What the Teacher Wants!: What is a Scientist?

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 students about the scientific method:

And we read this book {a little advanced for first graders, but I'm good at skipping pages without them knowing}:

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Afterwards, we made ourselves into little scientists with lab coats. This is inspired by Cara's cute little scientist craftivity. We didn't have much time to do the whole body craftitivy, so I just made a template for the lab coat. It worked great!