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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Maria Sklodowska Curie

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life and scientific work of Marie Curie, possibly the most famous female scientist in history. In addition to providing biographical information, this page includes details on her scientific discoveries and her influence...
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Famous Scientists: List of Scientists

For Students 9th - 10th
Looking for some research on famous scientist? This list contains men and women who changed the world through there scientific contributions and inventions.
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Famous Scientists: Eratosthenes

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a quick guide through the life and achievements of famous Greek mathematician Eratosthenes.
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Famous Scientists: Carolus Linnaeus

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and work of Carolus Linnaeus, the scientist who formalized the modern system of naming organisms called binomial nomenclature.
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Texas Gateway: Scientific Investigation and Reasoning

For Students 7th - 9th
This tutorial reviews over famous scientist and their contribution to the scientific field.
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Famous Scientists: Aldo Leopold

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the life and work of Aldo Leopold, who was influential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness conservation.
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Famous Scientists: Edmund Halley

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a short biography about Edmund Halley, and find out why the comet bears his name.
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Famous Scientists: Galileo Galilei

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a short biography about astronomer Galileo, one of the most significant people in the history of science.
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Famous Scientists: J. Robert Oppenheimer

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the "father of the atomic bomb", J. Robert Oppenheimer in this article that discusses his life and scientific accomplishments.
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Famous Scientists: Joseph Priestley

For Students 9th - 10th
This article gives the biography of Joseph Priestley.
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Famous Scientists: Stephanie Kwolek

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and work of Stephanie Kwolekbest, known for inventing the first of a family of synthetic fibers of exceptional strength and stiffness.
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Famous Scientists: Thomas Alva Edison

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the inventor of the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb, Thomas Edison.
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Famous Scientists: Thomas Burnet

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this short biography about theologian, Thimas Burnet.
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Famous Scientists: Thomas Willis

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Willis was a founding member of the Royal Society, who played an important part in the history of anatomy, neurology, and psychiatry.
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Famous Scientists: Wilhelm Ostwald

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and work of Wilhelm Ostwald, the chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his work on catalysis, chemical equilibria, and reaction velocities.
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Famous Scientists: William John Swainson

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about William John Swainson, who created prolific illustrative works of natural history.
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Famous Scientists: Ernst Mayr

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life and work Ernst Mayr, one of 20th century's leading evolutionary biologists.
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Read Works: Focus on Scientists

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction article shares information about different types of scientists. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Fun Brain: Who Is That? (u.s. Presidents, Scientists & Mathematicians)

For Students 3rd - 8th
A fun game in which players use clues to identify important figures in history (either U.S. presidents or famous scientists and mathematicians).
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Wisc Online: History: Famous in Medicine

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this quiz-style game to identify historical figures in the field of medicine.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Famous Scientists

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about scientific discoveries and contributions made by significant men and women in history, where and when they were born and died.
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Read Works: Famous Scientists Hippocrates

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage gives a brief biography of Hippocrates and background of the Hippocratic Oath. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Famous Scientists Robert Hooke

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains a short biography of Robert Hooke, his development of a microscope, and his discovery of cells. he developed. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...
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Read Works: Famous Scientists Charles Darwin

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage discusses Charles Darwin and his theory of natural selection in evolution. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...

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