nitrogen and kept soil healthy)

Found over 300 uses for peanuts!

Rebecca Cole

2nd black woman to graduate from medical school Joined Elizabeth Blackwell in helping to teach hygiene and childcare to families in poor neighborhoods

Elizabeth Blackwell

First woman to graduate from medical school in 1849 The students and staff at Geneva Medical College thought she was joking and admitted her as a joke Later founded the London School of Medicine for Women

Rosalind Franklin Became a physical chemist While working at King’s College in England, she discovered the helix shape of DNA Her work was eventually used by Watson and Crick, who were credited with the discovery of DNA – Franklin received no credit

I AM a Scientist! Page 10

When you think about what a Scientist looks like, do you picture an older man with crazy hair, a lab coat, and bubbling beakers? Many people do! But anyone can be a scientist! When you ask questions about the world around you, make observations, look for information, try to figure out how something works, or try to solve a problem, YOU are acting like a SCIENTIST!

Draw a picture of yourself as a scientist! Page 10

• What are you interested in? Cats, dogs, penguins, birds, bugs, sharks, chemistry, outer space, weather, medicine, rockets, dinosaurs, flowers, marine life, rocks, etc…

• Where will you do your work? What will your scenery show? Will it show you in a jungle, desert, forest, lab, the Arctic, underwater, outer space, zoo, classroom, office, etc…?

• What kind of equipment? What tools do you need to do your work?

• What are you wearing? This depends on where you will be working and what you are doing.

• What senses do you use? What are you seeing, hearing, touching, saying or maybe even tasting?

Sites Used http://www.phillyburbs.com/BHM/drew

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stry/laureates/1995/molina-autobio.html

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ochoa.html

http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/carver_g.htm

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_66.html

http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_blackwell_eliz.htm

http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/franklin.html