SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD BOTANISTS Tom Greve Rourke Educational Media rourkeeducationalmedia com Scan for Related Tites and Teacher Resources
IT'S ALIVE The Sun sets over a lonely desert Near the bottom of a rocky ridge a scientist sits near a small group of wildflowers As pretty as the flowers are the scientist is not there simply to admire their yellow petals She is a botanist at work in the field trying to understand some of the longest running mysteries of life on planet Earth FIELD NOTES A botanist is a scientist who studies plants Like doctors who specialize in a wide range of medical studies botanists can be experts in many different matters of plant life
