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Famous Scientists: Andre Marie Ampere

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Andre Marie Ampere, one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as electrodynamics.
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Famous Scientists: Frank Hornby

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how Frank Hornby managed to excel in toy invention based on engineering principles.
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Famous Scientists: Friedrich August Kekule

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and work of Friedrich August Kekule, and his contributions to organic chemistry.
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Famous Scientists: Friedrich Wohler

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Fredrich Wohler's scientific contributions in the field of chemistry.
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Famous Scientists:rene Descartes

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and contributions of Rene Descartes in this article.
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Famous Scientists: Brian Cox

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and work of English pop star-turned-physicist, Brian Cox.
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Famous Scientists: Charles Augustin De Coulomb

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography about Charles Coulomb, known for developing Coulomb's law, the definition of the electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion.
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Famous Scientists: Neil De Grasse Tyson

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and scientific contributions of Neil deGrasse Tyson in this article.
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Famous Scientists: Erwin Schrodinger

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and work of this Austrian physicist and theoretical biologist, founder of quantum mechanics, the Schrodinger equation, and his brilliant contributions to the wave theory of matter.
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Famous Scientists: Alfred Russel Wallace

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and work of Alfred Wallace, who is best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection; his paper on the subject was jointly published with some of Charles Darwin's writings.
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Famous Scientists: Charles Darwin

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography of Charles Darwin, and how he discovered evolutionary theory and natural selection.
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Famous Scientists: Charles Lyell

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the works of Charles Lyell, a geologist who studied Earth's history.
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Famous Scientists: E. O. Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the environmental advocate known as both the father of sociobiology and the father of biodiversity, Edward O. Wilson.
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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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Famous Scientists: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Nobel Prize winner for his mathematical theory of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars.
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Famous Scientists: Theodosius Dobzhansky

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a short biography about Theodosius Dobzhansky, a central figure in the field of evolutionary biology for his work in shaping the unifying modern evolutionary synthesis.
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Famous Scientists: Georges Louis Leclerc

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and work of the father of natural history for the latter part of that century.
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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

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

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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Canada Science and Technology Museum

Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame

For Students 9th - 10th
The Canada Science and Technology Museum pays tribute to Canadian scientists and innovators in its Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame. Learn more about individual Hall of Fame members by clicking on their names. Among these...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Scientists and Inventors

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains links to biographies of famous scientists and inventors such as Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Galileo, and Marie Curie. Learn how these men and women made discoveries that changed the world forever.
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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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Science Struck

Science Struck: Famous Women Scientists From Around the World

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives brief information about the lives and accomplishments of famous women scientists from around the globe.

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