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Who Are Scientists?
Sydney Fontenot
EDUC 324 Teaching Elementary and Middle School Science
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Who Are Scientists?
Part One
Select ten images of men, women, and people representing multiple ethnicities, as well as a
variety of types of scientists (e.g., environmentalists, astronauts, microbiologist, and physicists).
Complete the chart below with each scientist’s name, image, and area of research/scientific
endeavor.
1. Name: Marie Curie
Physicist
2. Name: Galileo Galilei
Astronomer
3. Name: Niels Bohr
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Physicist
4. Name: Isaac Newton
Mathematician
5. Name: Rosalind Franklin
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Chemist
6. Name: Albert Einstein
Theoretical Physicist
7. Name: Jane Goodall
Ethologist
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8. Name: Linus Pauling
Chemist
9. Name: Nikola Tesla
Engineer and Inventor
10. Name: Charles Darwin
Naturalist
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Part Two
Explain in one paragraph (at least five sentences) how you will use these photos in your
classroom. Make sure you describe and justify how your plan will improve teaching and
learning in the above scenario. Provide evidence from the chapter to support your justification
(with citations).
Including information about past scientists in the planned instruction is incredibly
beneficial because it is through these scientists that the discoveries provided us the foundations
for research that we study about today. It is because of them that we have the knowledge and
advancements we do. These scientists provide inspiration to future scientist and prove how
perseverance and commitment can positively impact our lives. On Being a Scientist: Responsible
Conduct in Research says, “They play an important role in educating nonscientists about the
content and processes of science”. I think it is especially important to teach about both genders
of scientists in classrooms as well as to show that it does not matter who you are, anyone can
discover something new.
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References
Read “On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research, Second Edition” at NAP.edu.
(n.d.). In nap.nationalacademies.org.
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/4917/chapter/13
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