What do scientists look like?

BIG IDEA

Biases and stereotypes in Science.

FOCUS QUESTION

What do scientists look like?

PREDICTION/ HYPOTHESIS 

When I think of a scientist, I think of a white man with glasses.

When I think of a scientist, I think of him in a laboratory.

My drawing of what I think of when I think of a scientist:

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PLANNING

Materials

Computer with internet access

pictures of scientists (diverse gender, ethnicity, age)

First we looked at pictures of scientists that had girls in the picture.

Next we looked at some pictures that had different races in the picture

Then we looked at some pictures of scientists working outside, not in a lab

DATA: We saw scientists that were

• young and old
• girls and boys
• from different races
• some had glasses, some did not
• not all were in a laboratory

CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE

Claim	Evidence
man	men and women can be scientists
white	there are scientists of different races
glasses	not all scientists wear glasses
in a lab	don’t always work in a lab

CONCLUSION/REFLECTION

When I began this investigation I thought a scientist would look like a white man with glasses and he would work in a laboratory. After seeing pictures of scientists I realized that scientists can be men and women, they can be different races, they may or may not wear glasses and they don't always work in a lob. 

QUESTIONS

What other places do scientists work?

How do you become a scientist?

What inventions have female scientists made?

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