Famous Scientists

Context: People from different cultures have contributed to the development of Science.

Task: Research a famous scientist and answer the questions on the worksheet.

Habits of Mind: Managing impulsivity – Stop and think about your answers before responding. Make sure your answers are clear and deliberate.

Research: Choose a famous scientist, research the scientist you have chosen and answer

the questions in the worksheet provided. Remember to use your own words, take your time

and answer each question clearly and comprehensively and record where you found the

information to create a bibliography.

A guide to “Bright Sparcs” How to locate a person http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/guides/g_person.htm

Encyclopaedia of Australian Science http://www.eoas.info/

Famous Scientists http://www.famousscientists.org/

Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs

http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/aasmemoirs/aas_memlist.htm

Biographies of individuals who made significant contributions to energy and science

http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=pioneers

Academy of Achievement – Science and Exploration http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/halls/sci

FAMOUS SCIENTISTS

Albert Einstein

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_p

rizes/physics/laureates/1921/einst

ein-facts.html

http://www.biography.com/people/

albert-einstein-9285408

http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/

http://inventors.about.com/library/i

nventors/bleinstein.htm

Archimedes

http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/People/Archimedes/

http://archimedespalimpsest.org/about/history/archim

edes.php

Nikola Telsa

http://www.howstuffworks.com/innov

ation/famous-inventors/10-reasons-

tesla-is-scientific-god.htm

http://www.biography.com/people/nik

ola-tesla-9504443

http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/index.html

SEARCH: MIDDLE SCHOOL DATABASES

These databases contain more information:

Bibliography

Images. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Retrieved 26 May 2013, from

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