My drawing illustrates a man with messy hair, dressed in a lab coat. He is surrounded by flasks and chemicals to represent the stereotype of a ‘scientist’. 

Origins 

I think most people would have this image when they think of a scientist. Many famous scientists are represented to look this way. I drew most of my inspiration for this image from Albert Einstein. He is often represented to have messy hair, wearing glasses and a lab coat, whilst surrounded by science equipment and chemicals. 

Conclusions 

Although many people hold this stereotypical belief that this is all a scientist is, being a scientist is much more than working with chemicals and wearing a lab coat. Science is present in almost everything we do. Whether we are studying or observing, we all draw on elements of science to come to a conclusion. A scientist can simply be anyone who observes, explores, discovers and questions the world around them. 

My drawing is of a young adult male who recently completed his masters in agricultural science, hence he is a plant scientist. In my drawing my scientist is performing an experiment on a type of weed, known as the velvet leaf.  My scientist has funky hair, with huge square glasses and is wearing an oversized lab coat. This is to portray the view of a curious scientist who’s always keen to make new discoveries. I have also drawn some chemical experiments being conducted within the different sized lab tubes to show an aspect of chemistry. 

 

Origin:

The first thing that came to my mind when I thought of scientists was someone that is always curious and eager in making new discoveries with chemicals and plants. The representation of the scientist I drew was more constructed on the stereotypical perception of scientists rather than scientists in their realest selves. I was also inspired by Albert Einstein himself, hence I drew my scientist with crazy hair, wearing spectacles and a lab coat, my scientist is also surrounded by science equipment’s, plant; weed, chemicals etc. just like how Einstein would conduct his experiments. 

 

Conclusion:

The concepts presented above do reflect certain aspect of science, however none of them offers a full representation, because science has a variety of facets. Science is also a practice of discovery that let us to connect unique facts into clear and broad understandings of the natural world. Science is beneficial; the knowledge created by science is prevalent and dependable. It can be used to progress new technologies, handle diseases and deal with other various issues.

My drawing consists of a group of scientists; two males and one female. They are in a laboratory wearing lab coats with a serious expression on their faces. Working together, they are cloning a dog. In the table in front of them are two dogs, one is cloned and the other is the original. 

 

Origin: 

The first thing that popped in my head when I thought about the term scientist was a group of scientists working together in a laboratory experimenting on animals. The reason I drew scientists cloning a dog was because there have been many ethical issues raised about cloning which has caused so much hype in the media. 

 

Conclusion: 

This task made me realise the contribution scientists have made in our society. A scientist is not just someone who experiments on animals, scientist play a huge role in creating a new life form through the process of cloning. Hence, I think it’s essential for people to realise there is more to scientist’s than just conducting experiments on animals in a laboratory. 

 

 

 

Origin: The reason why I drew my scientist in a stereotypical way, was due the fact that in movies and books; scientists are generally depicted in this certain way. Especially in high school scientist were preserved as ones who conducted mainly experiments within the laboratory. 

 

 

Conclusion: After this activity I have come to realise how limited my perspective is on scientists. Unfortunately, many individuals also stereotype scientists and view them as ones who carry out experiments in a laboratory. However, a scientist in one who discovers, gathers and uses research and evidence, along with that there are many branches to science. A scientist may work as a social, environmental, computer scientist, and many more. There is more to being a scientist than just working and experimenting in a laboratory, therefore it is important to have an open mind and not be so quick to stereotype. 

In my drawing, I drew a stereotypical male scientist wearing a lab coat, safety gloves, a mask, and closed shoes in a laboratory. I drew lab tools like flasks, test tubes, bunsen burner on a table and safety wears like gloves, closed shoes, etc, this just came to my thought at first when I thought of a scientist, because to me lab tools and safety wears (things listed above) are very important inside the laboratory and resembles scientists. 

Origin

The origin of my drawing was from my high school chemistry class. I was taught that as soon as I get in the lab, safety was the most important thing to be aware all the time. That is why I drew safety rule sheet on the wall and a shower faucet as well.

Conclusion

After this drawing activity I have realized that I had narrow outlook on scientists just thinking about the stereotype scientists where they always experiment things with chemicals in test tubes and flasks. Hence, scientists are not always about experimenting new things in the lab, but they have different roles in different field of studies.