Nobel Prize Winners!

winner of a Nobel Prize in Botany!

Today was "Dress Like a Scientist Day" in honor of our Reading Week theme, Experiment With a Good Book!  Our students came up with some wonderful costumes, and we were truly impressed by all the effort and creativity on display!  Here are just a few of our "Nobel Prize" winners.  Enjoy!

winner of a Nobel Prize in Excellence for his portrayal of an entomologist!  (Are those real bugs in there??)

This second grader won a Nobel Prize for Creativity.  She's dressed as a "fashionologist"!

winner of a Nobel Prize for Geology!

winner of a Nobel Prize for Chemistry!  (Yes, that's a "lab rat" peeking out of her pocket!)

winner of a Nobel Prize for Phlebotomy!

winner of a Nobel Prize for Robotic Science!

Right after taking the picture above, this student said, "The results are in...this is definitely the best class!"  :)

winner of a Nobel Prize for Wildlife Biology!

winners of a Nobel Prize for Research!

This last group really went "above and beyond"!  All four of these fourth graders spent some time learning about something new as part of their costumes and were able to tell me about their topics.  Great job, girls!!!

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!