| Famous Scientist Presentation Project
Due December 8, 2011
Counts as a Test Grade
My Scientist: ___________________________________________
Assignment: You will research your scientist and prepare a report. Your title page should have: Scientist’s name, your name, and a picture, or drawing of either the scientist or a picture that illustrates something the scientist did.
Page 2: Time line showing 7 major events in scientist’s work—may include significant contributions after death of scientist.
Page 3: You will type a short essay (minimum 400 words) about your scientist significant accomplishments and should tell why he/she should be recognized in a “Scientist Hall of Fame”. (May be longer than 400 words.)
Be sure to write in your own words. (No plagiarism—copying someone else’s work word for word and using it as if it were yours.) You will need at least 2 references that do NOT include Wikipedia. May use more references.
Last Page: References list (Min. 2). Be sure to include the title of the article, page number, date written/published, author’s name.
You may turn in your work by emailing it to me: ahuber.science@gmail.com or by turning it in to your facilitator.
Criteria
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Excellent
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Good
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Fair
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Poor
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Title Page
10 points
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Includes: neatness; scientist’s name, your name, 1 picture or drawing
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Includes: scientist name
Your name, 1 picture or drawing
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Includes: scientist name and
Your name
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No title page
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Time line
20 points
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Includes 7 or more significant events
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Includes 6 significant events
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Less than 6 significant events
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No time line
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Evidence of Fame
20 points
(The essay about work and contributions to science—not personal life.
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Evidence included and explained throughout essay and linked to their accomplishment
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Experiments and evidence discussed, but not linked to accomplishment
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Very little evidence or experiments mentioned in essay
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No evidence or explanation
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Essay: 35 points
Should address why scientist is famous and give documented support for why he or she should be included in a “Scientist Hall of Fame”
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Essay gives 3 documented reasons for Hall of Fame inclusion and tells about his/her major scientific contributions
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Essay gives 2 documented reasons for Hall of Fame inclusion and tells about 2 or less significant contributions.
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Essay does not include significant contributions or reasons to include in Hall of Fame
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Not turned in or is plagiarized.
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Form: 15 points
Double spaced,
Times New Roman 12 or 14 font, includes title page, essay, timeline references.
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Double spaced,
TNR, 12/14 font; title page, timeline, essay, references.
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5 form items are correct.
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3 or less form items are correct
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Did not follow directions.
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Choose one of these Scientist. Put your name by the person you choose. Only one person per class at each school may choose a particular scientist. If you look up your person and want to make a change, you must email me
ahuber.science@gmail.com for permission to change or ask your facilitator to submit your request. When you request a change, tell why you wish to change. (For instance: I looked in these 3 places and did not find enough information.)
Marie Curie Daniel Bernoulli
Anders Celsius William Thornson Kelvin
James Joule James Chadwick
Alessandro Volta Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit
Pierre Curie George Simon Ohm
Henri Becquerel Enrico Fermi
Humphry Davy Dmitri Mendeleev
Niels Bohr Democritus
Archimedes Michael Faraday
Henry G. J. Moseley Antoine Lavoisier
Lise Meitner Robert Bunsen
Wihelm Konrad Rontgen Ernest Rutherford
James Lothar Meyer James Watt
Ole Romer Joseph John Thomson
Issac Newton Albert Einstein
Galileo Galilei Hippocrates
Benjamin Franklin Thomas Alva Edison
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