Smart Poodle Blog » Careers http://smartpoodlepublishing.com/blog Read, Write, Travel & Have Fun with Your Kids Thu, 24 May 2012 00:55:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Ologists – Say What? http://smartpoodlepublishing.com/blog/2009/05/18/ologists-say-what/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ologists-say-what http://smartpoodlepublishing.com/blog/2009/05/18/ologists-say-what/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 23:47:35 +0000 Debbie http://smartpoodlepublishing.com/blog/?p=2364 I am a firm believer that American children need to be exposed to career information from any eary age. There are so many choices out there that it is mind boggling! Today I thought it would be fun for parents and kids to learn what different “ologists” do – you know, scientists with “ologist” at the end of their titles. These are worth researching further with your kids. Here are the more unique ones:

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  • apiologist – one who studies bees
  • bacteriologist – one who studies bacteria
  • cartologist - one who makes maps
  • cetologist – one who studies whales
  • entomologist - one who studies insects
  • eschatologist - one who studies death and judgement, as it pertains to theology
  • ethologist – one who studies animal behavior
  • etiology - one who studies causes or origins of disease
  • graphologist - one who studies handwriting
  • herpetologist - one who studies  reptiles
  • hippologist - one who studies  horses
  • ichthyologist - one who studies fish (a branch of zoology)
  • morphologist - one who studies the form and structure of organisms (a branch of biology)
  • mycologist - one who studies fungi (a branch of biology)
  • myrmecologist - one who studies ants
  • nephologist - one who studies clouds and cloud formation (a branch of metoerology)
  • ornithologist – one who studies birds
  • ophiologist - one who studies snakes
  • otologist - one who studies the anatomy of the ear (a branch of biomedicine)
  • paleoanthropologist - one who studies ancient humans as found in fossils
  • paleozoologist - one who studies animals fossils and ancient animal life
  • petrologist - one wo studies rocks to learn about past climates and geography
  • phenologist - one who studies biological phenomena as it relates to climatic conditions
  • philologist - one who studies historical literature or the classics
  • phonologist – one who studies sounds and patterns in a language
  • phytosociologist - one who studies the relationships of plants and their characteristics and classifications
  • pomologist - one who studies and grows fruit
  • pyrologist - one who studies the properties of heat and fire
  • seismologist- one who studies earthquakes and the earth’s properties
  • somatologist – one who studies the anatomy of the human body
  • speleologist - one who studies and explores caves
  • vulcanologist - one who studies volcanoes
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