All About Scientists


Your Name: ________________________________     Your Homeroom Teacher:_____________________________________



1.  What is the scientist's name in which your are interested?  ___________________________________________


2.  List 2-3 accomplishments of this person.

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3.  What field of science was this person most involved in? ___________________________________________



4.  Give a brief biography of your scientist? __________________________________________________________

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5.  Click here to view the Virginia Standards of Learning for science.  Click on your grade and read through the strands.  Which one of the SOLs would your scientist be most interested in helping you create a project for a science fair?  Defend your answer.


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6.  Click here to view the procedures of the scientific method.  Record and explain the process below.


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7.  Browse through some of the many  science experiments on this page.  Choose one that you believe might interest your scientist.  Write down the name of the experiement and note the link of the page.  Also tell why you believe your scientist would be interested in this experiement. (Note to student:  your teacher may ask you to print out the directions of this experiement to use later.)

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Why do you believe your scientist is interested in this experiment?

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