What is a Scientist?

1. What is a Scientist? 1

2. What Does A Scientist Look Like? • Like This? 2

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

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

5. Types of Scientists • Botanist: studies plants 5

6. Types of Scientists • Chemist: studies chemicals 6

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

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

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

10. Types of Scientists • Herpetologist: studies reptiles and amphibians 10

11. Types of Scientists • Ichthyologist: studies fish 11

12. Types of Scientists • Kinesiologist: studies muscles 12

13. Types of Scientists • Mammalogist: studies mammals 13

14. Types of Scientists • Neurologist: studies nerves 14

15. Types of Scientists • Paleontologist: studies fossils, geologic history 15

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 22

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 23

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 24

25. Scientists • Marie Curie: Studied radioactivity and a physicist 25

26. Scientists • George Washington Carver: chemist and inventor 26

27. Scientists • Rachel Carson: Marine Biologist 27

28. Scientists • Har Gobind Khorana: biochemist 28

29. Scientists • Luis Alvarez: physicist 29

30. Scientists • Jane Goodall: Anthropologist 30

31. What type of scientist will you be….? 31