Curated OER
Biology Biographies
Learners create a project about a famous Biologist in order to appreciate the humanity of the people involved in doing science. They create scientist biography "cards" roughly modeled after baseball cards or create a scrapbook of a...
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Influential Scientists Biographical Data Form
In this scientist activity, students pick a scientist who helped shape the world and write a biography. Students research important facts about the scientist and write them.
Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust
The Lost World
Fans of Sherlock Holmes may be surprised to learn that in addition to stories of the famous deductionist, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is also the creator of Professor Challenger. An irascible, unpredictable scientist, Challenger was featured...
Curated OER
Happy Birthday Mathematicians and Me
Students choose a mathematician or scientist born on the same day as the student and research them. They create a cube or tetrahedron and place required information on the sides (such as birth year, death yr., greatest contribution to...
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El Dia de Los Muertos: Mexican Celebrations
Young scholars research Spanish speaking individuals and the holiday, The Day of the Dead, using Internet and print resources. They orally present their research. Students engage in Mexican traditions by making either a lapida...
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Virginia Apgar
Read a short biography about the woman who was best known as the inventor of the Apgar score, a way to quickly assess the health of newborn children immediately after birth.
Princeton University
The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein: Volume 1: Early Years, 1879 1902 Eng
A publication of Albert Einstein's written legacy presented in English. This translated volume focuses on his life from birth to early adulthood.
Princeton University
The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein: Volume 1: Early Years, 1879 1902
A publication of Einstein's written legacy presented in the original language version with in-depth English language annotation readers can access. This volume focuses on his life from birth to early adulthood.