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- 7th - 8th
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Students discuss a number of career possibilities in science. They also examine a scientist's work. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the role scientists play in research. They research current important areas of scientific interest. They write about how this issue could affect them. They create posters about their chosen scientific issues. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students explore the life, inventions, and accomplishments of four scientists. This nine lesson unit affords opportunities for letter writing, math, outlining, and sequencing skills development. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students investigate how all races and religions have contributed to US history by looking at the scientists Elizabeth Blackwell, Benjamin Banneker, Charles Drew, and Michael Faraday. They research these scientists individually and in groups. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students create a project about a famous Biologist in order to appreciate the humanity of the people involved in doing science. They create scientist biography "cards" roughly modeled after baseball cards or create a scrapbook of a famous scientist. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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students research a chosen scientist and create a PowerPoint about their scientist. They create baseball type cards with a picture of the scientist on one side and important facts about the scientist on the other. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students choose and research a scientist from a grade appropriate list which has connections to science standards. They create a "yellow page" for a notebook on scientific discoveries much like the yellow pages of a telephone book. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students complete a KWL chart on Albert Einstein. After they read an article, they discover more about his iconic status and how future scientists view him. In groups, they create trading cards about Einstein and another scientist of interest to them and write a job description looking for the next Einstein. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students practice using library resources and the internet for research. While in the library, they observe a model of the research process and proper creation of citations. After choosing a famous scientist, student complete their own research, write a paper, and design a PowerPoint presentation. They present their findings to the class. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students brainstorm a list of famous scientists. Individually, they use the internet to research one of the scientists making sure to note the web address where they got their information. To end the lesson, they develop a poster to accompany their paper and present it to the class. Full Review »
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