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Polar scientist

7 July, 2023/0 Comments/in creative, open-minded, passionate Primary, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Maths, Maths (Primary) Animals Including Humans, Earth and Space, Everyday Materials, Geography, Living Things and Their Habitats, Maths, Plants, Primary, Rocks, Science, Seasonal Changes, States of Matter/by Melanie Horan

Polar science helps to inform the sustainable use of resources and to protect the planet. It includes many different types of research in the polar regions. Glaciologists study the ice in the polar regions. Space physicists study how space interacts with the upper atmosphere using lasers. Atmospheric scientists look for pollution, ozone and other changes to the atmosphere. Marine or terrestrial biologists study life in the polar regions, while oceanographers study the seas and oceans. Geologists study the rocks and sediments in the polar regions to understand the climate in the past. Meteorologists study the links between the polar atmosphere and changes in global weather.

Attributes: passionate, creative and open-minded.

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The Primary Science Teaching Trust has a downloadable slideshow (PDF) about Prem Singh Gill who is a polar scientist. It’s part of their resource A Scientist Just Like Me.

Data scientist

7 July, 2023/0 Comments/in imaginative, logical, open-minded Primary, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 Computer Science, Maths (Primary) Algebra, Maths, Number, Primary, Statistics/by Melanie Horan

Data scientists find patterns in data collected by large organisations in order to solve the problems that the organisations face. Data scientists extract, analyse and interpret data using algorithms, data mining, artificial intelligence, machine learning and statistical tools. They then present this data and find ways to solve problems in innovative and imaginative ways.

Attributes: imaginative, logical and open-minded

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The Primary Science Teaching Trust has a downloadable slideshow (PDF) about Dr Fiona Reid who is an a data scientist. It’s part of their resource A Scientist Just Like Me.

Artificial intelligence researcher

7 July, 2023/0 Comments/in curious, open-minded, resilient Primary, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 Computer Science, Maths (Primary) Algebra, Electricity, Maths, Number, Primary, Statistics/by Melanie Horan

Artificial intelligence researchers create models and simulations to teach computers how to solve complex problems. They model the problems using mathematics, and develop new methods to solve these problems. They write code to create algorithms and test and analyse these algorithms to see how well they solve the problem.

Attributes: curious, resilient and open-minded

Useful links:

The Primary Science Teaching Trust has a downloadable slideshow (PDF) about Dr Krishna Mooroogen who is an artificial intelligence researcher. It’s part of their resource A Scientist Just Like Me.

Angus MacGregor

23 November, 2021/0 Comments/in Civil, Construction, Engineering curious, imaginative, open-minded Degree, Masters/by Bethany Willis

Meet Angus, a geotechnical engineer that provides advice and guidance to his colleagues.

Sian Cleaver

13 October, 2021/0 Comments/in Aerospace, Engineering logical, open-minded, organised A-Levels, Degree, Physics/by Antonio Portas

Roma Agrawal

1 July, 2021/0 Comments/in Engineering, Structural collaborative, Communicator, open-minded Degree, Masters, PhD/by Antonio Portas

Structural engineer and author Roma Agrawal describes her life and motivations: how did she become an engineer?

Jens Dopke

21 May, 2021/0 Comments/in Physics curious, open-minded, resilient A-Levels, Degree, PhD/by Bethany Willis

Meet Jens, a senior detector scientist at STFC.

Paul Mann

12 June, 2020/0 Comments/in Biology, Chemistry, Environment imaginative, open-minded, resilient A-Levels, Degree, PhD/by Antonio Portas

Evolutionary Biologist

13 January, 2018/0 Comments/in imaginative, open-minded, resilient Primary, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 Maths (Primary), Science (Primary) Evolution and inheritance, Maths - Ratio and Proportion Evolution and Inheritance, Maths, Primary, Ratio and Proportion, Science/by Jonathan

Evolutionary biologists are specifically interested in knowing more about the evolution of plants and animals. They seek to discover more about the history of life on earth, how organisms have changed and developed over time and the causes of this evolution. They cover a vast range of work from looking at DNA in the lab to studying how individual species have evolved in a particular ecosystem.

Attributes: imaginative, open-minded, resilient

Useful links:

The Primary Science Teaching Trust has a downloadable slideshow (PDF) about Telma. T. Laurentino and a downloadable slideshow (PDF) about Dr Kelsey Byers who are evolutionary biologists. It’s part of their resource A Scientist Just Like Me.
There is also this video of Dr Kelsey Byers, an evolutionary biologist in her place of work talking about what she does.

Marine Engineer

13 January, 2018/0 Comments/in imaginative, open-minded, passionate Primary, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 Maths (Primary), Science (Primary) Forces, Maths - Algebra, Maths - Number Addition and subtraction, Algebra, Forces, Fractions, Maths, Multiplication and division, Number, Number and place value, Primary, Science/by Jonathan

Marine engineers are involved in the designing, building, testing, maintaining and repairing of boats and ships as well as underwater craft such as submarines. They are responsible for the internal systems of a ship, such as the propulsion, electrical, refrigeration and steering systems. They can be involved in work such as marine surveying, drilling underwater for oil and gas and in the building of offshore platforms.

Attributes: passionate, imaginative, open-minded

Polar scientist

Data scientist

Artificial intelligence researcher

Angus MacGregor

Sian Cleaver

Roma Agrawal

Jens Dopke

Paul Mann

Evolutionary Biologist

Marine Engineer

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