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What does a scientist look like?

Explore the diverse world of scientists, from iconic characters like Eddie Murphy's Nutty Professor and SpongeBob SquarePants to real-life pioneers like Stephen Hawking and Dian Fossey. Discover what characteristics and achievements lead us to believe someone is a scientist, and be inspired to pursue a scientific career. Anyone can be a scientist - will it be you?

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What does a scientist look like?

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  1. What does a scientist look like?

  2. Scientist? • What leads you to believe that this man may be a scientist?

  3. Scientist? • Eddie Murphy as The Nutty Professor

  4. Scientist? • Sponge Bob Square Pants • Burger Flipper

  5. Scientist? • Stephen Hillenburg Marine Biologist • Sponge Bob’s Creator

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

  7. Scientist? • Dr. Bruce Jackson • Co-founder of the African-American DNA Roots Project.

  8. Scientist? • Chien-Shiung Wu, Physicist (1912 - 1997) • Studied sickle cell anemia. She believed that "even the most sophisticated and seemingly remote basic nuclear physics research has implications beneficial to human welfare."

  9. Scientist? • Anna McGowan • A scientist at NASA • She leads a research group that is developing material to allow airplane wings to repair themselves

  10. Scientist? • Stephen Hawking • Motor neurone disease • Uses a motorized wheelchair, and a computerized speech-synthesizer • Developed several theories about the nature and origins of our universe

  11. Scientist? • Ellen Ochoa • Astronaut – First Hispanic-American Woman in Space

  12. Scientist? • Albert Einstein • Asperger’s Syndrome (a type of autism) • Theory of Relativity

  13. Scientist? • Dr. Mae Jemison, degree in chemical engineering and Doctor of Medicine • First African-American woman to enter space • Grew up in Chicago!

  14. Scientist? • Dian Fossey as a young adult.

  15. Scientist? • Dian Fossey as an adult. • Field researcher and anthropologist. • Groundbreaking work with Mountain Gorillas of Africa.

  16. Anyone Can Be a Scientist! • Will it be you??

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