Objective- Students, working in pairs, will be introduced to ten scientists and will create a timeline showing their place in history and their major accomplishment.

Time Frame: 3 days (1 hour sessions)

1- Introduction to assignment, Research

2- Research, Begin to create timeline

3- Finish creating timeline, Present scientist timelines to the class

Materials-

¥Research media (internet and CD-Roms)

¥Register Tape

¥Various Art Supplies

markers, crayons, rulers, glue

Procedure:

Initiation-

1- Pass out a piece of drawing paper to each student. Ask them to draw a picture of what they think a famous scientist looks like. When the drawings are finished, display them so that all students may see them. Ask the class if they notice any similarities about the pictures. (old men, glasses, nerds, lab coats....)Ask them if they think all scientists are like this.

2. Next, have the class generate a list of all the scientists they can think of. Write these names on the board. Are there any women? Are there any minorities?

Body-

1- Tell the students that they will be discovering ten famous scientists and their major accomplishments. They will use various forms of technical media to discover these scientists.

2- Pass out ten index cards to each pair of students. On each card they are to write the scientists name, their date of birth and date of death, and a sentence describing their major accomplishment.

3. Explain that each pair must research at least 3 women and 3 minorities.

4. Bring the class to the library where they can find their research.

5. Once all the research is gathered, give each pair a piece of register tape. Instruct the students to create a timeline showing each.

scientists place in history along with their accomplishment.

6. When all pairs have completed their timelines, have the students take turns describing each scientist to the class (this is an important introduction step for the biography that the students will write soon).

Closure-

Pass out another piece of drawing paper to each student. Ask them to draw a famous scientist. Again, display these pictures. Ask the class if they notice any differences between the original pictures and these. Why have their opinions changed?

Hang the timelines around the room.

Assessment-

Timelines will be scored on a 10 point rubric.
 
 
 

			Score
	5	4	3	2	1
CONTENT  (5 points)	Has more than  3 women and 3 minorities	3 women +  3 minorities	Has less than 3 women and/or 3  minorities	Has less than 2 women and/or  2 minorities	Has no women and no minorities
	Strong Variety of Science Fields Represented	Good Variety of Science Fields Represented	Some Variety of Science Fields Represented	Less than 3 Science Fields Represented	Only One Science Field Represented
QUALITY  (5 points)
	Excellent	Good	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Poor
	Very Neat	Neat	Somewhat Messy	Messy	Unacceptable

Modifications-

Instead of giving free rein of scientists, give the student/s a specific list of scientists to look up. Ensure that there is plenty of research materials available on the particular scientists. Depending on the student, limit the number of scientists they are researching.
 

Suggested Websites for research-

http://www.mada.org.il/eng/arhiv-2.htm

http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/labschool/metcalf/curric/sixth/science/famous.htm

http://www.heraldica.org/topics/famous/science.htm

LIFE SCIENCE

Bowman, James E. -Geneticist, Physician, Pathologist

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/bowman.html

Carson, Rachel Louise -Ecologist

http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/PA_Env-Her/rachel.htm

Clark, Eugenie -Zoologist

http://www.inform.umd.edu:8080/EdRes/Colleges/LFSC/life_sciences/.WWW/zoology/clark.htm

Cori, Gerty Louise -Physician

http://w3.wo.sbc.edu/pr/OBrien99/hall/cori.html

Darwin, Charles Robert - Botanist

http://despina.advanced.org/18757/darwin.htm

Earle, Sylvia -Marine Biologist

http://www.seaweb.org/earle.html

Esau, Katherine -Botanist

http://www.dbs.ucdavis.edu/fellowships/esau/about.html

Goodall, Jane     Van Lawick - Zoology

http://www.wcsu.ctstateu.edu/cyberchimp/DRJANE.html

Jarvik, Robert - Medicine

http://www.clark.net/pub/speakers/on-line/spkr1070.html

Just, Ernest E. -Medicine

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/eeo/just.htm

Leopold, Aldo - Biology

http://www.eos.ncsu.edu/eos/service/cals/www/student_orgs/leopold/leopold.html

McClintock, Barbara - Medicine

http://www.almaz.com/nobel/medicine/1983a.html

Mead, Margaret - Anthropology, Social Biology

http://www.thomson.com/gale/cwh/mead.html

Meitner, Lise - Chemistry

http://www.orcbs.msu.edu/radiation/radhistory/lisemeitner.html

Mendel, Johann Gregor - Genetics

http://ftp.netspace.org/MendelWeb/MWolby.html

Williams, Daniel Hale -Surgeon

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/williams.html

PHYSICAL SCIENCE

Banneker, Benjamin -Inventor

http://tqd.advanced.org/3337/banneker.html

Bell, Alexander Graham -Inventor

http://www.invent.org/book/book-text/7.html

Boyd, Louise Arner -Aviation

http://www.netsrq.com/~dbois/boyd.html

Cannon, Annie Jump -Astronomy

http://www.pe.net/~jnes/jnesf1.html

Curie, Maria - Chemist

http://curie.che.virginia.edu/scientist/curie.html

Dalton, John -Physicist, Mathematician

http://maple.lemoyne.edu/~giunta/dalton.html

Einstein, Albert -Physics

http://www.westegg.com/einstein/

Fermi, Enrico - Physics, Atomic Chemistry

http://www.almaz.com/nobel/physics/1938a.html
 

Glaser, Donald - Atomic Physics

http://www-library.lbl.gov/library/text/nobel/d_glaser.html
 

Gourdine, Meredith C. - Chemistry

http://indigo.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/gourdine.html

Halley, Edmund -Astronomy

http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Catalog/Files/halley.html

Henson, Matthew Alexander - Discoverer

http://matthewhenson.com/

Herschel, William -Astronomy

http://windows.ivv.nasa.gov/people/enlightenment/herschel.html

Jackson, Shirley Ann -Chemistry

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/jackson.html
 
 

Latimer, Louis Howard -Chemistry

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/latimer.html

Maury, Matthew Fontaine -Geology

http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/gallery/97gal.html

Mayer, Maria Goeppert - Physics

http://nobelprizes.com/nobel/physics/1963b.html

Newton, Isaac - Physics

http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/newton.html#web

Peary, Robert Edwin - Discoverer

http://www.pearyhs.org/text/phs-fact.htm

http://www.garfield.k12.ut.us/PHS/History/US/1900/North%20Pole/Peary%20%26%20North%20Pole

Planck, Max - Physics

http://wwwfml.mpib-tuebingen.mpg.de/max.htm

Washington, Warren - Meteorology

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/warren_washington.html

Wu, Chien Shiung - Astronomy

http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/WU.html

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