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Create a small poster (8.5 by 11 inches) that gives a quick
summary of the life of one of the great physical scientists (for Form 2
students) or great life scientists (for Form 1 students) of history.
If
your scientist is alive, try to contact them by email. For most
scientists, you have about a 50% chance that they will answer. How cool
is that?
It should include:
* "Science Hall of Fame" at the top
* the name of the scientist
* a picture of the scientist
* birth, and if applicable, death dates
* nationality
* a summary of the scientists views and major accomplishments
* a quote by the scientist
* a bibliography (read How to make a bibliography for help)
* your name
Here is a sample poster of Newton Poster Check it out
Here are some places to look for biographical information:
Chemical Heritage: biographies of famous chemists. http://www.chemheritage.org/classroom/chemach/index.html
Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography. All different sorts of scientists from the ancient world to the present. http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/
Kekule's Dream and the Bunsen Burner. History of Science with a focus on chemistry. http://cse.edc.org/products/historyscience/
Nobel Prize.org. http://www.nobelprize.org.
Research all of the Nobel Prize winners here. You can do
mini-posters on the physics, chemistry and medicine winners.
There are also Nobel Prizes for economics, peace and literature.
While you are there, check out the games page (http://nobelprize.org/games_simulations.html)
**List
of Famous Biologists.** This list is especially for Form 1. All of
those on this list are in the life sciences.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_biologists
Other Scientists of interest:
- Dr. Jose M. R. Delgado, neuroscientist. Stopped a charging bull by electronically stimulating its brain
- Erich Jarvis, biologist: studies the brain function in singing birds
- 2006 Nobel Prize winners. They were all Americans!
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