Our text book spoke a lot about your "scientific self" in this chapter. I think the term “scientific self” means how a person sees themself as a scientist. This would pertain to a person’s opinion of science, whether they like it or not, and how they perform tasks scientifically. A person’s past experiences and history with science plays a big role in their “scientific self”.
I definitely think my previous science teachers’ attitudes about science have had an influence on my opinion of science in the past. I had a horrible science teacher in the sixth grade, and because of this teacher I did really bad in science that year. It also effected my views of science for the following years as well. This teacher was rude, boring, and she didn’t get excited about science. She never felt the need to motivate our class, so it was a very boring class for us. Thankfully I had great science teachers in high school, so my views on science have gotten a little bit better.
My drawing of a scientist shows that I think scientists are very knowledgeable people who do a lot of experiments. I know that scientists wear lab coats and do a lot of experiments with liquid in test tubes and beakers, so that was why I chose to draw them in the picture.
When it comes to women scientists, the only two that I can think of are Marie Curie, who was a chemist and Jane Goodall, who worked with chimpanzees.
I have many opportunities to explore nature every day. The easiest way to explore nature is simply when I walk around campus every day. I’m able to observe the trees, animals, the snow on the ground, as well as the mountains across the river
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