Scientific+Discoveries

=Title: Name that Scientist! = =Big Idea: Scientific discoveries that have impacted scientific thought = =Objectives: __Students will be able to:__ = =Standards:=
 * 1) == Describe scientists and what they do. ==
 * 2) == Research a Nobel Prize winner(s)/Scientist and describe what their contribution to science was. ==
 * 3) == Make a time line of scientific discoveries. ==

Science: The Nature of Science and Scientific Thought
=Background Knowledge:=

Students need to have a general idea of what science is and what its purpose is. This will help them make connections between that and what scientists do.
=Materials:=

Computer with internet access, IPad,
=Procedure:= =Reflection:=
 * 1) == Students will pick a Nobel Prize winner/Scientist out of the bucket to research. ==
 * 2) == Information that needs to be gathered must include: birth, death, year won the Nobel Prize, reason for winning the Nobel Prize, area of expertise, family, and other. I don't want students copying sentences or phrases. I want them to just be looking at words to describe the person, so that they can put it in their own words. ==
 * 3) == Students will gather information using the internet, Order the Boxes (IPad), Science360 (gives information on the types of scientists today and describes what their job is)- this can help students if they don't know the types of scientists. ==
 * 4) == Students will set up an ibrainstorm (IPad) or bubbl.us  (Internet) concept web for their information. ==
 * 5) == The will need to write up a script for a video. ==
 * 6) == Students will dress up like their Nobel Prize winner/Scientist and make a video of the information that they gathered. The will speak in the 1st person as if they are the Nobel Prize winner/Scientist. ==
 * 7) == As students present, classmates need to be making a time line for imprtant scientific discoveries. ==
 * 1) == Who can be a scientist and why? ==
 * 2) == What great discoveries have people made that are not Nobel Prize winners? ==