California Academy of Sciences: Draw a Scientist
In this lesson, students draw their idea of “a scientist doing science.”
The exercise surfaces students’ prior understandings of the nature of science and the demographics of scientists. It serves as a launching point for discovering that students, in fact, can be scientists.
The mission of the California Academy of Sciences is to explore, explain, and sustain life.
Here you’ll find short, lively activities to focus your class trip, or full-period lessons to integrate into your yearly curriculum.
In this activity, you’ll think about what it really means to be a scientist and to do science.
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In this lesson, students draw their idea of “a scientist doing science.”
The exercise surfaces students’ prior understandings of the nature of science and the demographics of scientists. It serves as a launching point for discovering that students, in fact, can be scientists.
The mission of the California Academy of Sciences is to explore, explain, and sustain life.
Here you’ll find short, lively activities to focus your class trip, or full-period lessons to integrate into your yearly curriculum.
In this activity, you’ll think about what it really means to be a scientist and to do science.
