What Does a Scientist Look Like Activity

This “What Does a Scientist Look Like Activity” is perfect for the first week of science! Introduce your students to the idea that anyone can be a scientist, and let them “meet” 12 modern scientists from around the world.

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Students learn more about important and influential but not particularly famous scientists. They’ll see that anyone, from anywhere, from any background, can become a scientist!

Students will be introduced to 12 really cool scientists, including…

• Lujendra Ojha, who discovered water on Mars and also happens to be in a metal rock band!
• Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green, a medical physicist who literally cured cancer in mice!
• Bisi Ezerioha, an engineer whose company alters car engines, and whose automobile creations have been in Fast and Furious movies!
• Joanne Stephenson, a young geophysicist who just discovered another layer in Earth!
• Plus many more…

In this activity, students will:

• View a brief presentation about what it means to be a scientist.
• Complete a webquest that introduces them to 12 cool and different scientists.

What’s included?

• What is a Scientist? PRESENTATION in both PPT and Google Slides versions
• 4-Page PRINT WebQuest (12 Scientists, no pictures to save paper)
• DIGITAL WebQuest in Google Slides (12 Scientists, vibrant color pictures)

Teacher Notes:

• Don’t worry about broken links! Each scientist has their own link, so if a webquest link goes down, it only affects one of the twelve scientists. Plus, all of the answers are “Googleable,” too.
• Perfect as an emergency science sub plan!
• Please note: this “What Does a Scientist Look Like Activity” is not editable.
• Includes answer keys.
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