I do a lesson at the start of the year to reveal stereotypes/ideas students may have about scientists and what scientists do. They each draw a picture of a scientist. You can imagine that many are male, have wild hair and glasses, lab coats, and often look like they are blowing something up in a lab! I do believe that the general publics' perception of scientists and what science is is biased. I see more students today drawing pictures of females and regular looking people than 5 years ago, but the stereotypes persist.
The site on Nature of Science lessons is excellent...I just printed one out called Checks lab that I might tryhttp://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/natsc.fs.html
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In my classroom, I have pictures of scientists and what they have accomplished all around my classroom. I work in a very diverse school so this allows them to realize that people other than white men with crazy hair can achieve within science!
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