Dress Like a Scientist!

What image comes to mind when you read the word SCIENTIST?  

Do you picture someone in a white lab coat holding a glass beaker? 

There are all kinds of scientists who don't work in a laboratory.  For example:

• An astronomer studies stars, planets and galaxies.
• A botanist specializes in plants.
• An entomologist studies insects.
• A herpetologist studies reptiles and amphibians. 
• An ichthyologist studies fish. 
• A vulcanologist studies volcanoes. 
• An ornithologist studies birds. 
• An archeologist studies ancient civilizations. 
• A geologist specializes in the history of Earth.
• A geographer studies Earth's surface.
• A zoologist studies animals.
• A marine biologist studies ocean plants and animals.
• A meteorologist studies weather and climate.
• A microbiologist studies microscopic plants and animals.
• A paleontologist specializes in fossils.
• A seismologist studies earthquakes.
• A speleologist studies caves.

The above list is based on one found at factmonster.com

  

These students found titles that interested them in the enormous "We're Mad About Science!" book display in the library.

During library class this week we’ll be exploring all sorts of books about scientists and what they study.  This coming Monday is the beginning of Reading Week and the theme is "Experiment With a Good Book".  I want to make sure they're ready for Tuesday, which is Dress Like a Scientist Day! 

After viewing all of the students' costumes, Mrs. Bartkiewicz and I will be awarding selected students with prize certificates.  For example The Nobel Prize for Research (for going above and beyond to research a particular scientist or type of scientist and wearing a costume that demonstrates that knowledge) and The Nobel Prize for Creativity (for creating a costume that is especially unique and interesting)!

Here are some links for you to explore to get some more ideas:

Scientists From A-Z lists a different kind of scientist for each letter of the alphabet along with a link to another website for further exploration!

Learn about inventors and scientists at Kids.gov

"Famous Scientist Facts" at Science Kids

Just for fun, try out some of the "Science Games" at PBS KIDS

Yes, students may also dress as a fictional scientist!