Scientists Get Dressed

Shows all sorts of interesting, compelling projects scientists are engaged in, including space, ocean, cave, volcano, stream, and glacier exploration; wildlife studies, turtle and raptor rescue; bee, brain, bat, and dinosaur research. Introduces scientific vocabulary like camouflage, ecolocation, ecosystem, organism, prosthetic, and crampons. Lists possible jobs in science, including neurologist, paleontologist, ecologist. Fun material at the back of the book encourages readers to "Tell your own STEM stories" with words and photos "just like real scientists do." A fun exercise asks if you were a scientist, what would you wear on your head, hands, feet, etc.? A sidebar explains how you can be a "citizen scientist," and another gives resources on how to observe and protect birds. The book also includes an educational poster on the reverse of the book jacket, showing a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration marine biologist satellite-tagging an endangered whale shark.

Shows men and women of different ages and races doing great work to better understand creatures on our planet, outer space, and other planets. Shows an African American female NASA astronaut and a White female scientist in a wheelchair who's hoisted by ropes up to the treetops to collect and study microscopic organisms that live high in the forest canopy.