1. What is science? 1

2. Latin “scientia” = knowledge System for acquiring knowledge Solves problems and finds answers 2

3. Scientist? What leads you to believe that this man may be a scientist? 3

4. Scientist? Eddie Murphy as The Nutty Professor 4

5. Scientist? Sponge Bob Square Pants Burger Flipper 5

6. Fields of science 6

7. Scientist? Stephen Hillenburg Marine Biologist Sponge Bob’s Creator 7

8. 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." 8

9. Scientist? Dr. Bruce Jackson Co-founder of the African- American DNA Roots Project. 9

10. Scientist? Anna McGowan A scientist at NASA She leads a research group that is developing material to allow airplane wings to repair themselves 10

11. 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

12. Scientist? Ellen Ochoa Astronaut – First Hispanic- American Woman in Space 12

13. Scientist? Marie Curie (1867-1934) Physicist and chemist Worked on radioactivity First person honored with two nobel prizes 13

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

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

16. Kanesa Duncan Seraphin Marine biologist and educator Worked on shark research in Hawaii 16

17. Anyone Can Be a Scientist! Will it be you?? Assignment is to draw YOU as a scientist. Needs to be neat and in color. Will be the cover to your science notebook. 17