10 CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENTISTS

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What are some key qualities scientists have?by John Schmied

10 CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENTISTS

1) Passionate Learners about Science & Nature

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10 CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENTISTS

2) Self Motivated solution seekers

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10 CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENTISTS

3) Good Communicators

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10 CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENTISTS

4) Curious about Nature

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10 CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENTISTS

5) Creative Problem Solvers who think “out of the box”

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10 CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENTISTS

6) Risk takers who are willing to fail publicly.

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10 CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENTISTS

7) Persistent & Resilient Bounce back from

failure

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10 CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENTISTS

8) Focused - Stick to-it-tive ness

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10 CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENTISTS

9) Open minded & Honest about data & results

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10 CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENTISTS

10) Analytical Logical, systematic,

& methodical

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About the author:John Schmied has been a secondary science & environment teacher for 20 years and is involved in developing practical, yet innovative, hands on curriculum for teens. In addition he is a Chemical Hygiene Officer and an Environmental Educator who created, developed and manages a 6 acre Environmental Center at his school site.

John’s presentations are viewed worldwide & have been in the top 5% of Slideshare for multiple years.

John served as the Strategic planner for the Friends of the Hidden River a 501(C)(3) non profit.

• Over the past 13 years Friends helped King County, WA design, fund, construct & develop the 14,800 sqft Brightwater Environmental Center in Woodinville WA.

• John is the Director & a principal developer of the Ground to Sound STEM Environmental Challenge course, a locally popular cutting edge environmental program that merges, Science, Tech, Art, Multimedia and other disciplines with Leadership studies at the Center

Prior to this period John served as a Coast Guard Officer, primarily involved in ice, navigation & search and rescue operations. His specialties are Ship handling, Diving and Oceanographic Operations.

John can be contacted via Linked In.