"You are a scientist"

Yesterday my host teacher introduced science notebooks and they students made their first entry.

Their first entry prompt was, "Draw a picture of a scientists and then write five words that describe what a scients does"

Students typically draw people in white lab coats with funny shaped bottles and colorful liquids.

She then had them share what they drew by sitting in a large circle on the carpet. Once they shared and did an eye walk (a gallery walk with their eyes) she told them what she thought a scientist was. She then pulled up a class picture of the students.

She proceded to tell them that they were all scientists and they went over the description words and related how they do that.