What do scientists do

Science Lab Tools, Safety & What Do Scientists Do?

Learn about what a scientist is with examples of famous scientists throughout history with this fun All About Scientists lapbook project. Our printable scientists project makes learning easy! Lapbooks are a great way to explore a topic with kids of all ages!

I have always wanted to do a scientist research project but always felt overwhelmed with narrowing down famous scientists for my 6th graders. When I first decided I was going to do this project, I literally searched “Famous Scientists” on Google. No surprise to anyone, 99% of the scientists listed were white males who were not alive. My very first lesson of the year was the “What does a scientist look like?” lesson. I was not about to have my students do a research project on these…

Find easy to do life cycle projects for plants, butterflies, and frogs for teaching about plants and animals.

It seems so long ago that I thought of myself as a really good science teacher. One year I even taught Jr. High science before the days of Highly Qualified requirements. I kind of miss the days when you could really spend a lot of time teaching science. Now it seems (at least in my district) to be pushed to the back burner. Or we "integrate" it into our reading. But what that really means is we read about science instead of doing science. But we take quarterly benchmark assessments on…

We've been talking about what a scientist is and what they do. I had them help me draw a scientist on the board. I wish I had pictures...but DANG, I forgot my phone at home! On the scientist, they drew glasses, lab coat, potions, crazy hair. It was FUNNY! After they were finished, I told them that the picture was great, BUT that doesn't look like a scientist. Scientists are in THIS classroom! WE ARE SCIENTISTS! :) I used Deanna Jump's "What do Scientist Do?" freebie book to talk to my…

Learn all about seventeen different types of scientists with these fun and free Types of Scientists Printables.

Can we just talk for a second about how amazingly awesome and inspiring Pinterest is!? LOVE IT. And I don't mean love it like you love your cool zebra striped pencil. I mean, like I LOVE it! I have been taking soooo many fabulous ideas from Pinterest since I started (about two weeks ago). I know, that's an insanely short amount of time to fall in love, but if you know about Pinterest already, then you totally understand and don't think it's creepy or weird. So, I may have stolen some cool…

Elementary students make an anchor chart before starting science units. First read, “What do Scientists Do?” then create this as a class. Great beginning of the year lesson!