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- 5th
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Students explore the lives and work of Galileo, Percy Julian, Linnaeua,and Ernest Just in this four lessons unit. The observations are made through the analysis of "fanny packs" belonging to these scientists. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students examine the life and contributions of four scientists, Banneker, Drew, Blackwell, and Faraday in this six lessons unit. The lasting societal imapct that these four scientists had on the lives of the people are explored. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students explain the importance of individual action and character. They explain how heroes from long ago and the recent past make a difference in others' lives. 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
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Students select and use technology tools and other media resources to collect, organize, analyze and synthesize information about their families, extended families or significant people in their lives. They gather the name, address, city, state, birth date and place of birth of their family members and organize these facts into a database. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students are engaged in a variety of learning experiences focusing on the contributions made by men and women in the fields of science. They have an opportunity to view a video about a scientist's life or listen to a guest scientist. 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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- 5th - 7th
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Students examine the lives and contributions of people who have worked in the fields of genetics and biotechnology. Students work in small groups and read a biography of a person associated with genetics. After filling out a comparison chart for their scientist, students share their information with other groups. Students complete the comparison chart on the other scientists then write a biography about a hypothetical geneticist of the future. 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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- 10th - 11th
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Students are told that ocean exploration is a relatively new science. They are asked: What may have kept scientist from exploring the deep sea prior to the mid-to late 1800s? They write in their journals on the topic: You have been invited to join scientists who will explore the ocean floor. They will spend time aboard a small submarine. Will you join the team? Explain why or why not? Full Review »

