Giants of the PastScientists Project

Overview

• “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” – Sir Isaac Newton

• It is important to know about the scientists who have influenced science as well as the world we live in

• You will need to do a one page document or PowerPoint slide on each of 5 scientists from the list of possible scientists• NOTE: Make sure you choose from your correct list!

Required information for each scientists• Picture• Name• Birth date• Birth place• Death date• What important events were going on during their life• Their educational background• Two interesting facts about them• Scientific discovery(ies) and scientific contribution(s)• How your scientist’s contributions have affected us today

List of scientists – Physical Science (Fall Term only)

• Archimedes• Democritus• John Dalton• J.J. Thompson• Ernest Rutherford• Werner Heisenberg• Blaise Pascal

• Jacques Charles• Joseph Gay-Lussac• Lorenzo Avogadro• Dmitri Mendeleev• Daniel Bernoulli• Robert Boyle

List of Scientists - Physics

• Galileo Galilei• Isaac Newton• Marie Curie• Edward Hubble• Lord Kelvin• Nikola Tesla• James Watt

• Francis Bacon• James Maxwell• Daniel Bernoulli• Albert Einstein• Robert Goddard• Joseph Engleberger• Leonardo Da Vinci

List of scientists – Physical Science (Spring Term only)• Albert Einstein• Isaac Newton• Marie Curie• Lord Kelvin

• James Watt• Galileo Galilei• Leonardo DaVinci• Nikola Tesla

Overview• Picture 1 pt• Name 1 pt• Birth date 1 pt• Birth place 1 pt• Death date 1 pt• What important events were going on during their life 2 pts• Their educational background 1 pt• Two interesting facts about them 2 pts• Scientific discovery(ies) and scientific contribution(s) 5 pts• How your scientist’s contributions have affected us today 5 pts

Points/Rewards

• Each scientist has a total of 20 points• A person receiving a 100/100 would have earned a 100% in the

gradebook

• ClassCraft:• For each scientist, you will receive up to 50XP